Senior FP&A Analyst, Capital Investments

Dart Container•Mason, OH

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About The Position

The Senior FP&A Analyst partners with business leaders and cross-functional teams to analyze business performance, develop forecasts, evaluate investments, and identify opportunities to improve profitability and return on investment. The role supports monthly IBP and annual AOP processes, business performance analysis, strategic capital investment decisions, and financial reporting for senior leadership. It also supports plant accounting activities during month-end and year-end close as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in FP&A or a related financial role.
Strong financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and business-case development skills.
Ability to turn financial data into clear recommendations and actionable business insights.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including explaining financial concepts to non-financial audiences.
Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and building relationships across an organization.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and limited lead times.
Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills, with a results-oriented mindset.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting the Food Service or National Accounts business.
Experience with capital investment analysis, manufacturing, supply chain, or plant finance.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders to understand goals and translate them into actionable financial plans.
Develop and monitor financial forecasts for monthly IBP and annual AOP processes.
Analyze financial performance and explain key drivers and variances versus plan, prior year, and prior periods.
Evaluate performance across pricing, incentive programs, cost centers, activity rates, inventory valuation, logistics costs, revenue, and margin.
Prepare financial reports and presentations that communicate meaningful insights to senior leadership.
Develop financial models and scenario analyses for new initiatives, cost savings, and investment opportunities.
Develop ROI and capital investment analyses, including NPV, IRR, and payback, for projects such as automation, capacity expansion, and new products.
Lead capital portfolio reporting and analytics, including spend tracking, forecasting, commitments, risks, opportunities, and investment prioritization.
Conduct post-implementation reviews to assess whether projects delivered the financial benefits outlined in their business cases.
Partner cross-functionally to improve the consistency, accuracy, and usefulness of financial data.
Support plant accounting activities during month-end and year-end close, as needed.
Monitor industry, market, and competitive trends to inform business decisions.