Sr Financial Analyst

James Hardie•Chicago, IL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager of North America Commercial Finance S&T, the Senior Financial Analyst is a key member of the Commercial Finance team, responsible for delivering high-quality reporting, analytics, forecasting, and decision support across Siding and Trim non-retail channels, with specific ownership of multifamily forecasting and performance reporting. This role requires strong technical capability, structured problem solving, and business curiosity to translate complex data into clear, usable insights. The senior analyst will partner closely with key Product business partners, while also supporting broader business needs. Success in this role requires the ability to understand business needs, independently build, improve, and scale reporting and analytical solutions, while working cross-functionally to understand current state processes and deliver practical, decision-ready outputs with speed and accuracy. This role needs to drive product profitability by owning end-to-end P&L management and developing rigorous business cases across the product lifecycle. This highly strategic role partners closely with engineering, product, supply chain, and executive teams to optimize pricing strategies, evaluate capital investments, develop strong cost estimates, and deliver scenario analyses that maximize ROI.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other quantitative field (e.g., Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics) required
5 – 7+ of experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or highly analytical roles, required
Advanced Excel skills required
Experience building and improving reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools required
Constructively challenges business partner assumptions and goals
Team player that leads with intellectual curiosity and stays current with developments and trends in areas of expertise; drive for continuous improvement
Proven ability to synthesize complex and detailed data into meaningful insights and make recommendations; articulates views in clear and concise manner
Demonstrated ability to identify problems and thinking independently about alternative solutions
Ability to connect the bigger picture to day-to-day operations of the organization
Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent assignments while maintaining high performance standards and meeting deadlines

Nice To Haves

strong experience with Tableau, Power BI, or BusinessObjects strongly preferred
Experience working cross-functionally with business partners (Sales, Ops, Strategy, etc.) preferred

Responsibilities

Own financial reporting and analysis across volume, price, revenue, profitability, and key business drivers.
Analyze actuals versus plan and forecast, translating variances, risks, and opportunities into actionable business insights.
Provide product, customer, channel, and mix analysis to support margin improvement and portfolio decisions.
Lead multifamily forecasting across volume, price, revenue, and gross margin, ensuring alignment across forecasts, annual plans, and long-range assumptions.
Develop scenarios and sensitivities and provide forward-looking insights to support commercial and operational decision-making.
Develop financial models and business cases, including NPV, IRR, payback, scenario analysis, and investment risk assessment.
Support strategic commercial and product initiatives from initial business case through implementation and post-investment performance tracking.
Monitor new product performance against approved business cases and evolving forecasts.
Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Finance, and other business leaders to provide financial guidance and support growth and profitability decisions.
Connect commercial, operational, and financial inputs to ensure consistent performance visibility and informed decision-making.
Develop and enhance dashboards, reporting tools, and financial models using Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and other analytical tools.
Simplify, automate, and standardize financial processes and reporting to improve speed, accuracy, consistency, and usability.
Leverage technology, AI, and continuous improvement practices to strengthen financial analysis, systems, and decision support.