Sr Financial Analyst

Armstrong World Industries • Lancaster, PA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Ceilings & Walls FP&A, the Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A is a key member of the FP&A team responsible for financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and strategic decision-making across the business. The role serves as a strategic business partner and helps drive productivity and continuous improvement within FP&A and across the organization.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in financial statements, accounting principles, and forecasting/close processes, with the ability to connect results to business drivers.
• Hands‑on experience with financial systems, planning tools, large data sets, and advanced Excel skills; SAP/ BW and OneStream experience preferred
• Acts as a trusted business partner, delivering clear, nuanced financial insights that inform decisions and connect results to underlying business drivers.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen and curiosity, seeking to understand operations, trade‑offs, and risks behind the numbers.
• Brings a driven yet humble mindset—confident in analysis, open to challenge, and focused on outcomes that best serve the business.
• Applies strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, grounded in a solid foundation of accounting, financial systems, and data integrity.
• Exercises sound judgment around assumptions, data quality, and reasonableness of results before communicating conclusions.
• Takes full ownership of work, consistently delivering accurate, high‑quality outputs on tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities independently.
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels, tailoring messages to translate financial complexity into actionable insight.
• Collaborates cross‑functionally and builds respectful, credible relationships across plant, business, and corporate teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience in Accounting and Finance
• High school diploma/GED required.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A or related finance roles, preferably in a manufacturing or complex operating environment.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced scenario planning and sensitivity analysis; builds driver-based models to evaluate trade-offs, risks, and opportunities.
• Strong data visualization and financial storytelling skills; synthesizes complex data into clear narratives and executive-ready insights.
• Data stewardship mindset; establishes and adheres to data definitions, controls, and governance practices to ensure consistent, trusted reporting.
• Influences outcomes without authority; facilitates alignment on assumptions, resolves conflicts, and drives decisions across stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement orientation; identifies opportunities to standardize, automate, and streamline planning, reporting, and close processes.

Responsibilities

• Supports the development and execution of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and strategic plans, ensuring high‑quality, complete data across P&L and balance sheet reporting.
• Owns financial models including updates for acquisitions
• Partner with business units to prepare inputs and challenge assumptions
• Allocations of MPE, SG&A and variances to channel
• Load and manage assessment cycles
• Load P&L and balance sheet data
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages
• Deliver insight into KPIs involving revenue, cost structure and margins
• Supports a wide variety of requests and assists as appropriate in the application of financial modeling in completion of requirements, including cash flow analysis.
• Assists in developing presentations for executive leadership
• Applies digital tools, analytics, and automation to simplify processes, improve scalability, and eliminate low‑value work and ensure data integrity of systems and reports
• Build and manage analytics models for investment decisions, price & margin and headcount planning
• Provides SOX compliance and internal/external audit support as needed.
• Leads ad‑hoc and strategic initiatives outside the regular FP&A cycle
• Acts as a strategic business partner across the organization to translate financial results into insight, develop financial acumen of others and drive efforts in cost productivity

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• prescription drug
• life insurance
• 401k match
• long-term disability coverage
• vacation and sick time
• product discount programs
• Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.
• A casual work environment where we have a recognition program for our team, and service awards.
• fitness center
• lunchtime cafe

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees