Senior Financial Analyst - Operations & FP&A

About the role

Opportunity! We are seeking a hands-on, proactive analytically minded Senior Financial Analyst - Operations & FP&A to help shape strategic, data-driven decision making. This role is focused on building a business-oriented, data-driven, and operationally supportive finance organization. Rather than a traditional accounting profile, we are looking for a commercially curious thinker who can turn financial data into insights and actions. The ideal candidate is hands-on, thrives in a dynamic environment, and can drive process improvement while acting as a strong business partner to the local Vice President and cross-functional teams.

Position Overview: The primary responsibility is to help shape strategic, data-driven decision making by analyzing financial performance and guiding forecasting and budgeting efforts. They will partner with leadership to support long-term planning, provide actionable insights and drive business growth. The role is very hands-on, with responsibilities in both financial planning & analysis and day to day financial accounting functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide the VP and functional leaders with clear performance insights and well-argued financial advice.
• Explain financial results from the perspective of operational KPIs (i.e. equipment downtime, direct-labor utilization, capacity, etc.)
• Bridge actuals, budget, and forecasts to drive performance transparency and accountability
• Ensure timely and insightful financial reporting, enabling effective control of the business.
• Support the management reporting process (month-end, forecast, budget), in coordination with local accounting and global consolidation (OneStream)
• Support audit and compliance activities
• Support ERP (Infor LN) and reporting tool optimization in alignment with the regional roadmap
• Standardize recurring reports and automate manual work wherever possible
• Advise management on recommendations for improvement
• Ensure internal controls are in place and adhered to — without overcomplicating processes
• Work seamlessly with other functions and regional teams to support group-wide improvement.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, and Procurement to track KPIs and drive working capital efficiency
• Coordinate with regional finance team in Canada for system and process alignment
• Represent the US business in global finance projects and transformation initiatives
• Responsible for handling Corporate requests
• Analyze margins, pricing, and product/customer profitability to support better decision-making
• Analyze and identify trends, performance drivers and improvement opportunities in all areas of the business
• Challenge the status quo with data-driven insights and help management take action
• Support commercial and operational decisions through business case development and scenario analysis
• Lead weekly/monthly KPI reporting and review routines with business stakeholders
• Validate data integrity and ensure alignment between operational and financial metrics
• Be the driving force behind process reliability, automation, and better data usage.
• Prepare monthly review updates to present to Corporate
• Financial Accounting: Prepare and monitor cash flow analysis and working capital
• Prepare journal entries
• Responsible for cost accounting to include analysis of cost expenditures, evaluation of production efficiency and identifying cost-savings opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field
• 5-7 years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and general financial accounting