Senior FP&A Analyst

About the role

This role drives financial visibility, operational insights, and scalable reporting processes, partnering closely with functional leaders to analyze business performance, support strategic decision-making, and enhance forecasting & reporting capabilities within a fast-paced, private equity-backed manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly financial reporting and analysis processes, including variance analysis versus forecast, budget, and prior year performance.
• Partner with business leaders across operations, sales, supply chain, and functional teams to understand performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and improve accountability to financial targets.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance KPI reporting to provide visibility into operational and financial performance.
• Support the annual budget, quarterly forecast, and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Prepare executive-level reporting packages and presentations for leadership and private equity stakeholders.
• Dive continuous improvement in financial reporting processes, tools, and data quality.
• Evaluate and help implement scalable financial reporting and planning systems to improve automation, consolidation, and business insights.
• Leverage AI and modern analytics tools to streamline reporting, improve forecasting accuracy, and enhance business decision support.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis to support strategic initiatives, pricing, margin improvement, operational performance, and business investments.
• Partner with accounting and operational teams to ensure alignment between financial reporting, forecasting assumptions, and business performance.
• Aid in development of business cases and financial models for operational and strategic initiatives.
• Support development of scalable reporting and analytics capabilities to meet the needs of a growing organization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with cross-functional business leaders
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving business environment
• High sense of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement mindset

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, or related analytical roles
• Experience within manufacturing or industrial environments
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to work with large and complex datasets
• Working knowledge of business intelligence and reporting platforms, Power BI
• Demonstrated success enhancing financial processes, reporting infrastructure, or system implementations
• Experience leveraging AI or automation tools to improve finance processes and reporting capabilities
• Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, or comparable manufacturing ERP platforms)
• Working knowledge of FX translation and functional currency reporting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced financial certification preferred
• Experience in a private equity-backed, high-growth, or highly acquisitive manufacturing environment
• Prior experience within chemical manufacturing, blending, packaging, or process manufacturing industries strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations
• Experience partnering directly with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Commercial leadership teams

Physical/Environmental Qualifications

• Continuous sitting and continuous keyboard use