Sr. FP&A Analyst

Job Summary

The Senior FP&A Analyst is a high-impact, individual-contributor role created to help World Emblem scale from $100M to $250M in annual revenue over the next three years. This position supports the consolidation and reporting of financial results across multiple countries and functions, ensuring leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable insights.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Financial Planning, Forecasting & Modeling
• Build and maintain driver-based financial models supporting the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and the 3- to 5-year long-range plan, with explicit roadmaps from $91M to $250M+ in revenue.
• Aid the FP&A Manager in coordinating the annual budget calendar, tracking submissions, and challenging assumptions across functions and geographies.
• Manage rolling forecasts and reforecasts, consolidating inputs into accurate company-wide projections.
• Prepare and distribute detailed budget templates for cost-center owners; consolidate inputs into a coherent, validated company plan and reconcile top-down vs. bottom-up views.
• Monthly Reporting & Consolidation
• Support monthly financial results consolidation using Data Rails, evaluating currency results, FX translations, and intercompany eliminations.
• Support the delivery and communication of monthly and quarterly financial reporting to executive leadership.
• Perform detailed variance analysis (budget, forecast, prior year) with clear explanations of variances by locations, product, segment, etc.
• Functional Business Partnership
• Act as the financial partner to functional leaders (Sales, Marketing, Operations, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Client Services, Mexico and Canada Operations, etc.).
• Provide insights on cost management, efficiency, and resource allocation to support functional objectives.
• Support functional leaders with financial interpretation of results, enabling fact-based decisions.
• Translate complex financial data into clear narratives tailored to non-financial audiences.
• Standardized Work & Process Discipline
• Apply and reinforce standardized work processes across FP&A activities (budgeting, forecasting, reporting).
• Ensure consistent use of templates, tools, and reporting formats across functions and countries.
• Identify areas where processes can be simplified, automated, or streamlined without losing rigor.
• Promote a culture of accuracy, timeliness, and accountability within FP&A deliverables.
• Ensure reporting follows standardized work processes for consistency and accuracy across all functions.
• Cash Flow & Financial Support
• Prepare and monitor 13-week cash forecasts rolled up by entity and currency, highlighting variances and risks to the plan.
• Provide financial insights to support capital allocation, investment decisions, and cost optimization.
• Support bank compliance and shareholder reporting needs.
• Enhance forecasting accuracy of driver-based planning and scenario analysis.
• Implement and continuously improve standardized financial systems, models, and reporting tools to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of financial data.
• Maintain KPIs tied to cost reduction, yield improvement, schedule adherence, and working-capital efficiency, and recommend adjustments based on business scale.
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Act as a trusted financial partner to functional leaders, translating operational plans into our financial plan.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives such as system implementations, process automation, mergers and acquisitions, and new product introductions.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency in financial reporting and problem resolution.
• Educate non-finance partners on budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance concepts.
• Work with functional leaders to develop revenue and expense projections, and identify opportunities to optimize costs, pricing, inventory levels, and resource allocations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional or corporate finance experience, preferably in a manufacturing or multinational environment.
• Strong background in multi-country consolidation and functional financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with BI/reporting tools (Power BI, DataRails, or similar).
• ERP experience (Microsoft Dynamics Business Central strongly recommended).
• Demonstrated ability to apply standardized work processes in a financial setting.

Skills:

• Financial Acumen – Deep understanding of financial statements, variance analysis, and forecasting.
• Standardized Process Discipline – Ability to apply and enforce structured work processes across FP&A deliverables.
• Analytical & Strategic Thinking – Strong capability in modeling, scenario planning, and interpreting financial impacts.
• Communication & Influence – Clear communicator of financial insights to senior leadership and functional leaders.
• Partnership Mindset – Skilled at collaborating with functional leaders to align financial insights with business needs.
• Leadership & Mentorship – Ability to guide, develop, and influence others in finance and beyond.
• Sense of Urgency – Responsive and decisive, delivering under tight deadlines with accuracy.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred).

Language Ability:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Bilingual communication in Spanish is a plus.