Financial Planning Analyst
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Overview
Job Description
Position Summary
The Financial Analyst (FP&A) supports the Company's budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance reporting processes across a multi-site manufacturing and distribution environment. This role partners with Finance, Operations, Sales, and Supply Chain to analyze business performance, develop forecasts, and provide data-driven insights that support operational and strategic decision-making.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and Excel skills, the ability to work with large datasets, and an interest in understanding the financial drivers of a manufacturing business.
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Forecasting
- Support the annual budget and rolling forecast processes across revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses, and capital expenditures.
- Maintain and enhance driver-based financial models and forecasting assumptions.
- Track actual performance against plan and update forecasts based on changing business conditions.
- Assist with long-range planning, scenario analysis, and sensitivity modeling related to key business drivers such as volume, pricing, product mix, labor, commodities, and freight.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare monthly financial reporting packages including variance analysis, performance dashboards, and P&L bridges.
- Analyze performance trends across plants, product lines, and distribution routes.
- Develop and maintain standardized KPI reporting including contribution margin, productivity metrics, and route profitability.
- Translate financial results into clear insights to support operational decision-making.
Business Partnership & Analysis
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales to evaluate productivity initiatives, pricing actions, and customer profitability.
- Support cost-to-serve analysis and margin improvement initiatives.
- Assist in evaluating capital investments and strategic initiatives.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis to support business leaders.
Month-End Close Support & Data Integrity
- Collaborate with Accounting during the month-end close process, including accrual analysis, reconciliations, and financial review.
- Reconcile financial data between ERP systems and reporting models.
- Assist with improving financial reporting structures, master data accuracy, and documentation of FP&A processes.
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