Senior Financial Analyst

Hybrid | Manufacturing & Distribution | Private Equity-Backed Growth Environment

We're seeking a highly analytical and driven Senior FP&A Analyst to join a fast-growing manufacturing and distribution organization. Reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, this role will partner closely with executive leadership across commercial, operational, and corporate finance functions to deliver insights that drive business performance and strategic decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys blending financial planning, business partnership, operational analytics, and strategic modeling while gaining broad exposure to senior leadership in a dynamic, PE-backed environment.

Commercial Finance

• Partner with commercial leadership and sales teams to provide financial analysis and actionable business insights.
• Develop weekly and monthly reporting across customers, products, and sales channels.
• Analyze performance against budget, forecast, and prior-year results, identifying key business drivers.
• Build profitability analyses to uncover margin improvement opportunities across products, customers, and channels.
• Support pricing strategy through price-volume-mix analysis and financial modeling.
• Incorporate market and industry trends into forecasting and demand planning activities.
• Assist with commercial budgeting, forecasting, and revenue planning.

Operations & Manufacturing Finance

• Support KPI reporting for manufacturing and supply chain operations.
• Prepare plant-level financial reporting and variance analysis.
• Contribute to annual budgeting and forecasting processes for manufacturing and distribution facilities.
• Track capital expenditures and develop investment analyses, including ROI, NPV, and IRR evaluations.
• Maintain labor and overhead rate models supporting standard costing processes.
• Monitor synergy realization and performance of acquired businesses.

Strategic FP&A & Modeling

• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and scenario planning.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and executive-level reporting for senior leadership and investors.
• Drive continuous improvement across FP&A processes, reporting tools, and forecasting methodologies.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, cost accounting, or a related finance role.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, cost accounting, and investment analysis.
• Experience supporting both commercial and operational finance functions is highly preferred.
• Experience working within manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environments.
• Advanced Excel modeling skills.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Great Plains or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau, or other business intelligence tools is a plus.
• Previous experience in a private equity-backed company is advantageous.