Lead Financial Analyst, Strategic FP&A

We’re partnering with a large, highly respected global technology and manufacturing organization that is looking to add a Lead Financial Analyst to its FP&A team. This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys going beyond traditional budgeting and forecasting to understand what is actually driving business performance and identify opportunities to improve results.

The position will work closely with Finance, Operations, and commercial stakeholders to analyze revenue, margins, pricing, costs, productivity, and other key performance drivers. Rather than simply reporting variances, this person will be expected to dig into the underlying causes, challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, and translate analysis into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong FP&A professional who enjoys financial modeling, business partnership, and using data to influence meaningful operational and financial decisions within a complex global organization.

Responsibilities

• Business performance analysis: Analyze financial and operating performance to identify the underlying drivers of revenue, profitability, margin, and cost trends.
• Strategic FP&A: Support forecasting, planning, scenario modeling, and other strategic finance initiatives across the organization.
• Margin and profitability analysis: Evaluate price, volume, mix, productivity, cost, and other factors impacting gross margin and overall profitability.
• Opportunity identification: Proactively identify areas where the business can improve financial performance, quantify potential opportunities, and help develop actionable recommendations.
• Financial modeling: Build and enhance models that evaluate business trends, operational performance, investment decisions, and potential improvement initiatives.
• Executive decision support: Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, concise insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to improve forecasting, reporting, analysis, and other FP&A processes while increasing efficiency and consistency.
• Performance tracking: Monitor key initiatives and financial drivers to ensure expected improvements are being realized.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, operational finance, commercial finance, or a similar analytical finance role
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance-analysis experience
• Demonstrated ability to analyze business performance and identify the underlying drivers behind financial results
• Experience with revenue, gross margin, profitability, pricing, cost, productivity, or operational analysis strongly preferred
• Experience within manufacturing, industrial technology, medical device, life sciences, technology, or another complex operating environment is highly attractive
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP, planning, BI, or financial reporting platforms
• Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field