Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A at Brady Corporation in Milwaukee, WI

Job description

• Brady Corporation is seeking an analytical, strategic, and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A. In this global role, you will serve as a key finance business partner supporting business units and functional areas across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Reporting directly to the Director, Global FP&A, you will work closely with the broader finance organization to deliver comprehensive financial statement support, driving both operational excellence and strategic growth across FP&A, accounting, and compliance functions.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning & Strategic Analysis
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Own key elements of the Total Company annual budget process. Partner with senior leadership and cost center owners to establish financial targets aligned with overall corporate sales and profitability goals.
• Performance Analytics: Conduct deep-dive analysis of actual financial results against budget and prior periods. Identify key macroeconomic and operational drivers, and effectively communicate performance variances to regional management.
• Business Partnering: Act as a strategic advisor to other global functional areas including HR, IT, Legal, Marketing, etc. Develop high-impact analytics to measure sales and profitability, evaluating product-line performance, payroll analysis, discretionary / vendor spend (e.g., T&E, advertising).
• M&A Integration: Assist with the financial and operational integration of recent corporate acquisitions.
• Accounting, Compliance & Operations
• Month-End Close: Maintain and ensure proper accounting for global business units. Collaborate with the India Shared Services team on month-end closing procedures to ensure accurate, timely GAAP compliance.
• Internal Controls: Champion a strong control environment by ensuring strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, including rigorous account reconciliations and analytics.
• Cross-Functional Payroll Support: Partner with the HR team to support the North American payroll process from a finance lens, overseeing payroll accruals, bonus calculations, and tracking employee status changes.
• Continuous Improvement & Projects
• Identify and execute opportunities to simplify, automate, and streamline reporting workflows and finance obligations.
• Participate in and influence multi-functional project teams tasked with evaluating, recommending, and monitoring new corporate initiatives.
• Support special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, industry FP&A, or public accounting.
• Exceptional foundational knowledge of US GAAP, financial accounting principles, and impeccable attention to detail.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders indirectly and tell a story with data.
• A self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and drive projects to completion.
• Willingness to travel 5-10% of the time to support global initiatives.

Skills

Required

• Financial accounting principles
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Ability to tell a story with data
• Self-starter mindset
• Ability to work independently
• Manage competing priorities
• Drive projects to completion

Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance coverage starting on your first day of employment, including medical, dental, and vision
• Generous 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Opportunity to participate in incentive programs for all full-time employees
• Family planning benefits including paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Education reimbursement opportunities
• Scholarship program for children of Brady employees
• A variety of Employee Resource Groups to provide you with unique networking, development, and volunteer opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program and related wellness programs (mental and behavioral health, family counseling, financial management)
• Dress-for-your-day dress code
• Charitable contributions matched through Brady's Matching Gift program