Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A - PE Backed) at Arkansas Talent Group in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Job description

• Arkansas Talent Group is partnering with a growing, well-established Private Equity backed Manufacturing Company in Little Rock to find a Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A). This is a newly created position due to company growth in a fairly new FP&A Department with terrific leadership. We have placed most of their Finance department and candidates are thriving in the company.
• This is a highly visible opportunity for a financially minded professional who enjoys using data, modeling, and business partnership to influence meaningful operational and strategic decisions.
• The Senior Financial Analyst will support planning, forecasting, financial reporting, financial analysis, and performance improvement initiatives. Working closely with leaders across finance and operations, this individual will transform complex financial and business data into clear insights that support profitable growth, stronger margins, and improved decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budget, recurring forecast, and long-range planning processes
• Build and maintain financial models related to revenue, operating expenses, margin, working capital, cash flow, and key operating drivers
• Prepare monthly reporting packages and analyze results against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance
• Identify, investigate, and clearly communicate key financial and operational variances, trends, risks, and opportunities
• Partner with operational leaders to evaluate revenue performance, customer and product profitability, pricing, backlog, sales activity, and pipeline trends
• Develop performance scorecards, dashboards, and reporting tools that improve visibility into financial and operational KPIs
• Analyze inventory, cost drivers, labor and material variances, productivity measures, and other factors affecting profitability
• Assist with business cases, capital investment analysis, return-on-investment models, and post-investment performance reviews
• Improve the accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of reporting data through process improvement, automation, and enhanced reporting practices
• Support financial systems initiatives, reporting enhancements, and cross-functional projects as needed
• Present analysis and recommendations in a concise, business-focused manner to finance and non-finance stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 3-5 Years of Experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Public Accounting or a related analytical role.
• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to organize, analyze, and model complex datasets
• Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence and data-visualization tools is strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of financial statements, profitability analysis, cost drivers, and operational metrics
• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or multi-site operating environment is preferred
• Ability to communicate complex findings clearly and translate data into practical recommendations

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel
• Financial modeling
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance analysis
• Management reporting
• Financial statements analysis
• Profitability analysis
• Cost drivers analysis
• Operational metrics
• Communication

Preferred

• Power BI
• Business intelligence tools
• Data visualization

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation that includes 10-15% Bonus
• Great benefits package including matching 401k and ample PTO
• Opportunity to work with and be trained by a high Caliber Director, Private Equity Exposure, Huge Growth Opportunity, and chance to help build out a growing department
• This is a rare and exciting opportunity for the Little Rock market to be a part of something truly special!