Senior Financial Analyst

Compensation: To $110K, plus bonus.

Job Overview - Senior Financial Analyst - 34357

This is an 3 day in / 2 day out role in the Charlotte, NC area. Our client is not offering relocation assistance at this time.

Our client is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join a growing FP&A team supporting a global manufacturing organization. This role offers broad exposure to business operations, executive leadership, and strategic decision-making while serving as a key finance partner to operating sites and functional leaders.

The ideal candidate is a highly analytical finance professional who enjoys turning data into actionable insights, partnering with the business, and driving continuous improvement. This position provides significant visibility and is well-suited for someone looking to accelerate their career within a best-in-class finance organization.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across multiple business units and shared services functions.
• Analyze monthly financial performance and provide insights on variances to budget, forecast, and prior year results.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support operational, commercial, and strategic initiatives.

Business Partnership

• Partner directly with operating locations and functional leaders to evaluate profitability, cost trends, productivity initiatives, and key operational metrics.
• Provide actionable financial insights that help drive business performance and informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to improve financial understanding and accountability.

Strategic Decision Support

• Support capital investment evaluations through ROI analysis, business case development, and post-investment performance tracking.
• Assist with pricing analysis, cost reduction initiatives, and growth opportunities.
• Help identify risks and opportunities that impact financial performance and long-term business objectives.

Reporting & Process Improvement

• Prepare management reporting packages, dashboards, and presentations for finance and business leadership.
• Support consolidated reporting activities across multiple business units to ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, automation, and overall FP&A effectiveness.
• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment between financial results, forecasts, and operational performance metrics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 3-6 years of experience in FP&A, Operations Finance, Corporate Finance, or a related analytical role.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex financial data into meaningful business insights.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence business partners.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive, growth-oriented mindset.

Preferred

• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or multi-site operations.
• Exposure to capital investment analysis, ROI modeling, and operational KPI reporting.
• Experience working within global or multi-business-unit organizations.
• Familiarity with financial planning and reporting tools

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• High-visibility role with direct exposure to business and finance leadership.
• Opportunity to influence operational and strategic decisions across a global organization.
• Strong career development path within a growing FP&A function.
• Collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and professional growth.
• Broad exposure to manufacturing operations, capital investments, and business performance management.

Additional Job Details

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Seniority Level: Associate

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About our Process

• We will notify you if you are selected as a candidate for this role. If not, but you fit our specializations, we'll consider you for future openings, and encourage you to apply for other Sherpa roles you're qualified for/interested in.
• Non-Local Candidates: Please note that you are competing with local candidates who don't require relocation expenses and can start quickly, so let us know if you have plans to move to the area soon.
• Candidates for all Sherpa opportunities must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Sherpa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.