Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A Commercial Finance

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst (Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A & Commercial Finance) External only

Department: Accounting & Finance

Work Location: NorthLittle Rock, AR (on site)

Reports To: VP, FP&A

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Description

Central Moloney, Inc. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our North American FP&A organization and serve as a key strategic finance and commercial finance partner supporting the Central Moloney and Cam Tran business units.

This highly visible role goes beyond traditional financial reporting, combining financial planning, business partnering, commercial analytics, operational finance, and data-driven decision support. The Senior Financial Analyst will work cross-functionally with leaders across Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Sales to turn complex financial and operational data into actionable insights that improve revenue growth, customer profitability, margins, and operational performance.

 As part of a Private Equity-backed, growing North American manufacturing organization, this position provides meaningful exposure to executive leadership, strategic decision-making, business intelligence, and FP&A transformation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence how the business measures performance, improve and automate financial processes, and help build a best-in-class FP&A function.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

·       Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting activities for Central Moloney and Cam Tran.

·       Develop and maintain financial models incorporating revenue, cost drivers, production metrics, operating expenses, and cash flow.

·       Serve as the lead analyst for sales modeling and planning associated with budgets and forecasts.

·       Perform scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to evaluate business risks and opportunities.

Financial, Commercial & Operation Analysis

·       Support monthly financial reviews, including variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior year.

·       Lead top-line analysis, including revenue mix, customer mix, margin profile, and operational throughput.

·       Run and analyze weekly CMI and Cam Tran performance scorecards, including backlog, bookings, sales, and other key KPIs.

·       Develop and maintain customer scorecards and customer profitability models.

·       Analyze commercial performance across customer, product type, kVA, sales channel, and geographic region, including pipeline and quote win/loss trends.

·       Analyze finished goods inventory and key operational drivers impacting manufacturing efficiency and gross margin.

·       Partner with Cost Accounting and Operations to analyze production, labor, and material cost variances and track cost improvement initiatives.

·       Translate financial, commercial, and operational data into actionable insights and recommendations for business leaders.

Reporting, Business Intelligence & Decision Support

·       Develop and maintain scalable financial models, reporting frameworks, and Power BI dashboards that improve visibility into financial, operational, and commercial KPIs.

·       Own data sourcing, validation, and pressure-testing to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial and operational reporting.

·       Support data governance and consistency of cost and commercial data used in financial models, scorecards, forecasts, and management reporting.

·       Drive process automation and continuous improvement within financial reporting and analytics to reduce manual work and improve decision-making speed.

·       Provide ad hoc financial analysis, including pricing analysis, business cases, scenario modeling, and strategic decision support.

·       Support ERP initiatives, system enhancements, and standard cost implementations across business units.

Capital Planning & Business Partnership

·       Support CapEx planning and investment analysis, including development of ROI models and post-investment performance analysis.

·       Serve as a cross-functional business partner to Accounting, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Sales to improve financial visibility and business performance.

·       Contribute to strategic initiatives, special projects, and continuous improvement efforts across the organization.

Requirements

Education & Experience

·       Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related fie