Senior FP&A Manager Analyst

Overview

A leading aerospace and defense organization is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and business analysis efforts. This role is critical in supporting leadership with data-driven decision-making as the company scales its operations, programs, and infrastructure.

The Senior FP&A Analyst will collaborate closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, supply chain, and corporate functions. This position offers a clear path to FP&A Manager for candidates demonstrating strong analytical skills and business partnership capabilities in a fast-paced aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or project-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial planning
• Build and maintain financial models to support strategic planning, operating decisions, and scenario analysis
• Provide monthly variance analysis on revenue, operating expenses, headcount, capital spending, and program performance
• Partner with department leaders to develop budgets, monitor spending, and improve forecasting accuracy
• Support executive reporting, including management dashboards, board materials, and KPI reporting packages
• Analyze business performance to identify risks, opportunities, and actions to improve financial outcomes
• Develop reporting frameworks for program, function, and company-level performance
• Support cash planning, working capital visibility, and resource allocation decisions
• Collaborate with accounting to improve forecast-to-actual alignment and reporting consistency
• Establish scalable financial planning processes, tools, and operating cadences as the company grows
• Conduct ad hoc analyses related to pricing, hiring plans, capital investments, program ramp-up, and strategic initiatives
• Contribute to a disciplined, data-driven operating environment that supports growth and execution

Core Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes
• Consolidate financial inputs from multiple functions into clear company-wide plans
• Develop scenario models for growth planning, staffing, capital needs, and program performance
• Work with senior finance leadership to build and refine detailed forecast models

Business Partnership

• Act as a strategic finance partner to leaders across engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, accounting, and other corporate functions
• Support decision-making with timely analysis on spending, investment priorities, and operating leverage
• Help department leaders understand budget performance and financial trade-offs

Reporting & Analysis

• Produce recurring reporting packages for leadership with actionable insights
• Analyze trends in spending, headcount, margin, cash usage, and operational performance
• Build dashboards and metrics to improve transparency and accountability
• Collaborate with operational finance teams to streamline efficiency and develop operating KPIs

Process & Systems Improvement

• Improve planning models, reporting processes, and data consistency across finance and business teams
• Help implement scalable FP&A tools, templates, and management rhythms
• Drive improvements in planning accuracy, reporting speed, and decision support quality

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• 5-8+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related financial planning roles
• Experience owning a full forecasting or budgeting cycle end-to-end, including stakeholder management and leadership presentation
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis skills
• Experience supporting cross-functional business partners in a dynamic operating environment
• Advanced Excel and spreadsheet modeling skills; comfortable working with financial systems and reporting tools
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information into clear insights and recommendations
• Strong business judgment, analytical rigor, and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in startup or scale-up FP&A roles
• Background in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, hardware, or project/program-based environments
• Experience supporting executive teams, board reporting, or investor-facing analysis
• Familiarity with program finance, cost accounting, government contracting, or compliance-driven businesses
• Experience with ERP and planning tools such as Rillet, NetSuite, Abacum, Cube, Adaptive, Anaplan, or similar platforms
• Experience building finance processes in a startup or scaling company environment

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity through stock option grants
• Flexible paid time off plus 9 bank holidays, 48 hours sick leave, and 5 days bereavement leave
• Parental leave (2 weeks)
• Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premiums paid by the employer
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, life, and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan

Location

This position is based in the United States. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

The organization is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to preventing discrimination or harassment based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for applicants with disabilities.

Artificial intelligence tools may be used to assist in parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.