Financial Analyst- Pricing & FP&A

OTR Engineered Solutions; Rome (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OTR Engineered Solutions is seeking a Financial Analyst specializing in Pricing and FP&A to support pricing strategies and profitability analysis across global operations. You will build pricing models, analyze costs, and evaluate margins to drive pricing recommendations aligned with profitability goals.

The role involves partnering with Finance, Sales, and Operations to deliver forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, while enhancing data quality and reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, pricing, or cost accounting.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cost structures, profitability, and margin analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, and reconciliation.
• Experience working with ERP systems and large datasets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to validate assumptions.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Effective communication across financial, commercial, and operational functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing models for opportunities, quotes, renewals, and adjustments.
• Analyze product costs, manufacturing expenses, tariffs, and landed costs.
• Evaluate customer/product profitability and identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Prepare financial analyses for pricing reviews, including risks and assumptions.
• Support monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Develop models to evaluate opportunities and capital investments.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities in performance data.
• Present findings to Finance leadership and stakeholders.
• Improve pricing accuracy, reporting efficiency, and processes.
• Maintain financial models and standardized pricing methodologies.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Cost accounting

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional communication

Independent work

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Power BI

Job description

The Financial Analyst- Pricing & FP&A supports pricing, profitability analysis, and FP&A across its global manufacturing and distribution operations. This role will develop pricing recommendations based on costs, supply chain economics, customer requirements, and profitability goals while contributing to financial planning, reporting, and operational improvement initiatives.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Develops and maintains pricing models for new business opportunities, customer quotations, contract renewals, and pricing adjustments.
• Analyzes product costs, manufacturing expenses, supplier pricing, freight, tariffs, and other landed-cost components to support pricing decisions.
• Evaluate customer and product-level profitability, identify margin improvement opportunities, and recommend appropriate actions.
• Prepares financial analyses and recommendations for pricing reviews, including validation of assumptions, risks, and commercial considerations.
• Supports monthly financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis across multiple business units.
• Develops financial models and business cases to evaluate customer opportunities, capital investments, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Analyzes financial and operational performance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Presents financial findings and recommendations clearly to Finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities to improve pricing accuracy, reporting efficiency, and financial processes.
• Maintains and enhances financial models, analytical tools, and standardized pricing methodologies.
• Works with ERP data and reporting tools to improve visibility into costs, margins, and business performance.
• Supports cross-functional initiatives focused on profitability, operational efficiency, and data quality.
• Other duties can be assigned based on company needs and employee capabilities.

Competencies:

• Communication and Presentation Proficiency
• Time Management
• Collaboration Skills
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
• Ethical Responsibility
• Customer Service
• Data Analytics

Required Skills / Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, pricing, or cost accounting.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cost structures, profitability, and margin analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, and reconciliation.
• Experience working with ERP systems and large datasets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to validate assumptions and identify inconsistencies.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and consistently deliver accurate work within established deadlines.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work across financial, commercial, and operational functions.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities. At times, the role will need to coordinate a group or a team to achieve company goals on an interim/project basis.

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. At times, employee might be exposed to manufacturing environment, including forklift traffic, fumes, noise, and operating manufacturing equipment.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM. In order to meet our customer demands and internal objectives, at times this role will be required to work outside of the normal schedule, including weekends.

Travel

There may be occasional local day travel or overnight ravel as it is related to training activities or support of assigned plants/locations.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience and/or education.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a multi-location and/or multi-state organization.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assimilate data into useful reports.
• Excellent communications skills required, with the ability to articulate solutions to complex issues.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; capable of learning and utilizing ERP systems to access data.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environment.
• Knowledge of product costing, manufacturing cost structures, landed costs, and customer profitability.
• Experience supporting pricing, budgeting, forecasting, or management reporting.
• Familiarity with Power BI or other business intelligence and analytical tools.
• Experience working across multiple business units or international operations.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Other job duties and responsibilities may also be assigned by the incumbent’s manager at any time based upon Company need.

OTR Engineered Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected classification or status.