Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Stratton Aviation, LLC; Winooski (VT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stratton Aviation is seeking an FP&A Lead to own the annual operating plan and monthly forecasts, build robust financial models, and provide strategic insights to the CFO and business leaders.

This VT-based role emphasizes cash-flow planning, variance analysis, asset acquisitions, and decision support for capital allocation. You’ll turn complex data into actionable guidance and collaborate across teams. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics.
• 3–6 years of FP&A or related finance experience with budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel modeling with three-statement and cash-flow models.
• Working knowledge of GAAP, inventory costing, and impairment.
• Ability to translate financial results into clear insights for non-finance leaders.
• Ability to work independently and partner with CFO.
• Familiarity with AI tools to build and audit models.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual operating plan (AOP) and monthly forecasting process.
• Lead forecast updates, planning models, and the forecast calendar.
• Analyze variances between actuals and forecasts and explain key drivers.
• Develop forecasting content for board and lender reporting.
• Support cash-flow forecasting and liquidity planning, including working capital.

Skills

Excel modeling

GAAP knowledge

Clear insights

Independent work

AI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Lead

Full-Time | Exempt

Take Your FP&A Career to the Next Level

Stratton Aviation is looking for a talented FP&A Lead who enjoys getting beyond the numbers to help a business understand where it is headed and make better decisions.

This is a newly created, high-impact individual contributor role reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. You’ll take ownership of the annual operating plan and monthly forecasting process while playing an important role in cash-flow forecasting, financial modeling, asset acquisition analysis, and strategic decision support.

If you're an analytical finance professional who loves building models, turning complex financial information into actionable insights, and working closely with business leaders, this is an opportunity to make an impact.

What You’ll Do

Own the planning and forecasting process

• Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), bringing together revenue, margin, and expense assumptions to develop the Adjusted EBITDA plan.
• Own monthly forecast updates, planning models, and the forecast calendar.
• Analyze actual results against the AOP and forecast, clearly identifying and explaining key variances.
• Develop forecasting and variance-analysis content to support board and lender reporting.

Help strengthen cash-flow and liquidity planning

• Support a rolling 12-month cash-flow and working-capital forecast.
• Develop forward-looking projections of borrowing-base and revolver availability to help anticipate financing needs.
• Support the 13-week cash-flow forecast and keep longer-term projections aligned with near-term expectations.
• Incorporate AR, AP, and working-capital results into forward-looking financial models.

Bring financial insight to asset acquisitions

This is an especially interesting aspect of the role. You'll help model prospective aircraft, engine, and inventory-package acquisitions, assessing expected part-out value, cost-recovery timing, returns, cash requirements, and financing impact.

You'll also track acquired lots against their original investment models, helping the CFO use actual performance to inform future bids and capital decisions.

Support lot valuation and strategic analysis

• Help develop and maintain lot costing and revaluation models.
• Analyze burn-down adequacy, remaining book value, expected sales, and potential impairment exposure.
• Reconcile models to system results and support audit-related revaluation work.
• Partner directly with the CFO on financing, capital allocation, and other strategic financial analyses.

What You’ll Bring

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics.
• 3–6 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, transaction services, or public accounting, including hands-on budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Advanced Excel modeling skills, including integrated three-statement and cash-flow models that can be maintained and used by others.
• Working knowledge of GAAP, particularly inventory costing and impairment.
• Ability to translate financial results and complex analysis into clear insights for non-finance leaders.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of deliverables, and operate effectively with direct access to the CFO.
• Fluency with AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar tools to build and audit models, automate recurring analysis, and draft financial commentary, while independently validating outputs before relying on them.

We’d be especially interested if you bring

• Experience in a private-equity-backed company.
• Exposure to asset-based lending, borrowing-base calculations, or covenant forecasting.
• Experience in aviation aftermarket, used serviceable material (USM), leasing, or another inventory-intensive distribution environment.
• Experience with lot, project, or job costing.
• CPA, CFA, or MBA, completed or in progress.
• Experience with Power BI or other business-intelligence or planning tools.

Why Stratton Aviation?

Stratton Aviation is a Vermont-based aviation aftermarket company specializing in used serviceable material (USM) parts trading, aircraft and engine teardown, and leasing. Headquartered in Winooski, Vermont, Stratton serves customers across the U.S., U.K., Spain, and international markets and is backed by a private equity partner.

This role offers the opportunity to work directly with the CFO and contribute to some of the company's most important financial decisions, from annual planning and liquidity forecasting to evaluating aircraft and engine acquisitions.

If you're ready to move beyond reporting the numbers and help shape what comes next, we'd like to hear from you.

Stratton Aviation is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to legally protected characteristics.