FP&A Director: Strategic Forecasting & Insights

Advantage Solutions; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Solutions in St. Louis is seeking an experienced FP&A Senior Analyst to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities. You will develop standardized processes, create dashboards, and deliver actionable insights to senior leadership.

The role requires strong analytical skills, expertise in financial systems, and the ability to align cross-functional teams around standardized planning processes. This is an on-site position supporting diverse business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8–10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Travel: No travel requirements

Responsibilities

• Partner with financial planning leads to design and implement standardized forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis processes across the organization.
• Establish best practices for financial management including use of planning tools, reporting templates, and performance metrics.
• Facilitate alignment across financial planning teams to ensure consistent financial support and reporting across business units.
• Partner with technology teams to ensure systems support reporting, planning, and financial data needs.
• Develop and deliver financial reports, dashboards, and analysis to support leadership decision making.
• Consolidate financial results and prepare reporting packages including metrics, variance analysis, and executive summaries.
• Translate complex financial data into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting processes aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Build financial models to evaluate scenarios, investment decisions, and cost optimization strategies

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial planning

Data visualization

Financial systems

Cross-functional alignment

Analytical skills

Communication to senior leadership

Project management

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Advantage Solutions in St. Louis is seeking an experienced FP&A Senior Analyst to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities. You will develop standardized processes, create dashboards, and deliver actionable insights to senior leadership.

The role requires strong analytical skills, expertise in financial systems, and the ability to align cross-functional teams around standardized planning processes. This is an on-site position supporting diverse business units.