Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A

BRADY WORLDWIDE INC; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Parental leave

Fertility coverage

Adoption assistance

Surrogacy assistance

Employee Resource Groups

Wellness programs

Job summary

Brady Corporation, headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, seeks an analytical Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A to partner with global business units across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and performance analytics while ensuring GAAP compliance and strong internal controls.

In this role, you will collaborate with HR, IT, Legal, and Marketing to measure profitability, evaluate product-line performance, and support M&A integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, or public accounting.
• Exceptional knowledge of US GAAP and financial accounting principles.
• Excellent communication and storytelling with data; able to influence stakeholders.
• Self-starter who can manage multiple priorities and drive projects.
• Willingness to travel 5–10% for global initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning & Strategic Analysis: own elements of the annual budget process and align targets with leadership goals.
• Performance Analytics: analyze variances vs budget and prior periods; communicate insights to regional teams.
• Business Partnering: advise HR, IT, Legal, Marketing on analytics of sales, payroll, and spend.
• M&A Integration: assist with financial/operational integration of acquisitions.
• Month-End Close & Controls: support global month-end close and SOX compliance; ensure GAAP adherence.
• Payroll support: partner with HR on payroll accruals and bonus calculations.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Business partnering

GAAP knowledge

Data storytelling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

SAP

Hyperion

Job description

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What We Need:

Brady Corporation is seeking an analytical, strategic, and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A . In this global role, you will serve as a key finance business partner supporting business units and functional areas across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Reporting directly to the Director, Global FP&A, you will work closely with the broader finance organization to deliver comprehensive financial statement support, driving both operational excellence and strategic growth across FP&A, accounting, and compliance functions.

What You'll Be Doing:

Financial Planning & Strategic Analysis

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Own key elements of the Total Company annual budget process. Partner with senior leadership and cost center owners to establish financial targets aligned with overall corporate sales and profitability goals.
• Performance Analytics: Conduct deep-dive analysis of actual financial results against budget and prior periods. Identify key macroeconomic and operational drivers, and effectively communicate performance variances to regional management.
• Business Partnering: Act as a strategic advisor to other global functional areas including HR, IT, Legal, Marketing, etc. Develop high-impact analytics to measure sales and profitability, evaluating product-line performance, payroll analysis, discretionary / vendor spend (e.g., T&E, advertising).
• M&A Integration: Assist with the financial and operational integration of recent corporate acquisitions.

Accounting, Compliance & Operations

• Month-End Close: Maintain and ensure proper accounting for global business units. Collaborate with the India Shared Services team on month-end closing procedures to ensure accurate, timely GAAP compliance.
• Internal Controls: Champion a strong control environment by ensuring strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, including rigorous account reconciliations and analytics.
• Cross-Functional Payroll Support: Partner with the HR team to support the North American payroll process from a finance lens, overseeing payroll accruals, bonus calculations, and tracking employee status changes.
• Identify and execute opportunities to simplify, automate, and streamline reporting workflows and finance obligations.
• Participate in and influence multi-functional project teams tasked with evaluating, recommending, and monitoring new corporate initiatives.
• Support special projects as assigned.

What You Will Need To Be Successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, industry FP&A, or public accounting.
• Exceptional foundational knowledge of US GAAP, financial accounting principles, and impeccable attention to detail.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders indirectly and tell a story with data.
• A self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and drive projects to completion.
• W illingness to travel 5-10% of the time to support global initiatives.

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About Us:

Who we are:
Brady Corporation is a global industrial technology leader dedicated to making workplaces safer, more productive, and more connected. Backed by a 110+ year legacy of reliability and innovation, we have entered an exciting era of transformation and growth, powered by more than 10,000 team members serving customers across 40+ countries. Following our acquisition of Honeywell's Productivity Solutions and Services business in August 2026, Brady brings together trusted leadership in safety, materials science, and identification with advanced mobile computing, scanning, and automation. We help organizations make work safer, more productive, and more connected by transforming everyday critical information into actionable intelligence. Our end-to-end platform unites two powerful pillars:

• Identification Solutions: High-performance labels, safety signs, engineered materials, and rugged industrial printing systems.
• Intelligent Productivity Solutions: Industry-leading mobile computers, barcode/RFID scanners, specialized software, voice automation, and workflow services.

From aerospace, healthcare, and laboratories to manufacturing plants, retail, data centers, and global transportation and logistics hubs, we empower customers to identify, protect, track, and optimize the people, assets, and processes that keep the world running. Why work at Brady:
A career at Brady means working for a global company that has thrived for over 100 years, and whose innovative spirit drives our future growth.

Brady offers competitive pay and great benefits, supported by a culture that encourages collaboration and innovation. We strive to foster an inclusive workplace where diverse talent can learn, grow, and succeed. And with deeply rooted values, no matter where you work at Brady, you'll feel connected to the community through our charitable contributions and opportunities to give back.

Our headquarters are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but we have more than 70 locations globally, giving our employees the opportunity to work with colleagues around the world.

• Comprehensive insurance coverage starting on your first day of employment, including medical, dental, and vision
• Generous 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Opportunity to participate in incentive programs for all full-time employees
• Family planning benefits including paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Scholarship program for children of Brady employees
• A variety of Employee Resource Groups to provide you with unique networking, development, and volunteer opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program and related wellness programs (mental and behavioral health, family counseling, financial management)
• Dress-for-your-day dress code
• Charitable contributions matched through Brady's Matching Gift program

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