Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A

Bradycorp; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brady Corporation seeks a Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A to partner with global business units across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. You will lead the budgeting and forecasting process and deliver analytics to drive growth and efficiency.

Reporting to the Director, Global FP&A, you will support month-end close, SOX controls, and payroll analytics while collaborating with HR, IT, Legal and Marketing to optimize financial performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A and corporate finance, supporting global business units.
• Ability to model financial results and communicate variances to leadership.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with HR, IT, Legal and Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Own key elements of the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Conduct deep-dive performance analytics and variance analysis.
• Partner with global functions to develop analytics on sales, profitability and payroll.
• Assist with the financial and operational integration of acquisitions.
• Maintain month-end close in line with GAAP and SOX controls.
• Support payroll accruals and related finance processes.

Skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Performance Analytics

Business partnering

M&A Integration support

Month-End Close

Internal Controls (SOX)

Payroll Analytics

Tools

Excel

Job description

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.

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.

Continuous Improvement & Projects

• 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.