Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Alliance Resource Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Resource Group is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join its corporate finance team supporting multi-site manufacturing operations across North America. The role blends financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and operational finance to drive strategic decisions.

You will partner with accounting and site leaders, consolidate data from multiple locations, and develop reporting tools and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical experience.
• Advanced Excel skills are an absolute must; able to handle large datasets, advanced formulas, and scalable reporting tools.
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Build and maintain financial models for forecasting, scenario analysis, and business planning.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages with P&L analysis, KPI reporting, and budget-to-actual results.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, and other key drivers.
• Partner with accounting and operational leaders to explain variances and performance.
• Collaborate with manufacturing locations to analyze site-level performance and trends.
• Develop financial models and ad hoc analyses to support management decisions.
• Consolidate data from multiple locations and systems.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities and communicate findings to finance leadership.
• Improve FP&A processes, reporting tools, dashboards, and models.
• Support strategic initiatives, capital investments, and other growth projects.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Multi-site experience

Data analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

PivotTables

Job description

We’re partnering with a growing, multi-site advanced manufacturing company to add a Senior FP&A Analyst to its corporate finance team. The organization supports customers across a variety of high-growth and highly technical industries, including aerospace & defense, semiconductor, medical, industrial, and other advanced technology markets.

The company has expanded significantly over the past several years and operates multiple manufacturing locations across North America. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants exposure to both corporate-level FP&A and the operational side of a manufacturing business.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Build and maintain financial models used for forecasting, scenario analysis, and business planning.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages, including P&L analysis, KPI reporting, and budget-to-actual results.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, and other key business drivers.
• Partner with accounting and operational leaders to understand financial performance and explain key variances.
• Work with individual manufacturing locations to analyze site-level performance, profitability, and operating trends.
• Develop financial models and ad hoc analyses to support management decision-making.
• Consolidate financial and operational data from multiple locations and systems.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities and communicate findings to finance leadership.
• Help improve existing FP&A processes, reporting tools, dashboards, and financial models.
• Support strategic initiatives, capital investments, and other special projects as the company continues to grow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical experience.
• Advanced Excel skills are an absolute must. Candidates should be highly comfortable working with large datasets, using advanced formulas, PivotTables, lookups, and creating clean, scalable reporting tools.
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis experience.
• Ability to work with large amounts of financial and operational data and turn that information into meaningful analysis.
• Strong understanding of the P&L and key business drivers; experience with balance sheet and cash flow forecasting is a plus.
• Experience working in a multi-site or multi-entity environment is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance leaders.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on environment where priorities can move quickly.

The Opportunity

This role offers a nice combination of financial modeling, corporate FP&A, and operational finance. The Senior FP&A Analyst will have visibility across multiple business units and manufacturing locations and will work closely with leadership as the organization continues to scale.

It’s a good fit for someone who doesn’t want to simply maintain reports, but wants to dig into the numbers, understand what is driving the business, and help leadership make better decisions.