Senior FP&A Analyst

Flying Horse Capital; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Flying Horse Capital is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst in Cincinnati to own budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting under the CFO. This builder role will set up models, processes, and cadence as the business scales.

You will lead annual budgets, dashboards, variance analyses, and board reporting, partnering with department leaders to drive strategic insights. The role offers a hybrid schedule with three on-site days per week and room to shape the FP&A function as the firm grows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• 2–7 years FP&A, corporate finance, public accounting, or investment banking.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling including three-statement models.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and ability to explain results to non-finance leaders.
• Self-starter capable of building processes from scratch in a growing company.
• Willingness to work on-site in Cincinnati 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budget and recurring forecast process, partnering with department leaders on inputs and assumptions.
• Build and maintain the company's core financial model, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecasts.
• Deliver monthly budget-versus-actual and variance analysis with clear commentary on key drivers.
• Develop KPI dashboards and management reporting for the CFO and leadership team.
• Support board and owner reporting packages.
• Run ad hoc analysis on pricing, profitability, capital spending, headcount, and new initiatives.
• Partner with accounting on month-end close to ensure accurate, timely data.
• Establish FP&A processes, templates, and controls that scale with the business.
• Identify system and tool improvements to streamline planning and reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

GAAP knowledge

Communication to non-finance leaders

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

NetSuite

Adaptive Planning

Power BI

Job description

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (Hybrid – 3 days on-site per week)

Compensation: Up to $115,000 base salary

About the Opportunity

Flying Horse Capital is a Dallas-based permanent capital firm that acquires and holds founder- and family-owned businesses for the long term. We also lead select leadership searches for our long-term strategic partners.

This search is on behalf of one such partner. Their accounting and finance team is growing, and this role is their first dedicated FP&A hire – a chance to build the function from the ground up alongside the CFO.

Role Overview

The Senior FP&A Analyst will own budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting, reporting directly to the CFO. You will turn financial data into clear insight that guides leadership decisions. This is a builder role: you will set up the models, processes, and reporting cadence the business will run on as it scales.

Key Responsibilities

• - Lead the annual budget and recurring forecast process, partnering with department leaders on inputs and assumptions
• - Build and maintain the company's core financial model, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecasts
• - Deliver monthly budget-vs-actual and variance analysis with clear commentary on key drivers
• - Develop KPI dashboards and management reporting for the CFO and leadership team
• - Support board and owner reporting packages
• - Run ad hoc analysis on pricing, profitability, capital spending, headcount, and new initiatives
• - Partner with accounting on month-end close to ensure accurate, timely data
• - Establish FP&A processes, templates, and controls that scale with the business
• - Identify system and tool improvements to streamline planning and reporting

Qualifications

• - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• - 2–7 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, public accounting, or investment banking
• - Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including three-statement models
• - Strong grasp of GAAP financial statements and how operating drivers flow through them
• - Proven ability to explain financial results clearly to non-finance leaders
• - Self-starter comfortable building processes from scratch in a growing company
• - Comfortable working on-site in Cincinnati 3 days per week

Preferred

• - CPA, CFA, or MBA (or progress toward one)
• - Experience at a private equity–backed, founder-owned, or lower-middle-market company
• - Experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g., NetSuite, Adaptive, Power BI)

Why Join

• - Be the first FP&A hire and shape how the function is built
• - Work directly with the CFO, with high visibility to leadership and ownership
• - Grow alongside an expanding finance team, with a clear path to greater scope
• - Hybrid schedule with 3 days on-site in Cincinnati