Senior FP&A Analyst

Flying Horse Capital; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Flying Horse Capital seeks a Senior FP&A Analyst for a portfolio company in the Phoenix area. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, providing decision-ready insights to the CFO and ownership.

You’ll sit on-site with the operating company and partner with operations to drive profitability. You will build the budget, forecast cash flow, and deliver KPI dashboards and variance analyses to help leadership make informed, timely decisions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in FP&A or comparable analytical finance role.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Advanced Excel capable of driver-based models.
• Strong command of financial statements and decision impact.
• Ability to explain financial results clearly to non-finance staff.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the annual operating budget and rolling forecast.
• Own the 13-week cash flow forecast and liquidity planning.
• Produce monthly leadership/ownership reporting with variance explanations.
• Create KPI dashboards for ops, sales, and leadership.
• Analyze unit economics, profitability, and cost structure.
• Partner with ops to translate results into decisions.
• Evaluate capital projects with ROI/payback analysis.
• Improve reporting infrastructure and ERP/reporting system usage.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial statement analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

ERP systems

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Location: Phoenix metro, AZ (on-site)

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer of the operating company

Compensation: $110,000–$135,000 base + annual performance bonus + benefits

Posted by: Flying Horse Capital

About Flying Horse Capital

Flying Horse Capital is a permanent capital firm that acquires founder- and family-owned businesses and holds them for the long term. No fund life. No five-year clock. No forced exit. We buy good businesses and keep them. That ownership model changes what this job is. The reporting you build, the processes you fix, and the decisions you influence stay in place and compound. You are not building a package for the next owner.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior FP&A Analyst for one of our portfolio companies in the Phoenix metro area. You would be employed by and work on-site at the operating company, reporting to its CFO, with visibility to Flying Horse Capital ownership. We will share the company name and full business detail in the first conversation.

This is a build-it role, not a maintain-it role.

You will be the analytical backbone of the finance function — owning the budget and forecast, standing up reporting that leadership actually uses to run the business, and giving the CEO, CFO, and ownership a clear line of sight into what is driving performance.

You will not be one of twelve analysts refreshing a slide that someone else presents. You will sit close to the operators, understand how the business actually makes money, and have your analysis in front of decision-makers within days of producing it.

What You'll Own

Planning and forecasting

• Build and maintain the annual operating budget and rolling forecast, working directly with department leaders
• Own the 13-week cash flow forecast and short-term liquidity planning

Reporting and analysis

• Produce the monthly reporting package for company leadership and ownership, including variance analysis with real explanations for what moved and why
• Build and maintain KPI dashboards for operations, sales, and executive leadership
• Analyze unit economics, project and customer profitability, margin, and cost structure

Business partnership

• Partner with operations leaders to translate financial results into operating decisions
• Support pricing analysis, bid and quote review, and margin improvement work
• Evaluate capital projects and investment requests, including ROI and payback analysis

Systems and process

• Improve the reporting infrastructure — data pulls, models, and reporting cadence — so closing the loop gets faster every quarter
• Support ERP and reporting system improvements alongside the accounting team
• Contribute to acquisition diligence and integration analysis as the company grows

What We're Looking For

Required

• 4+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, transaction advisory, audit, or a comparable analytical finance role
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Advanced Excel — you can build a clean, auditable driver-based model without a template
• Strong command of the financial statements and how operating decisions flow through them
• Ability to explain financial results in plain language to people who do not work in finance

Preferred

• Experience at a lower-middle-market, private equity-backed, or family-owned company where the finance team is small and the scope is wide
• CPA, CFA, or MBA
• Experience with a mid-market ERP and a BI tool such as Power BI or Tableau
• Exposure to M&A diligence or integration work

How You Work

• You go find the answer rather than waiting to be handed the data
• You are comfortable building something that did not exist before
• You have judgment about what matters and what is noise
• You want to be in the business, talking to operators — not behind a screen all day

Why This Role

• Ownership stability. Permanent capital means improvements you make stay made.
• Real scope. Planning, reporting, operations, capital allocation, and eventually acquisitions.
• Proximity to decisions. You will work directly with the CFO and CEO and present to ownership.
• Room to grow. This seat is a direct path to Controller and Director of Finance responsibility.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary of $110,000–$135,000, commensurate with experience
• Annual performance bonus targeted at 15% of base