Senior FP&A Analyst — PE-Backed Manufacturing Growth

Arkansas Talent Group; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10-15%

401k matching

PTO

Job summary

Arkansas Talent Group is partnering with a PE-backed manufacturing company in Little Rock to recruit a Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) to drive planning, forecasting, and performance improvements.

You will build financial models, analyze variances, and collaborate with operations to support growth, margins, and decision making. Exposure to private equity and a growing FP&A department offers a clear career path.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 3-5 years FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or related analytical role.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Experience with Power BI or similar BI tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budget, recurring forecast, and long-range planning processes.
• Build and maintain financial models related to revenue, operating expenses, margin, working capital, cash flow, and key operating drivers.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages and analyze results against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Identify, investigate, and clearly communicate key financial and operational variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with operational leaders to evaluate revenue performance, customer and product profitability, pricing, backlog, sales activity, and pipeline trends.
• Develop performance scorecards, dashboards, and reporting tools that improve visibility into financial and operational KPIs.
• Analyze inventory, cost drivers, labor and material variances, productivity measures, and other factors affecting profitability.
• Assist with business cases, capital investment analysis, return-on-investment models, and post-investment performance reviews.
• Improve the accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of reporting data through process improvement, automation, and enhanced reporting practices.
• Support financial systems initiatives, reporting enhancements, and cross-functional projects as needed.
• Present analysis and recommendations in a concise, business-focused manner to finance and non-finance stakeholders

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Management reporting

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Arkansas Talent Group is partnering with a PE-backed manufacturing company in Little Rock to recruit a Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) to drive planning, forecasting, and performance improvements.

You will build financial models, analyze variances, and collaborate with operations to support growth, margins, and decision making. Exposure to private equity and a growing FP&A department offers a clear career path.