Senior Business Performance Analyst

We have an opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst – Operations & Business Performance

We are seeking a highly analytical and business-minded Senior Financial Analyst - Operations & Business Performance to serve as a key finance partner to our Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Leadership teams.

This is not a traditional accounting role.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing and service-oriented environment, enjoys digging into data, understands operational drivers, and can translate complex information into actionable business insights. The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with operational curiosity and has experience supporting decision-making through data analysis, forecasting, KPI reporting, and business performance management.

You will play a critical role in connecting financial results to operational performance, helping leaders understand not only what happened, but why it happened and what actions should be taken to improve outcomes.

This role offers broad exposure across financial planning & analysis, operational analytics, manufacturing performance, project profitability, cost management, and corporate reporting.

• Act as a strategic finance partner to Operations, Sales, Procurement, and Leadership teams.

• Provide business leaders with meaningful financial and operational insights that support data-driven decision-making.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.

• Translate operational activities and KPIs into financial impact and performance drivers.

• Build financial models and scenario analyses that support strategic and operational decisions.

• Develop business cases for investments, capital expenditures, productivity initiatives, and commercial opportunities.

• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and corporate stakeholders.

• Support monthly business reviews and performance discussions.

• Analyze operational performance using financial and non-financial KPIs, including:

  • Productivity and labor utilization

  • Capacity utilization

  • Equipment downtime and efficiency

  • Manufacturing throughput

  • Inventory performance

  • On-time delivery

  • Project and service profitability

  • Working capital metrics

• Identify trends, risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across the business.

• Create and maintain dashboards, KPI scorecards, and management reporting tools.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve profitability, productivity, and operational effectiveness.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis and performance measurement.

• Challenge assumptions and provide objective recommendations backed by fact-based analysis.

• Improve data quality, reporting capabilities, and analytics processes to increase business visibility and decision speed.

• Analyze P&L performance and provide insight into revenue, margins, expenses, and profitability drivers.

• Evaluate product, customer, project, and service-line profitability.

• Support pricing analysis and margin improvement initiatives.

• Prepare monthly financial performance reviews and executive presentations.

• Develop rolling forecasts and financial projections.

• Monitor cash flow and working capital performance.

• Support corporate reporting requirements and strategic initiatives.

• Participate in global finance transformation projects and process improvement efforts.

• Support ongoing ERP (Infor LN) and reporting system enhancements.

• Standardize and automate reporting wherever possible.

• Improve reporting processes, controls, and data governance.

• Partner with regional and global finance teams to drive consistency and best practices.

• Support audit and compliance activities while maintaining practical and efficient controls.

• Support month-end close activities, including selected journal entries and account analysis.

• Collaborate with accounting to ensure accurate financial reporting.

• Perform cost accounting analysis and monitor manufacturing cost performance.

• Analyze production costs, efficiency trends, labor variances, and cost-saving opportunities.

• Support inventory valuation and manufacturing performance reporting.

·         Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.

·         5-8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, operational finance, business analytics, corporate finance, manufacturing finance, or business consulting.

·         Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, engineered products, project-based, service, or B2B environments.

·         Demonstrated ability to connect operational performance metrics with financial results.

·         Strong understanding of P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance analysis.

·         Advanced analytical and modeling skills with the ability to turn large volumes of data into actionable insights.

·         Experience developing KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting tools.

·         Strong business acumen and natural curiosity for understanding how operations drive financial performance.

·         Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence leaders at all levels of the organization.

·         Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP and business intelligence/reporting systems.

·         Highly proactive, hands-on, and comfortable operating in a lean, fast-paced environment.

·         Experience with Power BI, OneStream, SQL, or advanced analytics tools is highly desirable.

·         Experience in management consulting, advisory services, or operational finance is a plus.