Senior FP&A Analyst, Manufacturing & Strategic Expansion

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve an integrated, driver-based manufacturing model for PDW's existing operations and expansion into 5 to 7 additional product verticals.
• Translate demand forecasts, program schedules, and launch plans into production-volume, ramp-rate, throughput, capacity, and resource scenarios by product and vertical.
• Build revenue forecasts by product, program, customer, and vertical using unit volume, price, mix, backlog, delivery schedule, and launch-ramp assumptions, with revenue timing aligned to applicable contract terms and…
• Model product and vertical-level COGS and unit economics, including material and bill-of-material costs, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, yield, scrap, rework, freight, warranty, and outsourced production…
• Develop gross-margin forecasts and bridges that isolate the effects of volume, price, mix, material usage and purchase price, labor efficiency, yield, overhead absorption, warranty, and other cost drivers.
• Connect revenue and manufacturing plans to headcount, facilities, tooling, equipment, capital expenditures, inventory, working capital, and cash requirements, and integrate the outputs into PDW's budget, forecast, and…
• Build repeatable model templates and assumption standards for new verticals so opportunities can be evaluated consistently while preserving the operating differences of each product, market, and launch plan.
• Support stage-gate investment decisions and business cases for new verticals, capacity additions, make-versus-buy choices, automation, supplier strategies, and facility expansion through scenario, sensitivity, return,…

Job requirements

• 3-6 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, operations finance, investment banking, or a related analytical role, preferably with exposure to hardware or manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including the ability to build flexible driver-based models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash-flow outputs.
• Strong understanding of the operational drivers of revenue, COGS, and gross margin in a manufacturing business, including volume, price, mix, materials, labor, overhead, capacity, capital investment, inventory, and…
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and recurring performance reporting in a dynamic business environment.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop supportable assumptions with incomplete data, and translate complex analysis into practical decisions.
• Comfort working directly with technical and non-finance stakeholders and translating financial concepts into practical operating guidance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce concise executive-ready materials and present issues in a structured, credible way.