Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key finance partner to the Critical Communications Systems business unit leadership team. This role is well suited for someone who can bring strong FP&A fundamentals, comfort working in a developing finance environment, and the ability to create structure in a business that is one year post-carve-out and privately held. The role will own the full business unit P&L view, support disciplined forecasting and reporting rhythms, and help translate financial results into practical insights that support both foundational finance needs and growth priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Core FP&A, Reporting & Financial Discipline
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Own recurring forecast activities, structured inputs, forecast updates, and scenario-based analysis for the business unit P&L, while supporting the annual budgeting process.
• Financial Reporting & Insights: Prepare clear KPI reporting, financial summaries, and leadership materials that explain results, highlight trends, and connect financial performance to business drivers.
• Variance & Cost Driver Analysis: Monitor monthly financial results, analyze cost drivers, operational variances, margin trends, and cross-functional inputs, and identify risks and upside opportunities impacting gross margin and overall P&L performance.
• Process & Data Discipline: Help strengthen foundational finance routines, including data accuracy, structured inputs, spreadsheet maintenance, close support, and repeatable reporting processes.
• Business Partnership, P&L Ownership & Growth Support
• Full P&L Partnership: Own the full business unit P&L view and partner with BU leaders to bring clear analysis, financial discipline, and practical recommendations to support decision-making.
• Commercial, Brand & R&D Alignment: Partner with Sales, Brand, and R&D teams to develop a holistic view of pricing, product roadmap, portfolio decisions, pipeline health, and the commercial drivers impacting the business unit P&L.
• Scenario Modeling & Growth Support: Build financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate product launches, market opportunities, investment decisions, and resource allocation priorities.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with finance peers and cross-functional teams supporting supply chain, procurement, logistics, and other horizontal activities to understand cost drivers, risks, and opportunities impacting financial performance.
• Capital & Cash Flow Support: Analyze cash flow drivers, capital expenditures, and return on investment metrics to support informed financial decisions.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Experience: Ideal candidate will have 3–7 years of progressive finance, FP&A, or business analytics experience, with strong fundamentals in data execution, month-end close support, spreadsheet maintenance, budget variance tracking, and financial reporting. Candidates should be able to independently own forecasts, deliverables, scenario modeling, and business partner
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Systems & Tools: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including complex formulas, PivotTables, and data charts). Experience with enterprise systems like SAP, Power BI, or Power Query is highly preferred.
• Business Influence: Ability to use data-driven financial insights to guide discussions, challenge assumptions constructively, and influence business partners with credibility.
• Adaptability & Problem Solving: Comfortable shifting between detailed financial analysis and broader business questions, especially in an environment where processes, reporting routines, and decision support continue to mature.
• Commercial & Product Curiosity: Natural curiosity for commercial and technical business drivers, with the ability to connect those insights to financial analysis, forecast assumptions, and practical recommendations.