Sr. FP&A Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst

We are the world's largest emblem manufacturer and embroidery services with seven strategic locations throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Europe. We have been trusted year after year by customers for over 30 years to provide high-quality products and embroidery services that help customers create a great look, have memorable experiences, and promote their brand. We offer a wide variety of emblem options, ranging from traditional embroidered to FlexStyle patches and everything in between. Our culture is represented by our Core Values: Stay Positive, Get the Job Done, Customer Centricity and 100% Committed to the Team.

Job Summary

The Senior FP&A Analyst is a high-impact, individual-contributor role created to help World Emblem scale from $100M to $250M in annual revenue over the next three years. This position supports the consolidation and reporting of financial results across multiple countries and functions, ensuring leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable insights. This role manages the planning and forecasting cycles, prepares monthly performance packages, partnering with manufacturing, sales, supply chain and commercial leaders to translate financial data into actionable insight. The Senior FP&A Analyst is the right hand to the FP&A Manager during budget, forecast, and close cycles; supports multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation and reporting; develops the next generation of self-service Power BI dashboards across the enterprise; and leads deep-dive analyses on product, customer, and facility profitability. Success requires strong analytical skills, discipline in applying standardized work processes, and the ability to lead with urgency and accountability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Financial Planning, Forecasting & Modeling

• Build and maintain driver-based financial models supporting the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and the 3- to 5-year long-range plan, with explicit roadmaps from $91M to $250M+ in revenue.
• Assist the FP&A Manager in coordinating the annual budget calendar, tracking submissions, and challenging assumptions across functions and geographies.
• Manage rolling forecasts and reforecasts, consolidating inputs into accurate company-wide projections.
• Prepare and distribute detailed budget templates for cost-center owners; consolidate inputs into a coherent, validated company plan and reconcile top-down vs. bottom-up views.

2. Monthly Reporting & Consolidation

• Support monthly financial results consolidation using Data Rails, evaluating currency results, FX translations, and intercompany eliminations.
• Support the delivery and communication of monthly and quarterly financial reporting to executive leadership.
• Perform detailed variance analysis (budget, forecast, prior year) with clear explanations of variances by locations, product, segment, etc.

3. Functional Business Partnership

• Act as the financial partner to functional leaders (Sales, Marketing, Operations, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Client Services, Mexico and Canada Operations, etc.).
• Provide insights on cost management, efficiency, and resource allocation to support functional objectives.
• Support functional leaders with financial interpretation of results, enabling fact-based decisions.
• Translate complex financial data into clear narratives tailored to non-financial audiences.

4. Standardized Work & Process Discipline

• Apply and reinforce standardized work processes across FP&A activities (budgeting, forecasting, reporting).
• Ensure consistent use of templates, tools, and reporting formats across functions and countries.
• Identify areas where processes can be simplified, automated, or streamlined without losing rigor.
• Promote a culture of accuracy, timeliness, and accountability within FP&A deliverables.
• Ensure reporting follows standardized work processes for consistency and accuracy across all functions.

5. Cash Flow & Financial Support

• Prepare and monitor 13-week cash forecasts rolled up by entity and currency, highlighting variances and risks to the plan.
• Provide financial insights to support capital allocation, investment decisions, and cost optimization.
• Support bank compliance and shareholder reporting needs.
• Enhance forecasting accuracy of driver-based planning and scenario analysis.
• Implement and continuously improve standardized financial systems, models, and reporting tools to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of financial data.
• Monitor KPIs tied to cost reduction, yield improvement, schedule adherence, and working-capital efficiency, and recommend adjustments based on business scale.

6. Leadership & Collaboration

• Act as a trusted financial partner to functional leaders, translating operational plans into our financial plan.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives such as system implementations, process automation, mergers and acquisitions, and new product introductions.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency in financial reporting and problem resolution.
• Educate non-finance partners on budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance concepts.
• Maintain technical skills keeping up to date with latest production and production management concepts.
• Work with functional leaders to develop revenue and expense projections, and identify to optimize costs, pricing, inventory levels, and resource allocations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 3–5 years of professional or corporate finance experience, preferably in a manufacturing or multinational environment.
• Strong background in multi-country consolidation and functional financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with BI/reporting tools (Power BI, DataRails, or similar).
• ERP experience (Microsoft Dynamics Business Central strongly recommended).
• Demonstrated ability to apply standardized work processes in a financial setting.

Skills

• Financial Acumen – Deep understanding of financial statements, variance analysis, and forecasting. In addition, understanding of accounting principles, journal entries, accruals is required.
• Standardized Process Discipline – Ability to apply and enforce structured work processes across FP&A deliverables.
• Analytical & Strategic Thinking – Strong capability in modeling, scenario planning, and interpreting financial impacts.
• Communication & Influence – Clear communicator of financial insights to senior leadership and functional leaders.
• Partnership Mindset – Skilled at collaborating with functional leaders to align financial insights with business needs.
• Leadership & Mentorship – Ability to guide, develop, and influence others in finance and beyond.
• Sense of Urgency – Responsive and decisive, delivering under tight deadlines with accuracy.

Education /Experience

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred).

Language Ability

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Bilingual communication in Spanish is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibility; Will provide direction to cross-functional contributors during planning and close cycles.