Financial Planning Analyst

Description

Vivace International provides engineering and manufacturing solutions for aerospace, space, and defense programs. The company specializes in spacecraft and launch-vehicle structures, pressure vessels and propellant systems, hypersonic technologies, systems engineering, and advanced flight hardware. Engineers support projects throughout the product lifecycle, from design and analysis through manufacturing, integration, testing, and qualification.

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business analysis across the organization. Reporting to the VP Finance, this position will develop financial models, analyze financial and operational performance, and provide timely insights that support informed business decisions.

The FP&A Analyst will work closely with Finance and cross-functional business partners to support budgeting and forecasting activities, evaluate performance against plan, identify trends and business drivers, and improve the quality and consistency of financial information. This role is well suited for an individual who enjoys working with complex data, developing meaningful analysis, and translating financial information into actionable business insights.

• Develop and maintain financial models supporting forecasting, budgeting, operational planning, scenario analysis, and other business requirements.
• Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes by preparing schedules, consolidating departmental inputs, validating assumptions, and analyzing changes against prior forecasts and operating plans.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual analyses, identifying significant variances, underlying business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare financial and operational reporting packages for review by Finance and company leadership, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely completion.
• Maintain and analyze key financial and operational performance indicators (KPIs) and provide analysis of trends and changes in business performance.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Program Management, and other functional teams to gather financial and operational data, understand business drivers, and support performance analysis.
• Analyze revenue, costs, margins, working capital, and other financial performance measures to identify trends and opportunities for improved business performance.
• Support the 13-week cash flow forecasting process by collecting data, analyzing assumptions, monitoring actual performance, and identifying changes that may affect projected cash flow.
• Perform pricing, profitability, break-even, sensitivity, and margin analyses to support commercial and operational decision-making.
• Analyze financial implications of customer contracts and program requirements, including the impact of contractual terms and business assumptions on revenue, costs, cash flow, forecasts, and profitability.
• Prepare forward-looking financial analyses and scenario models to evaluate potential changes in volume, pricing, cost, investment, or other business assumptions.
• Support capital expenditure analysis and ROI evaluations by preparing financial models, validating assumptions, and comparing projected and actual investment performance.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis in response to business needs and provide clear summaries of findings, trends, risks, and potential opportunities.
• Assist with continuous improvement of FP&A tools, reporting, models, and processes, including identifying opportunities to improve data accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities.
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects through data collection, financial modeling, analysis, and preparation of supporting materials.
• Support merger and acquisition activities as needed, including financial data collection, financial modeling, due diligence support, and analysis of potential financial impacts.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and controls supporting financial models, forecasts, reports, and other…