Sr Financial Analyst – Strategic Modeling & Analytics

The Senior Financial Analyst – Strategic Modeling & Analytics is responsible for developing financial models, scenario analyses, and decision-support tools that help shape Milwaukee Tool's long-term operations and supply chain strategy. This role combines advanced financial analysis with data architecture and modeling capabilities to evaluate strategic business opportunities, operational risks, and future-state supply chain scenarios.

The Senior Financial Analyst – Strategic Modeling & Analytics is responsible for developing financial models, scenario analyses, and decision-support tools that help shape Milwaukee Tool's long-term operations and supply chain strategy. This role combines advanced financial analysis with data architecture and modeling capabilities to evaluate strategic business opportunities, operational risks, and future-state supply chain scenarios.

Approximately 50% of the role is focused on strategic modeling, business case development, and scenario analysis to support key operational decisions. The remaining 50% is focused on enhancing the underlying data infrastructure, automation, and modeling architecture that enables scalable financial simulations and future analytical capabilities.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, intellectually curious, and comfortable working with large datasets, developing models from scratch, and translating complex findings into actionable recommendations. This individual will partner closely with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Strategic Operations, and Data & Analytics teams to improve decision-making and streamline future modeling capabilities.

• Develop and maintain financial models supporting strategic planning, network optimization, sourcing decisions, manufacturing transfers, capacity planning, and supply chain initiatives.
• Perform scenario analysis and create multiple "what-if" simulations to quantify financial and operational impacts of business decisions.
• Build business cases that clearly communicate risks, opportunities, assumptions, and recommendations for executive leadership.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial and operational analyses to support data-driven decision making.
• Analyze product, operational, and supply chain performance to identify opportunities for cost reduction, margin improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Research industry, macroeconomic, and geopolitical trends to assess potential impacts on operations strategy and business performance.
• Translate complex analyses into concise executive-level presentations and recommendations.

• Design, maintain, and continuously improve modeling tools, datasets, and analytical frameworks used across Operations Finance and Strategic Operations.
• Partner with Data & Analytics teams to develop scalable data connections and automated data pipelines that support future modeling capabilities.
• Improve data accessibility, governance, and model efficiency by reducing manual processes and enhancing system integration.
• Support development of simulation tools and advanced analytical capabilities used for long-range planning and scenario testing.
• Leverage technology and automation opportunities to streamline forecasting, planning, and business case development.
• Establish standardized assumptions, inputs, and methodologies across strategic modeling activities.
• Develop reporting and visualization tools that improve understanding of key operational and financial drivers.

• Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Strategic Operations, and Product teams to understand business needs and translate them into…