FP&A Analyst III

Position Summary

The FP&A Analyst is a critical partner to optimize and execute financial planning, reporting, and analysis. This role reports directly to the Site Controller. The position is based five days a week at our New Berlin, WI facility, where we manufacture industry‑leading couplings. We are a growing team passionate about what we do and prioritize a safe work environment. We are committed to a positive culture with opportunities to grow.

• Summarize and present financial results, along with key sales, and cost drivers.
• Lead variance analysis to key benchmarks (budget, forecast, prior year, etc.) and clearly communicate key assumptions/inputs to plant leadership to ensure achievement of performance objectives.
• Provide educated, insightful commentary to leadership at the end of the reporting period.
• Develop and deploy key operational metrics and analysis to support daily management of the business while proactively managing costs and working capital to drive sustainable improvement.
• Partner with leadership to drive daily, weekly, and monthly operational and financial performance.
• Partner with operations to support make/buy decisions, capital investments, inventory management, ad‑hoc analysis, and other needs.
• Support inventory standard costing and margin analysis activities, including managing the annual standards.
• Assist in building the monthly forecast, strategic plan, and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budgets.
• Leverage analytical skills and system knowledge to organize and synthesize large amounts of data. Effectively translate data into insights that assist stakeholders in understanding business performance, including recommendations to improve performance.
• Gather and analyze information to help identify P&L and working capital trends. Communicate potential risks and opportunities vs the plan and recommended action plans to improve returns.
• Conduct financial analysis and provide support on strategic projects such as capital spend allocations, cash flow projections, and integration activity.
• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization to ensure expectations, timelines, and finance deliverables are consistently understood and completed.
• Support internal control processes to ensure compliance with statutory regulations and Regal Rexnord accounting policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (CPA designation is a plus)
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in financial/ accounting functions. Experience in a manufacturing industry is preferred.
• Travel Required:
  
  Two times a quarter to our Lincoln and Michigan City sites.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including advanced Excel skills. Experience with Power BI is preferred. Experience with One Stream, Hyperion or other consolidation and reporting tools are a plus.
• Demonstrated competency and ability to effectively present financial concepts and narratives to non-financial audiences (such as analysis of sales reports for margins).< /li>
• Results-oriented with a demonstrated ability to effectively manage time and multiple priorities. Highly productive with a strong sense of urgency and orientation to details, accuracy, and excellent outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal and conflict management skills which fosters teamwork and collaboration. Develops high quality working relationships in order to influence, gain support, and achieve results.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset and an advocate for change. Exposure to lean manufacturing principles is a plus.
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to adapt to internal processes, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Strong work ethic, including the ability to be self-directed and self-motivated. Models professionalism, passion, and initiative with projects and tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and handle proprietary and sensitive information with integrity.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking…