Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview:

This position is a key member of the FP&A organization and reports to the Manager - Performance Management. This role partners closely with business leaders and finance stakeholders to create and deliver actionable insights, support strategic decision-making, and drive financial performance. Responsibilities include financial reporting and analysis, forecasting, planning, performance management, and month-end close activities. The successful candidate will leverage financial and operational data to identify trends, develop key performance indicators, improve business processes, and enhance reporting capabilities. Experience in SAP S/4 HANA, Enterprise Planning tools and PowerBI are required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare management reporting, performance commentary, and financial analysis for senior leadership
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate performance against budget, forecast, and prior-year results
• Conduct or assist with month-end close activities including allocations, assessments, reviews to ensure complete, accurate and timely close
• Utilize Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Anaplan, and other analytical tools to automate reporting and develop actionable insights
• Review and analyze financial results to determine accuracy and completeness of information; identify trends and make recommendations for improvement
• Analyze costs to ensure accuracy and identify opportunities for cost optimization and efficiency improvements
• Diagnose, support and resolve issues related to financial information systems including Anaplan, and S/4 HANA systems
• Develop a deep understanding of business operations and key value drivers; create and enhance KPIs that provide actional insights to management
• Lead process improvement and standardization initiatives to enhance reporting accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
• Lead portions of the monthly forecast, annual budget, and long-range planning processes
• Deliver recurring and ad hoc financial analyses that support business decisions and identify opportunities to improve performance

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics
• >5 years of work experience in financial analysis, accounting, or general business
• Demonstrated initiative, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning and professional development
• Strong analytical problem solver with ability to analyze data and provide in depth explanations and correlations
• Proven analytical and financial modeling skills
• Detail-oriented and timeline driven with emphasis on accuracy and results
• Strong coordination, communication (oral and written), facilitation and interpersonal skills required
• Ability to work comfortably across all levels of employees and management
• Ability to prioritize workload, handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated professional who collaborates effectively across cross-functional teams and drives initiatives to completion
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite products; strong Excel and Power Point skills required
• Experience developing financial models, KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting solutions
• Experience in S4 HANA required

Preferences:

• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant professional certification preferred
• Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Anaplan, or comparable enterprise planning solutions preferred
• Experience supporting manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, or operations-focused organizations preferred

Relocation is not available with this position.

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Americas Styrenics LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status or marital status.

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