FP&A Analyst

This role must be able to travel from Valencia , Compton, North Hollywood and Paramount CA 

Hybrid. Primary location at any of the California Avantus sites with the ability to travel between the sites as needed, but may also work from home as agreed.

This is not a remote position. 

JOB PURPOSE:  To assist Avantus Aerospace in delivering against its financial targets by supporting financial analysis by which commercial and operational issues and opportunities are identified and communicated, allowing Avantus to action appropriately.  You'll act as a key business partner to senior stakeholders across operations, finance, leadership and commercial functions, supporting strategic decisions and driving profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed financial models with the ability to manage multiple sets of assumptions and construct outputs to support financial or presentation needs
• Provide financial analysis, reporting, and strategic insights to support key decision-making both proactively and at the direction of the VP Strategic Finance
• Develop and analyse the reporting of actuals vs budgets or forecasts and assist in the preparation of monthly board reporting
• Articulate and demonstrate performance drivers, risks and opportunities using strategic financial analysis and questioning inputs with stakeholders to drive accuracy of data and conclusions
• Support integration, forecast, budget and strategic planning processes; leading these when appropriate
• Run sensitivities and scenario analyses to guide decisions
• Analyse actual results versus budgets or forecasts while liaising with business unit leadership to provide clear explanations for any material variances
• Driving an understanding of profitability in the organization in various dimensions (customer, product, pricing, inventory etc) to determine the right areas of focus to drive margin improvements while gaining knowledge of the aerospace and defense industry to help direct these inquiries
• Organize and document financial processes to provide consistent accuracy of outputs and maintain data and analyses for quick, useful access
• Carry out additional ad hoc financial reporting and analysis as needed

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