Financial Analyst – Operations FP&A – Operations FP&A

Job Description

FP&A Analyst – Operations | Roeslein & Associates

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Roeslein & Associates, located in St. Louis, MO. Roeslein & Associates is a global leader in engineering, manufacturing, and construction services, specializing in modular, pre-fabricated solutions for the energy, beverage, and industrial sectors. This position supports financial planning, reporting, and analysis for the company’s Operations, focusing on project-based activities and manufacturing. The FP&A Analyst will enhance financial visibility, strengthen forecast accuracy, and pinpoint risks and opportunities to improve profitability, working capital, and cash flow within a 100% employee-owned organization that invests in its people and values a humble, hungry, happy culture.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, St. Louis, MO

• Team: Reports to Director of FP&A; works with project managers, operations leaders, and finance leadership.
• Mission: This person solves the problem of limited visibility into financial performance and forecast accuracy, directly impacting profitability, working capital, and cash flow for operations by turning financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights.
• Tech Stack: Excel, Oracle (preferred), BI/reporting tools (preferred)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Planning: Support the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting for revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, and cash flow for Roeslein Operations.
• Project Financial Oversight: Monitor project financial performance, including revenue recognition, job costs, and margin progression, to identify issues like cost overruns or billing concerns.
• Business Insight Generation: Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and KPI analysis for senior leadership, explaining key business drivers and providing actionable insights.
• Process Improvement: Improve financial models, forecasting tools, and recurring reporting processes, assisting with ERP data quality and system utilization.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Experience: 2-5 years of financial analysis, accounting, FP&A, project finance, or operations finance experience.
• Skills: Strong Excel skills including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and complex formulas; strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills; high attention to detail; ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Bonus: Experience in engineering, construction, manufacturing, industrial services, EPC, or project-based environments; prior experience with Oracle or other ERP systems; experience with BI/reporting tools or dashboard development; experience with job costing, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, project financials, EACs, or over/under billings.