Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Job Description

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst | Knight Aerospace
The Tone:
This is a full-time, on-site role at Knight Aerospace’s facility. The company offers a strong benefits package, including competitive pay, attractive paid time off, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match. This role serves as a strategic financial planning and decision-support partner to the CFO and senior leadership, leading critical processes like budgeting and forecasting to inform key business decisions and improve financial processes.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person at Knight Aerospace’s facility

• Team: Strategic financial planning and decision-support partner to the CFO and senior leadership.
• Mission: Owns strategic financial planning and decision support to inform business planning and improve financial processes.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel, Power Query, macros

What You’ll Actually Do
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting process and develop financial forecasts and models using financial data to project key financial measures for business planning.
• Performance Analysis & Reporting: Track financial and operational performance metrics, analyze variances and trends, prepare executive-ready financial reports, and recommend improvements.
• Financial Partnership & Accuracy: Partner with Accounting to support accurate and timely financial reporting, including cash flow reconciliations and review of relevant financial data.
• Process & Cost Improvement: Guide cost-analysis practices by establishing consistent policies and procedures, and drive process improvements through reporting tools, dashboards, and automation.
• Strategic Research: Conduct market research and business intelligence analyses, including comparable-company research and valuation analyses, to support informed business decisions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required; a degree in Economics, Business Administration, or a related field may be considered with relevant FP&A experience.
• Experience: At least three years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate finance, or a related field, with hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
• Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex spreadsheets, advanced formulas, PivotTables, dashboards), demonstrated expertise in financial forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial modeling, strong analytical judgment, problem-solving abilities, and exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.
• Bonus: Experience with Power Query or macros.