What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst position at Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC?
In This Role, You Will:
- Own and maintain annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial plans with a focus on manufacturing costs, margins, and cash flow.
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and corporate functions to incorporate production plans, feedstock assumptions, energy costs, maintenance activities, and capital plans into financial forecasts.
- Ensure alignment between operational plans and company strategic objectives.
- Perform detailed variance analysis of actual results versus budget and forecast.
- Deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports with clear insights for executive leadership and stakeholders.
- Identify key trends, risks, and opportunities related to production performance, cost structure, and profitability, and provide actionable recommendations.
- Build and maintain financial models to evaluate capital projects, plant investments, and strategic initiatives.
- Assess the financial impact of changes in production rates, yields, feedstock pricing, energy costs, and market conditions.
- Support capital prioritization using no present value (NPV), internal Rate of Return (IRR), payback, and scenario analyses.
- Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) related to manufacturing efficiency, cost control, margins, and capital efficiency.
- Provide data-driven insights to support continuous improvement, operational excellence, and profitability enhancement.
- Partner with Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and other functional teams to understand business drivers.
- Improve FP&A processes, tools, and reporting to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and decision support.
- Strong financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting abilities.
- Advanced Excel skills including complex modeling and large dataset analysis.
- Familiarity with ERP systems, SAGE is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- High degree of organization to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Princiles (GAAP).
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or a similar role.
- Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Manufacturing, chemicals, or asset-intensive industry related financial experience is preferred, but not required.
At Arcanum Infrastructure, we offer:
- Competitive Compensation
- Comprehensive Employee Benefit Package
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Company Paid Holidays
- Flexible Work Schedules
- 401k With 5% Company Match
Arcanum Infrastructure is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity, we provide employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business need, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family and parental status, or any other status protected by law or regulations in locations where we operate.