Financial Planning Analyst

Company Background and Summary

Votaw Precision Technologies is a trusted leader in the manufacturing of complex precision components, assemblies, and systems for the aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors. With a strong reputation for technical excellence, quality craftsmanship, and on-time delivery, Votaw supports some of the world’s most demanding programs through its advanced manufacturing capabilities. The company specializes in precision machining, fabrication, welding, and complex assembly operations for mission-critical applications. Votaw Precision Technologies is committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering best-in-class solutions to its customers.

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business analysis across the organization. Reporting to the VP Finance, this position will develop financial models, analyze financial and operational performance, and provide timely insights that support informed business decisions.

The FP&A Analyst will work closely with Finance and cross-functional business partners to support budgeting and forecasting activities, evaluate performance against plan, identify trends and business drivers, and improve the quality and consistency of financial information. This role is well suited for an individual who enjoys working with complex data, developing meaningful analysis, and translating financial information into actionable business insights.

Essential Functions

• Develop and maintain financial models supporting forecasting, budgeting, operational planning, scenario analysis, and other business requirements.
• Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes by preparing schedules, consolidating departmental inputs, validating assumptions, and analyzing changes against prior forecasts and operating plans.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual analyses, identifying significant variances, underlying business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare financial and operational reporting packages for review by Finance and company leadership, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely completion.
• Maintain and analyze key financial and operational performance indicators (KPIs) and provide analysis of trends and changes in business performance.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Program Management, and other functional teams to gather financial and operational data, understand business drivers, and support performance analysis.
• Analyze revenue, costs, margins, working capital, and other financial performance measures to identify trends and opportunities for improved business performance.
• Support the 13-week cash flow forecasting process by collecting data, analyzing assumptions, monitoring actual performance, and identifying changes that may affect projected cash flow.
• Perform pricing, profitability, break-even, sensitivity, and margin analyses to support commercial and operational decision-making.
• Analyze financial implications of customer contracts and program requirements, including the impact of contractual terms and business assumptions on revenue, costs, cash flow, forecasts, and profitability.
• Prepare forward-looking financial analyses and scenario models to evaluate potential changes in volume, pricing, cost, investment, or other business assumptions.
• Support capital expenditure analysis and ROI evaluations by preparing financial models, validating assumptions, and comparing projected and actual investment performance.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis in response to business needs and provide clear summaries of findings, trends, risks, and potential opportunities.
• Assist with continuous improvement of FP&A tools, reporting, models, and processes, including identifying opportunities to improve data accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities.
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects through data collection, financial modeling, analysis, and preparation of supporting materials.
• Support merger and acquisition activities as needed, including financial data collection, financial modeling, due diligence support, and analysis of potential financial impacts.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and controls supporting financial models, forecasts, reports, and other FP&A deliverables.
• Other duties as assigned.