Sr. FP&A Analyst

LMC is a leading buying group for a network of independent family-owned building material companies across the US. As their buying group LMC negotiates and facilitates procurement opportunities for the most desired brands in the lumber and building materials industry. We also work to provide operational support with focus on logistics capital equipment technology and marketing. By leveraging the billion dollar buying power of our members LMC ensures our members have a competitive edge to capture more of their local market share.

The Sr. FP&A Analyst is responsible for turning data from multiple systems into clear insights driverbased forecasts and decision support for senior leadership.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Pull consolidate and reconcile data from ERP CRM data warehouse and other sources to create a single source of truth for reporting and analysis.
• Build and maintain driverbased financial models (57 key business drivers) to support monthly forecasts annual plans and longrange planning.
• Partner with business leaders to deeply understand revenue volume pricing and operating cost drivers and translate them into financial impact.
• Lead monthly forecast updates including variance analysis versus budget prior forecast and prior year with clear explanation of risks and opportunities.
• Proactively ask probing questions challenge assumptions and pressuretest plans to improve forecast accuracy and business decisions.
• Develop and automate reporting dashboards and standard management packs that highlight KPIs trends and key messages for senior stakeholders.
• Support adhoc scenario analyses (e.g. pricing changes volume shifts investments headcount plans) using the driverbased model.
• Collaborate crossfunctionally with Purchasing Marketing and HR leaders to align assumptions validate inputs and ensure endtoend forecast integrity.
• Prepare and present clear concise materials for reviews with senior leadership summarizing insights recommendations and actions.
• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned.

Qualifications:

• 34 years of experience in FP&A corporate finance or related analytical role.
• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets including driverbased and scenario modeling.
• Experience working with data from multiple systems (ERP BI tools databases); comfort with large datasets and data quality checks.
• Solid understanding of P&L balance sheet and cash flow and how business drivers flow through the financial statements.
• Proven ability to work with and influence senior stakeholders including preparing and delivering executiveready analyses.
• Strong problemsolving critical thinking and curiosity with a habit of asking why and seeking underlying drivers not just reporting results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex analysis into simple messages and recommendations.