Senior FP&A Analyst

PDC Machines is a leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of specialty gas compression systems, specializing in Hydrogen. The Company is the largest supplier of hydrogen compressors used in energy applications worldwide. We provide diaphragm gas compressors for Alternative Energy/Hydrogen refueling stations, Chemical and Petrochemical (CPI), Oil & Gas, Specialty Gas, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, Semiconductor. Our headquarters office and main manufacturing facility is in Souderton, PA USA with international locations in Japan, China, South Korea, and Germany.

We are looking for a highly motivated, collaborative, and engaged Senior Analyst to join our Finance team. As a key member of the Finance team, this role will build and establish processes and financial analysis to help drive the strategic direction of the business.  The Financial Analyst works closely with the Finance team and key business partners to develop budgets, forecasts, and management reporting and produce variance analyses on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

This role incorporates a combination of financial and data analysis, strategic analysis, business modeling, and creative thinking through supporting internal stakeholders and the Finance team to ensure that corporate overall objectives and financial results are met.  This role requires the ability to lead/assist with cross-functional projects, communicate effectively and efficiently, and be excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with monthly and quarterly reporting related to Company profitability, which measure progress against strategic plan, budget, prior year results and the latest financial forecast
• Develop and generate the monthly Board and Corporate reporting packages
• Conducts financial data mining and value-based business analysis to positively influence business decisions
• Actively review financial results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities to help formulate timely and impactful responses with senior leaders
• Translate complex analysis into simple visualizations that can communicate key takeaways to leaders and stakeholders
• Acts as a point of contact to assist departments with their annual plan and mid-year reforecast reviews
• Acts as business partner to the Supply Chain/Operations leadership teams to provide performance and cost analyses, insights, and inputs to the forecasting process
• Assist with maintaining accurate bill of material cost structures for manufactured and purchased finished goods.
• Assist management with building business cases to support strategic investments in new products, locations etc.
• Support the functional leadership team by maintaining and building models to track performance, evaluate business cases, and improve forecast accuracy
• Maintain key performance indicators to measure critical financial and operational drivers
• Leverage business intelligence tools to create dashboards to readily display snapshot and trends in KPI’s

Perform ad-hoc financial analysis including scenario planning and investment analysis that aid in decision-making across the enterprise

Preferred Education & Experience

• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, or Economics
• Strong background in finance and accounting
• 2-5 years of corporate finance-related reporting & analysis experience
• Superior knowledge and use of the Microsoft Office suite
• Proven ability to use Microsoft Excel to analyze data by creating spreadsheets and graphs
• Budgeting, financial analysis, cost accounting, and/or P&L management experience
• Comfortable working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI) and ERP systems
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Experience in manufacturing with cost accounting knowledge preferred
• Candidate must be available to work on-site (minimum 3 days per week hybrid environment)

PDC Machines is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability