Financial Analyst Job

Armstrong World Industries

$62K — $100K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
  • 3-5 years in FP&A or related finance roles, especially in manufacturing
  • Solid understanding of financial statements and accounting principles
  • Experience with financial systems and planning tools; proficiency in Excel
  • Preferred experience with SAP/BW and OneStream

Responsibilities

  • Support annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and strategic plans
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly management reports
  • Analyze KPIs related to revenue and margins
  • Assist with financial modeling including cash flow analysis
  • Develop executive presentations and simplify reporting processes
  • Build analytics models for investment and headcount planning
  • Provide SOX compliance support and assist with audits

Benefits

  • Collaborate closely with senior leaders and teams
  • Drive productivity and analytics initiatives
  • Influence strategic decisions with important insights
Full Job Description
Primary location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Relocation offered: No
Employment status: Full-Time
Travel: Non-compete: No

The estimated base salary range for this role is $62,370 to $100,000 per year.
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Ceilings & Walls FP&A, the Financial Analyst - FP&A is a key member of the FP&A team responsible for financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and supporting strategic decision-making across the business. The role serves as a key member of the FP&A team and helps drive productivity and continuous improvement within FP&A and across the organization.

What's it in for you!
  • Partner closely with senior leaders and business teams
  • Drive productivity, analytics, and automation initiatives
  • Influence strategic decisions through high-impact FP&A insights


What You'll Do
  • Support the development and execution of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and strategic plans, ensuring high-quality, complete data across P&L and balance sheet reporting.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages
  • Deliver insight into KPIs involving revenue, cost structure and margins
  • Support a wide variety of requests and assists as appropriate in the application of financial modeling in completion of requirements, including cash flow analysis.
  • Assist in developing presentations for executive leadership
  • Apply digital tools, analytics, and automation to simplify processes, improve scalability, and eliminate low-value work and ensure data integrity of systems and reports
  • Build and manage analytics models for investment decisions, price & margin and headcount planning
  • Provide SOX compliance and internal/external audit support as needed.
  • Support ad-hoc and strategic initiatives outside the regular FP&A cycle
  • Develop business partner relationships across the organization to translate financial results into insight, develop financial acumen of others and drive efforts in cost productivity


What will make you successful
  • Maintain strong business relationships, delivering clear, nuanced financial insights that inform decisions and connect results to underlying business drivers.
  • Demonstrates strong business acumen and curiosity, seeking to understand operations, trade-offs, and risks behind the numbers.
  • Brings a driven yet humble mindset-confident in analysis, open to challenge, and focused on outcomes that best serve the business.
  • Applies strong analytical and problem-solving skills, grounded in a solid foundation of accounting, financial systems, and data integrity.
  • Exercises sound judgment around assumptions, data quality, and reasonableness of results before communicating conclusions.
  • Takes ownership of work, consistently delivering accurate, high-quality outputs on tight deadlines while managing priorities.
  • Communicates effectivelykey stakeholders, tailoring messages to translate financial complexity into actionable insight.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally and builds respectful, credible relationships across plant, business, and corporate teams.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience in Accounting and Finance
  • 3-5 years of progressive experience in FP&A or related finance roles, preferably in a manufacturing or complex operating environment.
  • Strong foundation in financial statements, accounting principles, and forecasting/close processes, with the ability to connect results to business drivers.
  • Hands-on experience with financial systems, planning tools, large data sets, and advanced Excel skills; SAP/ BW and OneStream experience preferred


What will make you stand out
  • Scenario planning and sensitivity analysis; builds driver-based models to evaluate trade-offs, risks, and opportunities.
  • Strong data visualization and financial storytelling skills; synthesizes complex data into clear narratives and executive-ready insights.
  • Data stewardship mindset; establishes and adheres to data definitions, controls, and governance practices to ensure consistent, trusted reporting.
  • Continuous improvement orientation; identifies opportunities to standardize, automate, and streamline planning, reporting, and close processes.


About the location (Lancaster PA)

Lancaster, PA. A great central location in South Central Pennsylvania, Lancaster is ideally situated for easy access to major metropolitan cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and New York City. Lancaster offers a vibrant arts and entertainment community with wonderful historic sites, B&Bs, museums, great shopping, entertainment venues and restaurants.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!

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