Financial Planning & Admin Analyst

GCC

$90K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related field required.
  • 5+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or operations finance, ideally in construction materials manufacturing or heavy industries.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling and large data set analysis.
  • Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.
  • Proficiency with business intelligence tools like Power BI or Prophix.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of annual budgets and long-range financial plans across multiple product lines.
  • Collaborate with operations and commercial teams to align financial and production planning.
  • Optimize CAPEX approval processes ensuring compliance with budgets and capital planning.
  • Analyze key cost drivers affecting profitability and operational efficiency.
  • Monitor operational and financial KPIs, providing insights on performance trends.

Benefits

  • Paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Short and long-term disability insurance plans.
  • 401K retirement plan.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a driven and analytical finance professional who combines strong FP&A expertise with a passion for operational performance and business partnership. The ideal candidate excels at financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, and translating complex data into actionable insights. Experience in construction materials, manufacturing, or heavy industrial environments is highly preferred. This individual is a proactive problem solver, an effective communicator, and a trusted advisor who can partner with operations, sales, accounting, and leadership teams to drive profitability, improve financial discipline, and support strategic decision-making across a complex and growing business.

What You Will Do

The FP&A Analyst supports financial planning, performance analysis, and decision support across GCC's multi-product construction materials business, including aggregates, ready-mix, asphalt, and cement. This role is highly operationally focused, partnering with general managers, commercial teams, and accounting to analyze volume, pricing, cost drivers, and logistics. The Analyst plays a key role in improving margin visibility and financial discipline across a complex customer and product mix.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the development of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range plans, and capital budgets across multiple product lines and regions.
  • Partner with operations and commercial teams to align financial plans with market demand, production capacity, and business objectives.
  • Administer and optimize CAPEX approval processes, ensuring compliance with budgets, policies, and capital planning goals.
  • Analyze key cost drivers, including raw materials, energy, transportation, labor, equipment utilization, maintenance, and downtime.
  • Perform variance analysis and provide actionable insights on business performance, risks, and opportunities.
  • Monitor and report operational and financial KPIs, including production volumes, throughput, plant efficiency, utilization, and margin trends.
  • Develop dashboards, reports, and executive presentations that provide visibility into performance across regions, plants, product lines, and key customers.
  • Serve as a strategic finance partner to operations, sales, accounting, and business leaders by translating operational data into financial insights and recommendations.
  • Drive continuous improvement through process standardization, workflow optimization, and enhanced financial reporting capabilities.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Abilities You Will Need
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related field required.
  • 5+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, operations finance, or a related field, with exposure to construction materials manufacturing (aggregates, cement, ready-mix, or asphalt) and/or heavy industrial or manufacturing environments.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling, forecasting, and analysis of large data sets.
  • Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar enterprise platforms.
  • Familiarity with production and operational systems such as BCMI, FastWeigh, or comparable applications.
  • Proficiency with business intelligence and reporting tools, including Power BI, Prophix, or similar platforms.
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business insights.
  • Ability to connect financial performance to operational drivers and identify opportunities to improve business results.
  • Strong business partnering and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across finance and operations teams.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in high-volume, fast-paced transactional environments.
  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 10-15% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience within the construction materials industry, including aggregates, cement, ready-mix, or asphalt operations.
  • Background in manufacturing, industrial production, or other heavy industrial environments.


GCC offers a very competitive benefits program including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability insurance plans, and a 401K.

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