Koppers Holdings

Sr. Financial Analyst

Koppers Holdings • $85K — $110K *
Pittsburgh, PA 15237In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline required; advanced degrees and certifications preferred.
  • 5-7+ years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, ideally in a public or industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Strong proficiency in financial analysis, forecasting, business analytics, and database modeling, particularly using Excel and data visualization tools.
  • Experience with P&L management, revenue, inventory analysis, and management reporting.
  • Hands-on experience with ERP/accounting systems, preferably Oracle; familiarity with ERP implementations is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex financial information for non-financial stakeholders.
  • Self-motivated professional with the capacity to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial analysis of plans, forecasts, and operational results for the utility pole business.
  • Prepare and review financial statements and executive materials to aid decision-making.
  • Manage budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning by tracking key business drivers.
  • Develop and maintain financial models for various analyses including profitability and ROI studies.
  • Analyze various aspects of business operations to provide actionable insights.
  • Support financial process standardization and continuous improvement across business units.
  • Serve as the finance liaison between operations, management, and corporate finance.

Benefits

  • In-office role with travel requirements of 20-25%.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
  • Engagement with ERP and financial systems upgrades and implementations.
Full Job Description
Job Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst located either at our corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or our Utility and Industrial Products business unit office in Eutawville, South Carolina. This is an 80+% in-office role. Reporting to the Senior Global Director FP&A, you will lead the analysis of financial plans, forecasts and operational results for our domestic utility pole business. As a Senior FP&A Analyst, you'll work collaboratively with many cross-functional teams including UIP management, controllership, operations and corporate finance to align on financial results. In order to be successful, you will have to quickly learn the utility pole business and industry and use your analytical skills to effectively analyze and interpret financial results, lead the monthly and quarterly forecasts, perform variance analysis and identify risks and opportunities that are critical to the success of this business.

  • Prepare, review, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, internal reports, KPI dashboards, and executive materials to support business decisions.
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance analysis by identifying key financial and non-financial business drivers and monitoring results against plans and targets.
  • Develop and maintain sales, cost, profitability, capital project, cash flow, and strategic models, including ROI, lookback, acquisition, and product/customer profitability analyses.
  • Analyze procurement, labor, production, logistics, sales, margin, expense, incentive, pricing, contract, and customer program activity to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Assist with standardization and continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting workflows, KPIs, and governance models across business units.
  • Support ERP, Oracle, PBCS, and reporting tool implementations and upgrades by translating finance requirements into system capabilities, documenting processes, resolving issues, and promoting adoption.
  • Serve alongside the Business Unit Controller as a primary finance liaison with UIP Operations/Management and Corporate Finance.
  • Lead and facilitate operational finance meetings and workshops to gather requirements, communicate changes, align priorities, and support collaborative decision making.
  • Provide financial guidance to business units and project teams on costs, capital projects, commitments, performance, and special initiatives.
  • Demonstrate strong communication, teamwork, professionalism, time management, accountability, receptiveness to feedback, and commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
  • Promote cross-training, support coworkers during absences and high-volume periods, work independently with minimal supervision, prioritize routine responsibilities, and perform other duties as assigned.
  • Travel 20-25% required.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline required; MBA, master's degree, CPA, CMA, CFA, or ERP-related certification preferred.
  • 5-7+ years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, preferably in a fast-paced public, multinational, industrial, manufacturing, or chemical manufacturing environment.
  • Strong financial analysis, forecasting, valuation, business analytics, and modeling skills, including advanced Excel, PowerQuery, database modeling, and data visualization/dashboarding tools.
  • Experience with P&L management, full-cycle accounting, revenue and inventory analysis, standard costing, bill-of-materials, and management reporting.
  • Hands-on ERP/accounting systems experience, preferably with Oracle, Hyperion/Essbase/SmartView, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, LumberTrack or similar platforms; ERP implementation or systems analysis experience a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deliverables, prioritize competing deadlines, lead projects, and shift between tactical execution and strategic analysis.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial audiences and collaborate effectively across teams.
  • Self-directed, results-oriented professional with strong judgment, initiative, integrity, confidentiality, and the ability to work through ambiguity or take independent positions when needed.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, Word, Power BI, and PowerPoint; technology acumen and report-writing/data extraction experience preferred.


About Koppers Holdings

Koppers is a global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Koppers operates in three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, Carbon Materials and Chemicals, and Performance Chemicals. The company's products and services are used in a variety of industries, including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction.
Learn more about Koppers Holdings
Size
2,088 employees
Market Cap
$602.8 million
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
$122 million
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3.5%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
NASDAQ
KOP
* Ladders Estimates

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