Senior Financial Analyst – Operations Finance

Shaping the future through innovation and discovery!

With a history spanning more than seven decades, Communications & Power Industries’ thousands of products have impacted people’s lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, assist in diagnosing medical conditions, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, and much more.

We are seeking a highly analytical and business-focused Senior Financial Analyst – Operations Finance to join our Finance team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys turning complex data into meaningful business insights and partnering with operational leaders to improve financial performance within a manufacturing environment.
Working closely with the VP of Finance, Director of Finance, and operational leaders, you will support budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, profitability analysis, and operational reporting while helping to strengthen the Finance function as we continue to build scalable processes and improve data quality.
This role combines financial planning and analysis with operational finance and business partnering. You will help leadership understand the financial drivers of the business, identify opportunities to improve performance, and develop analytical tools that support informed decision making across multiple manufacturing locations.
This position reports directly to the VP of Finance. Quarterly travel to our State College, Pennsylvania facility will be required to support operational partnerships, financial planning activities, and relationship development.

YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR/TO:

Financial Planning & Analysis
• Partner with the VP of Finance and operational leaders to support the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
• Develop financial models that support budgeting, forecasting, capital investment decisions, pricing strategies, and strategic business initiatives.
• Perform detailed variance analysis, identifying key business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support monthly forecasting activities and provide timely financial insights to leadership.
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to support business planning and decision making.

Operational Finance & Business Partnering
• Partner with operational leaders to understand business performance, identify financial risks and opportunities, and provide meaningful financial insights that support informed decision making.
• Provide dedicated financial support to assigned manufacturing operations, with an initial focus on our State College, Pennsylvania facility.
• Analyze operational KPIs, productivity, labour efficiency, inventory trends, and manufacturing performance.
• Support capital expenditure analysis, return on investment (ROI) evaluations, and business case development.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships with Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Sales.

Financial Modelling & Profitability Analysis
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve financial models that transform complex operational and financial data into meaningful business insights.
• Develop analytical models that support profitability reporting by product line, customer, and business segment.
• Support the development of fully burdened cost methodologies and profitability reporting.
• Analyze pricing, margins, and operational performance to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Prepare executive-ready financial analyses and presentations that support operational and strategic decision making.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement
• Develop and maintain recurring financial and operational reporting packages.
• Assist in developing standardized reporting, planning processes, dashboards, and analytical tools as the Finance organization continues to mature.
• Improve reporting efficiency through advanced Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and ERP capabilities where appropriate.
• Work with large, complex datasets to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and business visibility.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting processes and improve financial reporting capabilities.

Cross-Functional Support
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and operational planning across multiple business functions.
• Collaborate with the broader Finance team to support month-end reporting, planning activities, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide analytical support for special projects and other Finance initiatives as required.
• Develop a working knowledge of project accounting, job costing, and percentage-of-completion (cost-to-cost) accounting to provide effective analytical support across the Finance team.

YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB IF YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• CPA designation or CPA enrollment is considered an asset.
• 5-8 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operational Finance, or Manufacturing Finance.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment is required.
• Demonstrated experience developing financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, capital investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Exceptional analytical and financial modelling skills with the ability to transform large, complex datasets into meaningful business insights.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modelling, large dataset manipulation, dynamic formulas, PivotTables, Power Query, and data analysis. Experience with VBA/macros, Power Pivot, or Power BI is considered an asset.
• Experience working with ERP systems; JD Edwards (JDE) experience is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of percentage-of-completion (cost-to-cost) accounting, revenue recognition (ASC 606), and manufacturing cost accounting is considered an asset.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and operational performance analysis.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to work with imperfect data, identify inconsistencies, and develop practical analytical solutions while reporting processes continue to mature.
• Must meet all CGP & ITAR requirements

WHAT WE OFFER:

Whether you are a seasoned professional or just embarking on your career, CPI is an ideal place to expand your knowledge and expertise. We cultivate a healthy, dynamic, and team-oriented environment that empowers our employees to develop, create and deliver innovative, reliable technology solutions to power, connect, protect, and support a better tomorrow.

We offer our employees an attractive compensation package with competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including health and wellness programs, career development, generous retirement savings plan with company match and more!

WHO WE ARE:

We value the unique and diverse skills, qualities, and backgrounds that each employee brings to CPI, and we respect each employee as an integral member of our growing team. CPI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all current and prospective employees, as well as to promoting a culture of inclusion and respect for everyone. We celebrate the innovation that diversity creates in the work environment, and we recognize that each employee brings their own unique capabilities, experiences, and perspectives to the organization. It is this variety that adds value to our teams, as well as to our stakeholders. We welcome and encourage applicants to reach their full potential with us.

CPI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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