Sr Lead FP&A - Aircraft

Job Description:

What you'll do:

Support forecasting and planning for the Aircraft Business

• Lead monthly forecasting, quarterly outlooks, and annual planning for assigned Aircraft Business departments and programs.
• Build and maintain financial models that connect headcount, labor, material, overhead, and operating initiatives to business performance.
• Analyze actuals versus plan, identify risks and opportunities, and provide clear recommendations to business leaders.
• Translate production, engineering, and program assumptions into financial impacts for spend, margins, and resource needs.
• Prepare reporting packages and presentations for finance leadership and Aircraft Business reviews.

Partner with Aircraft Business leaders

• Serve as the Finance Business Partner to leaders across engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and program management within the Aircraft Business.
• Support decision-making on hiring, labor planning, vendor spend, capital investments, and operating tradeoffs.
• Partner with program and functional leaders to improve forecast accuracy, cost visibility, and accountability.
• Provide ad hoc analysis on key business questions, including rate, volume, mix, productivity, and cost reduction opportunities.

Improve reporting and planning processes

• Build repeatable reporting, dashboards, and planning templates that reduce manual work and improve insight quality.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A, Accounting, HR, and business systems teams to improve data quality and planning inputs.
• Support enhancements to planning tools and financial systems, including Anaplan models, reporting workflows, and source-system integration needs.
• Document business requirements clearly and translate finance needs for technical teams.

Required qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, program finance, operations finance, or business finance.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis skills.
• Experience partnering with operational or technical teams to support planning and decision-making.
• Ability to connect operational drivers to financial outcomes in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present insights clearly to cross-functional leaders.
• Advanced Excel and proficiency with planning or ERP systems; experience with Anaplan is a plus.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and managing multiple priorities at once.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other complex manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with manufacturing finance, program finance, inventory or cost accounting, and capital planning.
• Experience supporting engineering, operations, supply chain, or production organizations.
• Exposure to government contract structures, program reviews, or defense-related reporting rhythms.
• Strong data fluency, including dashboards, data models, and system-driven planning processes.