Job Description
Job Summary: The
FP&A Business Partner serves as a strategic financial advisor within the solid waste and recycling industry, driving alignment between financial planning, operational performance, and long-term business objectives. This role collaborates cross-functionally with operations, sales, maintenance, and sustainability teams to deliver actionable insights that enhance profitability, optimize resource utilization, and support sustainable growth. By translating complex financial data into clear, decision-ready analysis, the FP&A Business Partner empowers leadership to make informed, data-driven decisions that improve efficiency and drive value across the organization.
Reports to: Director Financial Planning &Analysis
Essential Job Duties: The FP&A Business Partner acts as a strategic financial advisor, responsible for driving financial planning, performance analysis, and decision support across the organization. This role partners closely with corporate, operational, and executive teams to connect key performance indicators with financial outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement and growth.
- Lead the development of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial models for assigned areas. Build and maintain revenue and cost models to enhance visibility into business performance and support strategic decision-making by area and executive leadership.
- Serve as a trusted partner to business leaders by interpreting financial results and guiding operational decisions. Collaborate with accounting, corporate FP&A, operations, and commercial teams to ensure accurate, timely reporting and alignment on strategic initiatives. Provide financial support for complex accounting areas, including landfill accounting and management estimates.
- Develop and maintain management reporting tools, dashboards, and variance analyses. Support the month-end close process, including performance reviews and preparation of executive, board, and lender reporting packages.
- Conduct financial modeling for capital investments, including ROI, cash flow, and payback analyses. Monitor and report on capital expenditure performance and alignment with strategic goals.
- Identify and implement opportunities to streamline reporting processes, automate recurring tasks, and standardize financial workflows to improve efficiency and data integrity.
- Deliver high-impact financial analysis and modeling in response to executive and field leadership requests, enabling agile decision-making and strategic responsiveness.
- Provide financial support for strategic initiatives including mergers and acquisitions, sustainability programs, and operational optimization efforts.
Scope of Responsibility: Responsible for delivering strategic financial analysis, planning, and decision support across assigned business areas. This role influences operational and executive decision-making by connecting financial outcomes with business performance, ensuring alignment between corporate strategy and field execution. While not a people leader, the position provides financial guidance and partnership across departments and drives process improvement and reporting efficiency within the FP&A function.
Knowledge and Skill Requirements: - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Proven track record of driving process improvements, managing change, and delivering results in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of financial statements.
- Experience preparing reports for executive leadership, lenders, and investors.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Sage) and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI)
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills (Excel, Power BI, Adaptive, or equivalent
- Deep understanding of P&L drivers within a heavy-asset or route-based industry
- Strategic thinking and business acumen; able to influence and challenge assumptions
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed environment with competing priorities
Education & Experience: - Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in accounting and finance roles (FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, investment banking).
- Experience in private equity environments is advantageous.
- Experience in waste management, recycling, manufacturing, logistics, or asset-intensive industries preferred
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial statements, and business performance metrics
Physical Demands & Work Environment: - Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Frequent use of hands and fingers to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
- Regularly required to talk and hear, both in person and by phone or web meetings.
- Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
- Ability to read and interpret data on a computer screen or printed documents.
- Work is performed in a typical office environment with moderate noise levels, in a climate-controlled environment with heating and air conditioning.
- Potential for remote work or hybrid work arrangement.
- May be required to lift up to 30 pounds.
Travel Required: - Primarily based in the Field Support Office in Rosemont, IL but expected to be field facing, with regular and on-site collaboration with operations (10-30%)
This job description is designed to provide a general overview of the responsibilities and qualifications required for the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties or qualifications.
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