Senior FP&A Analyst

HeartLand is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst – Regional Operations to help our operating companies and regional leaders understand performance, anticipate challenges and make informed business decisions.

Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you’ll independently lead planning and analysis for assigned operating companies and regions. You’ll work directly with operational and corporate leaders, connecting financial results with the day-to-day decisions that drive revenue, manage costs and improve profitability.

HeartLand brings together local landscape businesses with the support of a national organization. Our approach is centrally guided, locally executed—combining local leadership and relationships with shared expertise, tools and support that help our businesses thrive.

• Lead annual budgets, periodic forecasts and monthly outlooks for assigned operating companies or regions, in coordination with the Director of FP&A.

• Compare actual and projected results with budgets, forecasts and prior periods, explaining the drivers behind variances.

• Evaluate revenue, labor, staffing, margins and other key performance measures to identify trends, risks and opportunities.

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to operating company leaders and Regional Operating Partners, providing insight and challenging assumptions to support sound decisions.

• Recommend practical actions to improve profitability, manage costs and strengthen operational performance.

• Keep the Director of FP&A informed of material findings and elevate significant risks and strategic decisions.

• Build and maintain financial models, scenario analyses and business cases to evaluate operational initiatives, resource needs and strategic opportunities.

• Assess capital expenditure requests and investment proposals for financial rationale, budget alignment and expected business impact within established approval processes.

• Deliver ad hoc financial and operational analyses that help leaders address business questions and evolving priorities.

• Prepare and present financial reports, management presentations and clear explanations of business performance.

• Translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insights for financial and non-financial audiences.

• Communicate performance trends, risks, opportunities and recommended next steps to operational leaders and the Director of FP&A.

• Partner with Operations, Accounting, Business Intelligence and other teams to strengthen data accuracy and align reporting.

• Improve forecasting, reporting, financial models and analytical tools, including opportunities for automation.

• Support finance process improvements and policy development that make information more useful and work more efficient.

• A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis, planning, forecasting or a related finance/accounting role, with the ability to independently manage complex analyses and competing priorities.

• A strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and business performance metrics.

• Advanced spreadsheet skills, experience building and interpreting financial models, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

• The ability to identify key business drivers, evaluate complex information and develop practical, well-supported recommendations.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to explain financial results to non-financial leaders.

• Sound judgment, attention to detail and a collaborative approach to working across functions.

Experience that will help you stand out: partnering with operational leaders in a multi-location or service-based business; using ERP, financial reporting or business intelligence tools such as Power BI; and improving or automating reporting and analytical processes.

Your operational partners understand what is driving their results and use your insights to take action. Budgets and forecasts are timely, accurate and grounded in business realities. Risks surface early, investment decisions have clear financial support, and your recommendations help leaders improve performance.

You build trusted relationships across the business while making FP&A reporting and processes more efficient, dependable and useful.

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