Corporate FP&A Analyst

SUMMARY

About Ketjen

Ketjen Corporation is a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Our company is driven by a strong set of core values: curiosity, care, collaboration, humility, accountability, and integrity. These values guide our decisions, shape our culture, and define how we work together to deliver exceptional value to our customers and communities.

About the Role
The Corporate FP&A Analyst supports enterprise planning, forecasting, performance management, executive reporting, SG&A analysis, and working capital analysis. This role helps provide senior leadership with an integrated view of financial performance, outlook, risks, and opportunities. The ideal candidate brings strong forecasting, financial modeling, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Enterprise Planning & Forecasting 

• Support the annual operating plan, periodic forecasts, and long-range planning processes across the enterprise. 
• Coordinate planning inputs, assumptions, timelines, and deliverables with business and functional finance teams.
• Build and maintain financial models that integrate income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and key business drivers.
• Analyze forecast changes and provide clear explanations of performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Performance Management & Executive Reporting 

• Prepare recurring executive reporting packages that provide an integrated view of financial performance and outlook. 
• Analyze actual results against plan, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and business drivers.
• Develop concise presentations and supporting analysis for senior leadership and performance reviews.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned with enterprise performance measures.

SG&A & Working Capital Analysis 

• Provide analysis and reporting for SG&A spending, headcount, functional costs, and cost trends. 
• Partner with functional finance and business stakeholders to understand spending performance and forecast changes.
• Analyze working capital performance, including relevant receivables, payables, and inventory drivers.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and actions that may improve cost, cash, or working capital performance.

Financial Insights & Process Improvement 

• Consolidate financial information from across the organization and translate it into actionable enterprise insights. 
• Perform scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling to support business decisions and outlook discussions.
• Improve FP&A models, dashboards, reporting processes, and data quality through standardization and automation.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic projects as requested by senior leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, business finance, corporate finance, or a related discipline. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong forecasting, financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear executive-level presentations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate key performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong alignment with Ketjen’s core values: curiosity, care, collaboration, humility, accountability, and integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise planning, consolidation, executive reporting, SG&A, or working capital analysis. 
• Experience in specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, refining, manufacturing, or another complex global business.
• Experience with enterprise planning systems, ERP platforms, Power BI, or other business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and key financial performance measures.
• Demonstrated ability to improve or automate FP&A reporting and planning processes.