Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

Apex Service Partners is a people-focused HVAC, plumbing and electrical services group whose goal is to partner with and build for the long-term leading local brands around the country that represent the best places to receive residential service work and the best place to work for any tradesperson.

The Opportunity

Apex Service Partner’s Atlantic Region has grown quickly over the last couple years through organic growth and merger/acquisitions, and we are looking to grow our team to support additional partner companies in our network!

Our Apex Atlantic partner services group supports each of our partner companies’ FP&A needs.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will be responsible for daily/weekly/monthly FP&A reporting needs in the region.

In your role, you will have the chance to learn the business, work directly with senior leadership, and take advantage of future opportunities within the company to ascend into management, operations, finance, or other desired career paths.

We are looking for someone in the early stages of their FP&A career who is energetic, eager to learn and advance. Over time, this role has the chance to evolve into a management training program with the opportunity to end up in a variety of departments and management roles within the company, should you desire that and perform well in FP&A.

Responsibilities

The Field FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting leadership teams in driving organic growth through the below responsibilities:

• Own monthly reporting package and distribution of financial results once month-end close is completed by the accounting team
• Be the go-to resource for a variety of ad-hoc and special projects, including pay plan optimization, M&A integration, ROI analysis, staffing & planning
• Work directly with our Data & Insights team to develop compelling PowerBI dashboards that drive action
• Own the recurring FP&A reporting cycle with a variety of weekly and monthly insights on cash management, labor margins, & operational performance
• Work closely with general managers and market area presidents in each of our businesses to support their finance-related questions and needs
• Travel at a reasonable cadence to the regions and locations you support to build personal relationships with regional leadership teams and to identify opportunities and help leadership teams implement actions on-site.
• Facilitate bottoms-up, KPI-driven budgets for the regions and locations you support, sitting with department leads to build those budgets together and promote accountability through the budget build process.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field
• 2-3 years of experience in FP&A, accounting, audit, finance, or a similar function
• Working understanding of GAAP
• Experience supporting field leadership / operators with a customer mindset preferred
• Excellent financial modelling & analysis skills
• Strong ability to communicate financial information into common language
• Experience working with little oversight and directly with senior leadership, a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerQuery & PowerBI development experience a plus
• Able to wrangle and manipulate data to driven decisions

Personal Characteristics:

• Analytical – finds meaning and action in numbers, and is a data-driven decision-maker
• Excellent communicator – written and oral
• Resourceful – figures out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Mobile – open to reasonable travel cadence, will help build relationships and see the fruits of your labor first-hand
• Excellent leadership skills – proven ability to train, motivate, and lead through transitions
• Stellar time management and organizational skills
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Works collaboratively and energetically
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, and respectful of others
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development
• Able to operate effectively even when information may be incomplete or limited
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Extreme formatting, organization and priority setting skills
• Strong project management experience and demonstrated ability to lead / drive processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and teamwork
• Positive attitude, team player
• Highly motivated, comfortable working independently
• High energy, ownership of work product and dedication to driving results
• APEX may conduct a pre-employment background check and drug test, subject to applicable law

Other

Location: Manassas, Virgina

Compensation: Competitive

Other Benefits: medical, dental and vision coverage, competitive PTO, sick days, and holidays, 401k matching

• Build and maintain a direct link between finance, accounting, and operations to facilitate accurate and timely reporting and financial planning
• Maintain and update consolidated group financials and analyses, including forecasts and cash flow models
• Lead the preparation of monthly consolidated financial reporting materials
• Drive strategic financial thinking across the Company and act as a thought partner to the Apex leadership team on long-term strategic planning
• Develop detailed financial models to facilitate strategic planning and decision-making
• Conduct analyses and build presentations to support Board and management dialogue and capital allocation decisions
• Assist with the creation and execution of strategic growth initiatives and other special projects, including timing and rhythm to achieve success
• Become recognized as a trusted partner across Apex

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field
• 2 years of prior corporate finance, transaction advisory services, investment banking and/or private equity experience
• Exceptional financial modelling skills
• Understanding of U.S. GAAP accounting
• Strong ability to communicate financial information into common language
• Experience working with minimal oversight and directly with senior leadership, a plus

Personal Characteristics:

• Analytical – finds meaning and action in numbers, and is a data-driven decision-maker
• Exceptional formatting skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communicator – written and oral
• Stellar time management and organizational skills
• Strong work ethic with a demonstrated history of outworking peers
• Resourceful – figures out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Works collaboratively and energetically
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, and respectful of others
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development