FP&A Manager

Role Overview

The FP&A Manager is responsible for providing financial planning, analysis, and decision support to help the company understand business performance and make informed financial and operational decisions.

What You Will Do

You will coordinate and support the annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning processes, develop financial models and forecasts, and analyze financial performance compared with budget, forecast, prior year, and other relevant benchmarks.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will identify and explain key financial and operational drivers of performance, provide actionable recommendations to the CFO and business leaders, and track the financial impact of significant improvement initiatives and business decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial controlling, manufacturing finance, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong understanding of financial statements, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and business performance drivers
• Ability to connect financial results with underlying operational activity and identify root causes of performance variances
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, and operational processes
• Ability to independently identify risks and opportunities and develop practical, actionable recommendations
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts effectively to non-financial audiences
• Demonstrated ability to influence and challenge business partners constructively without relying on direct authority
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• High degree of initiative, intellectual curiosity, accountability, and attention to detail
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills required
• Ability to work effectively across functions, organizational levels, locations, and cultures
• Ability to operate effectively in a changing environment and develop processes and tools where greater structure is needed

Tagged as: Excel, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Project Management