Sr Manager FP&A

The Senior Manager, FP&A reports to the SVP of Finance and leads planning, forecasting, revenue, and performance reporting for Authority Brands' 14 franchise brands and its portfolio of company-owned locations. This role oversees the end-to-end revenue capture process, including royalty, NAF, and technology fee calculations, and leads a team of FP&A analysts who serve as finance owners of their assigned brand P&Ls.

The Senior Manager delivers brand revenue and consolidated P&L reporting to the executive team and partners with brand and operations leaders to drive revenue growth, expense discipline, and margin performance.

• Oversee the end-to-end revenue capture process across all brands, ensuring royalty, NAF, and technology fee calculations are complete, accurate, and consistent with franchise agreement terms
• Review and validate system-generated revenue outputs against franchisee-reported sales, investigating variances and driving corrective action
• Establish controls and review cadences over royalty billing to support a timely, accurate month-end close and reliable revenue reporting to leadership and the board
• Oversee preparation and validation of financial inputs to Franchise Disclosure Documents, including Item 19 financial performance representations, ensuring accuracy and sufficient substantiation
• Budgeting, Forecasting & Long-Range Planning
• Lead the annual budget, monthly and quarterly forecasts for all brands and company-owned locations, consolidating into the enterprise financial plan
• Analyze trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures, and other key drivers to inform planning assumptions
• Build and maintain financial models and analyses of financial and operational metrics to evaluate and direct business performance

• Lead and develop a team of FP&A analysts who serve as finance owners and subject matter experts for assigned brand P&Ls
• Partner with brand and operations leaders to drive expense management and margin performance, including oversight of Coupa approvals for brand spend
• Oversee analysis of ancillary revenue stream profitability and identification of costs eligible for recharge to franchisees
• Provide P&L and KPI support for the company-owned location portfolio in partnership with Operational Finance

• Produce and oversee reporting on brand revenue performance and consolidated P&L results against budget, forecast, and prior year
• Prepare monthly performance presentations and materials for the executive team, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Maintain financial review templates and lead monthly business review meetings with brand leadership
• Support special financial and business studies and partner with other departments on cross-functional analyses

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred
• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or corporate finance, including 3+ years of people leadership
• Experience with franchise royalty and fee revenue models strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of consolidated P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Experience presenting financial results and insights to executive leadership
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g., Net Suite, Hyperion, Power BI, or similar)
• Proven ability to partner with and influence brand and operations leaders
• Experience in a multi-brand, multi-entity, or PE-backed environment preferred