Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Yugo is a global leader in student housing dedicated to creating exceptional living experiences for students around the world. With a presence spanning more than 14 countries and 120 cities, Yugo combines innovation, community, and purpose to redefine student living. In the U.S., Yugo operates nearly 40,000 beds across 88 properties in 28 states, delivering vibrant communities designed to support student success both personally and professionally.

Guided by its Live Your Best Life philosophy, Yugo fosters sustainability, personal growth, and career development while building an inclusive, collaborative, and forward-thinking culture for residents and team members alike.

The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (FP&A Manager) is responsible for supporting the financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis of Yugo’s U.S. business, while also providing financial planning and analytical support for Yugo’s global management company.

Reporting to the Global Finance Director, the FP&A Manager plays a key role in annual budgeting, ongoing forecasting, management reporting, financial modeling, and variance analysis across the U.S. portfolio and management company. The role partners closely with Operations, Accounting, Leasing, and functional leaders in the U.S., while collaborating with global stakeholders to support consolidated management company planning and reporting.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical financial skills with commercial thinking and the ability to understand the operational drivers behind financial performance across a complex, multi-entity business.

• Manage key components of the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for the U.S. business and global management company.
• Partner with operational and functional leaders to develop realistic, data-driven budgets and forecasts aligned with business objectives.
• Maintain and enhance financial models used for budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and business decision-making.
• Analyze changes in operating assumptions and assess their impact on property, portfolio, management company, and overall financial performance.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and identify opportunities to improve planning assumptions, methodologies, and processes.
• Support longer-term financial planning and scenario analysis as business needs evolve.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple departments and stakeholders to ensure planning processes are completed accurately and within established timelines.

• Analyze U.S. property and portfolio performance, identifying key trends, risks, opportunities, and underlying business drivers.
• Partner with Operations and other business leaders to understand financial results and provide actionable insights that support improved performance.
• Evaluate revenue, occupancy, leasing, payroll, operating expenses, management fees, and other key drivers impacting financial results.
• Provide financial analysis and decision support for the global management company, including departmental spending, overhead, resource planning, and other key cost drivers.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and modeling to support operational and strategic decisions.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, concise insights for financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Provide financial support for new initiatives, investments, operational changes, and business cases as required.

• Prepare and maintain recurring management reporting, financial dashboards, and performance analysis for U.S. leadership.
• Support consolidated management company reporting and analysis for global stakeholders.
• Produce monthly and periodic reporting comparing actual results to budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Identify and clearly communicate material variances, emerging trends, financial risks, and areas requiring management attention.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure financial reporting is accurate, complete, and aligned with management reporting requirements.
• Support preparation of financial information and analysis for executive…