Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

Senior Manager, Finance & FP&A

Location:

Austin, Texas

Reports to:

Vice President, Finance & Treasury

Bus Patrol is looking for a high-impact Senior Manager, Finance & FP&A to help shape how we plan, invest, and scale. You will serve as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership—translating complex operating data into clear choices, sharper accountability, and actions that accelerate profitable growth.

You will own critical elements of the company’s planning, reporting and performance‑management architecture and be deeply involved in other elements, including the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, long‑range planning, executive reporting, KPI design, and decision‑support models. You will work across Finance, Operations, Sales, Product, and other business functions to connect strategy to financial outcomes.

The role is highly visible, with regular exposure to the C‑suite and the opportunity to influence decisions involving growth investments, cost structure, capacity planning, and capital allocation. The ideal candidate brings the strategic judgment of a business partner, the technical depth of an exceptional modeler, and the operating mindset to build processes that scale.

This role offers meaningful long‑term growth. As Bus Patrol expands, the scope can grow into broader ownership across FP&A, strategic finance, corporate development, and finance transformation—with increasing leadership responsibility and direct impact on the company’s trajectory.

• Lead the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasting cycles, and long‑range financial planning process from design through executive alignment.
• Partner with functional and business‑unit leaders to translate priorities and initiatives into headcount plans, operating budgets, investment cases, and measurable outcomes.
• Build planning processes that improve forecast accuracy, increase accountability, and make tradeoffs visible across the organization.
• Develop and maintain driver‑based forecasts for revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, working capital, cash flow, and capital needs.
• Establish clear variance‑analysis routines that connect financial performance to operational drivers and recommended actions.

• Build and oversee sophisticated financial models that support scenario planning, pricing, capacity decisions, cost optimization, capital allocation, strategic partnerships, and support M&A evaluation.
• Demonstrate deep command of Excel‑based modeling, including integrated three‑statement models, sensitivity analysis, scenario architecture, data structuring, and model controls.
• Apply advanced Excel capabilities—including Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH or XLOOKUP, arrays, Power Query, macros, as well as utilization of AI tools to create scalable, high impact analyses. Will also leverage AI tools to scale routine processes and functions.
• Develop DCF, ROI, payback, unit economics, and cash‑flow analyses that help leaders evaluate risk, return, timing, and strategic fit.
• Challenge assumptions constructively, identify the economic drivers behind performance, and turn analysis into a clear recommendation.

• Design and continuous improvement of consolidated KPI dashboards and performance reporting across business units, aligned to company strategy.
• Prepare and lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, including segment‑level performance, margin trends, operating metrics, forecast changes, and management actions.
• Synthesize large and complex financial, operational, and external datasets into concise narratives for senior leadership, the Board, and other stakeholders.
• Create a consistent connection…