Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Our client is a rapidly growing company in the Northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. They are looking for talented people who wish to join a values-based company that desires to help their people and customers win. They design, manufacture, and assemble cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial and agricultural end markets. Their design and engineering capabilities allow them to provide complex components and assemblies to their original equipment manufacturer customers.

They are always on the gas and seek dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join our extraordinary team.

The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager leads the company’s planning, forecasting, business analysis, and management reporting capabilities. This role partners with leaders across the organization to translate operational and commercial activity into clear financial insight, maintain an integrated outlook across long-range, annual, and short-term horizons, and guide decisions that improve growth, profitability, cash flow, inventory performance, and capital effectiveness. The position also leads and develops the FP&A team and ensures timely, decision-ready reporting for the company.

LMA: lead, manage, and hold the FP&A team accountable while setting direction, priorities, and standards for the function.

Own long-range strategic planning, the Annual Operating Plan, rolling forecasts, short-term outlooks, and scenario planning across the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Build and maintain integrated financial models that connect sales, margin, labor, overhead, operating expenses, inventory, capital expenditures, headcount, and cash flow.

Partner with functional leaders to establish planning assumptions, challenge inputs, identify risks and opportunities, and translate operating plans into financial outcomes.

Lead enterprise performance analysis, including actual-to-plan, forecast, and prior-year results, and clearly explain the underlying business drivers.

Own monthly management reporting and business review materials, including executive summaries, financial results, KPI performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions

Govern management KPIs by establishing clear definitions, ownership, targets, calculation standards, and consistent performance reporting.

Provide commercial financial support through sales, backlog, demand, customer, product, program, pricing, and profitability analysis using data to influence.

Lead Plant Financials, including cost and inventory accounting, manufacturing performance and variance analysis, plant planning, inventory stewardship, and operational decision support.

Support capital allocation through business-case development, financial modeling, prioritization, and post investment tracking for growth, automation, capacity, and productivity initiatives.

Provide timely executive decision support and ad hoc analysis for leadership and stakeholders.

Continuously improve FP&A processes, forecasting accuracy, analytical methods, technology stacks, documentation, and team capabilities.

Other duties as assigned.

B.S. degree in Accounting or Finance

Minimum of 10+ years related experience (manufacturing environment strongly preferred)

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite Experience with ERP systems (Epicor preferred)

Technical skills in financial analysis, forecasting and planning Extreme attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills Proven leadership skills to influence, motivate and collaborate across all functional teams

Ability to manage and develop team members as aligned to

Company’s core beliefs and values

Curiosity and passion to drive the business forward