FP&A Manager

Company Description

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a Fly Mate. At Flywire, we're on a mission to deliver the world's most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!

Who we are:

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We've since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.

Today we support more than 4,800 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.

With over 1,200 global Fly Mates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we're looking for Fly Mates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated FP&A Manager to join our Finance team. This role reports to the Director of FP&A and plays a critical role in supporting financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and reporting across the business. The ideal candidate will combine strong analytical skills, business acumen, and excellent communication, while thriving in a fast-paced environment.

As FP&A Manager, you will partner closely with senior business leaders to provide actionable insights, and help shape decisions that drive Flywire's growth.

You have:

* Strong business and financial acumen, excellent analytical and strategic planning skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information in a clear answer concise way

* Proven business partnering skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and credibility with senior leaders, influence strategic decisions, and provide actionable insights, while maintaining attention to detail in day-to-day financial analysis.

* Collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

* Ability to manage and understand business and operational metrics and KPIs, and establish linkage to financial and strategic outcomes

* Background in predictive modeling of complex metrics and financials, balancing the science and art of forecasting, and driving actionable results through foresight and insights from forecasting data

* Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders

Responsibilities:

* Partner with executive team members and their leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.

* Work closely with other senior leaders to ensure financial strategies align with company goals, and communicate financial information effectively to stakeholders

* Develop, maintain, and analyze financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. Key contributor to annual budgets, monthly financial forecasts, and long range planning, ensuring they accurately reflect the company's strategic goals

* Prepare regular and ad hoc financial reports for senior management, providing clear insights into the company's financial status and performance

* Analyze financial data and performance, identifying trends and making recommendations to improve financial performance

* Support corporate FP&A initiatives, including consolidated financial reporting, variance analysis, and operational metrics tracking

* Coordinate closely with Investor Relations, Controllership and other finance functions to manage the monthly close and conduct monthly & quarterly results analysis of business performance

* Lead ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments

* Support new system implementations and enhancements, partnering with the Systems/IT team to ensure financial structures, data flows, and configurations align with FP&A's forecasting and reporting needs.

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

* Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA or CPA strongly preferred.

* 5+ years of finance experience with a strong track record of professional growth and increasing responsibility across finance and FP&A roles.

* Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, with strong technical capability in financial modeling and analysis.

* Experience using Net Suite, Workday ERP, Adaptive, or similar enterprise financial systems for reporting, forecasting, and analysis.

* Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to communicate…