Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

FP&A Manager

A rapidly growing, multi-location services organization is seeking an FP&A Manager/Senior Manager to support its expanding finance function. The company is experiencing significant growth both organically and through acquisition, creating a dynamic environment with substantial opportunity to influence financial strategy and build scalable processes.

This hybrid role requires onsite collaboration several days per week. The FP&A Manager/Senior Manager will play a crucial role in developing financial models, driving performance insights, supporting leadership decision-making, and building the foundations of a scalable FP&A function. The role will directly manage a Senior Financial Analyst and is expected to grow into broader team leadership over time.

The FP&A Manager/Senior Manager will lead budgeting, forecasting, and analytical processes, serve as a strategic finance partner to leaders across the organization, and support initiatives tied to automation, reporting improvements, and long-range planning. This is a hands-on role suited for someone who wants both tactical ownership and strategic exposure.

• Lead annual budgeting, recurring forecasting, and long-range financial planning.
• Maintain rolling forecasts that incorporate seasonality, project volume, labor needs, and cost variability.
• Analyze results against budget, forecast, and prior periods; present drivers and insights clearly and concisely.

• Collaborate with Operations, Sales, Creative, and Corporate teams to develop accurate financial assumptions.
• Identify risks and opportunities; recommend appropriate mitigation strategies or investment decisions.
• Support pricing, margin, and profitability analysis at various levels.

• Maintain and update a weekly cash flow forecast with a focus on liquidity, spend timing, and financial visibility.
• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment throughout the month-end process.
• Prepare executive-level dashboards and reporting to support leadership decision-making.

• Develop polished, presentation-ready financial materials for leadership meetings and strategic planning.
• Support strategic decision-making through scenario modeling and ad hoc analysis.

• Drive automation, process simplification, and standardization within planning and reporting.
• Improve system usage across ERP, reporting tools, and BI platforms.
• Document planning assumptions, methodologies, and processes to support repeatability and transparency.

• Manage and mentor one FP&A team member, with responsibility to help grow a larger team over time.
• Establish high standards for analytical rigor, accountability, and partnership.
• Support building a culture of continuous improvement, curiosity, and proactive problem-solving.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance and/or Accounting.
• At least 3 years of direct FP&A experience, including budgeting and forecasting ownership.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and recommendations.
• Proven ability to partner cross-functionally and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• High attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.

• Experience supporting service-based, project-based, or events-driven businesses.
• Familiarity with planning/reporting platforms such as Adaptive, Hyperion, or Anaplan.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or VBA is a plus.
• Experience working in PE-backed or growth-stage environments.

• ERP:
  Sage Intacct
• Event Management System:
  Proprietary industry-specific platform
• Reporting & Analytics:
  Power BI

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other…