Senior FP&A Manager

Senior FP&A Manager

The Senior FP&A Manager is a high-potential finance leader who partners directly with the CFO to own the company's financial planning, reporting, and analysis function, while building the breadth of experience required to step into a Controller or CFO role. This position carries elevated scope and visibility compared to a traditional FP&A manager: the successful candidate will operate as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, represent the company in board and lender interactions, lead and develop a finance team, and maintain end-to-end command of the budget, forecast, reconciliation, and reporting processes that underpin the business.

National Underground Group is investing in this role as a deliberate succession pathway, and expects the incumbent to grow into progressively greater financial leadership responsibility.

Strategic Financial Leadership & Planning

• Serve as a key strategic partner to the CFO, delivering financial insight and analysis that shapes company-wide strategy, capital allocation, and growth decisions.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling multi-year financial forecasts, partnering with executive leadership, corporate functions, and branch/regional management.
• Own enterprise cash flow strategy, including monitoring, forecasting, and proactively flagging risks or shortfalls to the CFO.

Board, Lender & Executive Reporting

• Prepare and present the monthly financial package for the Board of Directors and Lenders, including narrative commentary on performance, trends, and covenant compliance.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for lender reporting and compliance matters, in close partnership with the CFO.
• Deliver polished, executive-level financial presentations to ownership, the Board, and external stakeholders.

Financial Reporting & Accounting Oversight

• Prepare and review consolidated and branch-level monthly P&L statements for distribution to business owners and executive leadership.
• Partner with the accounting/Controller function on the monthly close, account reconciliations, and financial statement integrity, building the readiness to assume Controller responsibilities directly.
• Oversee Area Manager (AM) and Branch Manager (BM) reconciliations and variance reporting against budget and prior year, identifying and resolving systemic root causes.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, lead, and mentor an FP&A team, setting goals and development plans and instilling a culture of accountability and analytical rigor.
• Scale finance processes and talent alongside company and branch network growth.

Systems, Process & KPI Ownership

• Own and continuously improve KPI reporting for management and operational stakeholders.
• Track and report on customer revenue trends and profitability by branch and segment.
• Own budget and forecast administration within the financial system (Acumatica or similar ERP), including process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Produce ad hoc analysis to support management decisions, due diligence, and audit requirements.

Succession Readiness

• Partner directly with the CFO on special projects, capital structure decisions, and strategic initiatives that build the experience required for future advancement to CFO or Controller.
• Maintain broad, working familiarity across the finance and accounting function to ensure continuity of leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate accounting, or a related finance leadership role, including experience supporting multi-location or branch-based businesses.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and presenting board- and lender-level financial reporting packages.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with a proven ability to build and maintain complex financial models.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience with Acumatica or a similar ERP system.
• Proven people-leadership experience, including managing, developing, and mentoring finance staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial…