Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Our client is seeking a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager for their growing organization. The FP&A Manager serves as a trusted financial partner, providing leadership with the insights needed to make informed business decisions, improve financial performance, and support sustainable, profitable growth. This role plays a critical part in strengthening financial discipline, enhancing reporting capabilities, and driving continuous improvement across the organization.

Position Summary

The FP&A Manager will lead financial planning, forecasting, and business performance analysis while partnering with leadership to drive strategic decision-making. This role is responsible for delivering actionable financial insights, improving operational performance, and supporting profitable growth through accurate forecasting, reporting, and financial modeling.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative business partner with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate financial data into meaningful recommendations for executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting process and quarterly forecasting cycles across multiple business units and operating functions.
• Provide financial analysis and strategic recommendations to senior leadership to support growth initiatives, profitability, and operational efficiency.
• Analyze business performance, including revenue trends, product performance, customer metrics, and operating results to identify risks and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support long-range planning, capital investments, business expansion, and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Sales, Marketing, Merchandising, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to evaluate investments, promotional activities, pricing strategies, and operational initiatives.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages, including P&L analysis, variance reporting, KPI dashboards, and executive presentations.
• Monitor key financial and operational metrics, providing actionable insights to improve business performance.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, improve reporting accuracy, and enhance data visibility across the organization.
• Support ad hoc financial analyses, business cases, and special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or business finance.
• Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
• Experience supporting retail, consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, or other multi-site organizations is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with ERP systems, financial planning software, and business intelligence tools is highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities with experience partnering with both finance and non-finance leaders.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.