Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis; FP&A

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Location:

Geneva, IL - Hybrid role with expectation of spending more than 50% of time in-office to support collaboration with operational and functional partners.

The FP&A Senior Manager is a highly hands‑on finance role responsible for owning core FP&A processes, building and maintaining financial reporting, improving forecast visibility, and helping leaders understand business performance across a manufacturing and healthcare‑oriented organization. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working directly in the numbers, building reporting from the ground up, analyzing trends, and becoming a key resource for explaining financial performance and operational drivers across the business.

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, detail‑oriented, execution‑focused, and eager to grow into a broader finance leadership role over time.

• Own monthly FP&A reporting processes, including preparation of financial statements, reporting packages, variance analysis, and forecast updates.
• Build and maintain monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting models across revenue, operating expenses, margins, and cash flow.
• Analyze financial results and clearly explain key business drivers, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and long‑range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain KPIs and operational metrics that improve visibility into business performance.
• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure financial results are accurate, well understood and properly reflected in reporting.
• Support manufacturing and operational finance analysis, including margin performance, standard costing and variance analysis.
• Assist with reporting and analysis across both product and services‑oriented business lines.
• Leverage Vena EPM to support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and scenario analysis.
• Improve reporting consistency, data quality and analytical processes over time.
• Work cross‑functionally with operations, commercial teams and functional leaders to gather inputs and explain financial performance.
• Take ownership of recurring deliverables and proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and reporting.

• Financial reporting is timely, accurate and consistently trusted by leadership.
• Forecasts become more reliable and operationally grounded.
• Business leaders have a clearer understanding of financial performance and key drivers.
• KPIs and reporting become more actionable and easier to understand.
• FP&A processes become more organized, scalable and repeatable.
• The individual becomes a go‑to resource for explaining financial results and supporting decision‑making.
• Vena EPM is expanded upon and used throughout the entire FP&A process.

• 5–8 years of FP&A, finance, accounting or related analytical experience.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and monthly financial reporting processes.
• Comfortable working directly in large datasets and financial systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Excel and financial reporting tools required.
• Strong attention to detail and ownership mentality.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly and concisely.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn quickly in a fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑starter with a strong work ethic and desire to grow professionally.
• Experience with Vena EPM or similar FP&A/planning systems.
• Experience in manufacturing, healthcare, medical devices, life sciences or other operationally complex environments.
• Exposure to standard costing, margin analysis or operational finance concepts.

Candidates must currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Work visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

• Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods while performing computer‑based work.
• Frequently operates a computer and other standard office equipment (e.g., keyboard, mouse, telephone).
• Ability to communicate effectively, including the ability to exchange accurate information with others.
• Occasionally required to move…