Senior FP&A Manager

Compensation: $145,000 - $165,000+ Bonus

Location: Irvine, CA 92614 (Onsite)

Company

Description:

Our client, a large distribution enterprise, was recently acquired by a multi-billion-dollar publicly traded company and is now searching for a Senior FP&A Manager to join their growing team. Reporting to senior finance leadership, this role will play a key role in driving operational finance, budgeting, forecasting, and executive-level reporting across a fast-paced, acquisition-driven organization, offering high visibility to senior and executive leadership.

The ideal candidate must have strong FP&A leadership experience, advanced financial modeling capabilities, and a background supporting multi-site or distribution operations.

• High visibility to executive leadership

• Own the enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning cycles, partnering closely with operational leaders across multiple sites.
• Build and maintain detailed operating models that translate warehouse, logistics, and distribution performance into financial outcomes.
• Deliver monthly performance reporting covering revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, and working capital trends.
• Design executive dashboards and KPI packages that give leadership real-time visibility into performance across business units.
• Partner with operations and sales teams to evaluate pricing, product mix, customer profitability, and margin improvement opportunities.
• Develop exception-based reporting to flag emerging operational and financial trends before they become issues.
• Construct three-statement financial models supporting capital investment, integration, and strategic planning decisions.
• Lead valuation and return-based analyses to support strategic initiatives.
• Support acquisition integration efforts, including post-close performance tracking and synergy analysis.
• Coordinate with the Accounting team to ensure forecasting assumptions remain aligned with GAAP-based reporting.
• Prepare polished, executive-ready presentations for senior leadership, ownership, and lenders.
• Champion continuous improvement across forecasting, reporting, and planning processes, driving greater automation and accuracy.
• Lead or support the optimization of FP&A systems and planning tools to strengthen enterprise reporting capabilities.
• Mentor and support the development of finance team members and cross-functional partners on financial best practices.

• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required.
• 6+ years of progressive FP&A experience.
• Experience with in large corporations, public companies, or private equity-backed environments is required.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, with hands-on experience across distribution, manufacturing, or multi-location operations.
• Proficiency with planning platforms (Planful, Adaptive Planning, One Stream, or similar)
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP as it relates to financial forecasting and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through data-driven financial analysis.