Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

## Description The
** Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
** leads enterprise financial planning, performance analysis, and decision support within the corporate office of
** Express Employment Internationa
** l. The role strengthens FP&A as a strategic business partner by combining disciplined financial management with modern analytics, clear executive communication, and scalable technology-enabled processes.

This leader develops the FP&A team, partners across Finance, Operations, business units, and Technology, and converts operational complexity into timely, actionable financial insight.
* Express Employment International believes in the value of in-person collaboration to support teamwork, creativity and connection. Employees in this position are expected to work a four (4) day in-office schedule, with the flexibility to work remotely one (1) day each week, based on business and department needs.
*** RESPONSIBILITIES
* *** Strategic Planning and Enterprise Decision Support
*** Lead the annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across multiple business units and geographies
* Develop executive dashboards, management reporting, and scenario analysis that clarify performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and tradeoffs
* Provide decision support to senior leaders and business partners through rigorous financial modeling, P&L analysis, and concise recommendations
* Create clear financial narratives and visual presentations that translate complex analysis for executive and operational audiences
* Promote consistent planning standards, definitions, assumptions, and performance measures across the organization
** Analytics, Technology, and Process Transformation
*** Lead or co-lead delivery of FP&A digital products, including planning applications, dashboards, reporting solutions, and advanced analytics tools, from concept through adoption
* Advance predictive and scenario-based analytics, including appropriate applications of AI and machine learning, to improve planning insight and identify emerging risks and opportunities
* Partner with Technology, data teams, solution architects, and vendors to evaluate, implement, integrate, and scale finance technologies
* Establish analytics, reporting and AI-enabled tools
* Simplify and automate recurring planning and reporting processes to reduce manual effort, improve controls, and expand analytical capacity
* Bridge legacy financial processes and systems with next-generation cloud planning and business intelligence platforms
** Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Partnership
*** Lead, coach, and develop FP&A team members, setting clear priorities and building stronger analytical, commercial, and digital capabilities
* Create a culture of continuous improvement, intellectual curiosity, accountability, and responsible experimentation
* Drive change management, communication, training, and adoption for new processes, technologies, and ways of working
* Build trusted relationships across Finance, Operations, business units, and Technology; influence stakeholders without relying on formal authority
* Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, controllers, and technology leaders while maintaining financial discipline and objectivity
* Align FP&A initiatives and resource priorities with enterprise strategy and measurable business outcomes
** EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
*** Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, or a related field
* Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, finance operations, or a related discipline, including at least three years of people or functional leadership experience
* Advanced expertise in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, performance measurement, P&L analysis, and scenario planning
** KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES
*** Experience leading or co-leading cross-functional initiatives involving finance processes, analytics, technology, or product delivery
* Proficiency with modern financial planning software, cloud-based finance platforms, and business intelligence or analytics tools
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and working knowledge of SQL
* Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to senior executives and non-financial leaders
* Proven ability to lead change and achieve adoption of new processes or technologies
* Working knowledge of data science concepts and practical AI or machine-learning applications in finance
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