Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

The FPA Manager plays a critical role in supporting the Finance team at L.A.B. Golf by providing financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and business partnership across the organization. This position owns FPA support for Sales and Marketing, including sales forecasting, budget-to-actual analysis, channel profitability, marketing spend and ROI analysis, and sales compensation modeling. Working closely with the VP of Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Accounting, the FPA Manager translates business plans and financial data into clear insights that support decision-making.

This role also supports the company-wide budget, forecast, long-range plan, and executive, board, and private equity reporting while developing and improving FPA processes, models, and reporting tools. The FPA Manager requires strong financial modeling and analytical skills, sound business judgment, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance leaders, contributing to informed decision-making and the overall financial performance of L.A.B. Golf.

• Own monthly forecasting and budget-vs.
  
  -actual analysis for the Sales organization, including wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels.
• Partner with Sales leadership to analyze pipeline, channel mix, pricing, margin trends, and other key commercial drivers.
• Translate sales strategies and commercial plans into financial forecasts, scenarios, and actionable insights.
• Identify and communicate risks and opportunities within the sales forecast early enough for leadership to take action.
• Build, maintain, and analyze sales compensation and commission models, including their financial impact on gross margin.
• Own monthly budget-vs.
  
  -actual analysis for Marketing spend, including campaign performance and return-on-investment analysis.
• Partner with Marketing leadership on budget planning, spending pace, campaign performance, and financial decision-making.

• Support the VP of Finance in developing and maintaining the consolidated company budget, rolling forecast, and long-range financial plan.
• Incorporate manufacturing costs, inventory, production, and other operational inputs into company-wide financial planning and forecasting.
• Prepare financial models and analysis to support pricing decisions, new product launches, capital investments, and other strategic business decisions.
• Develop and maintain financial models, forecasts, and scenario analyses to support business planning and decision-making.
• Analyze financial and operational trends and provide insights into risks, opportunities, and business performance.

• Prepare monthly forecast-to-actual and budget-to-actual variance analysis, including clear explanations of key drivers and trends.
• Prepare portions of the monthly board and private equity sponsor reporting package, including KPI dashboards, financial analysis, and variance commentary.
• Develop and maintain reporting that provides leadership with clear visibility into sales performance, marketing spend, profitability, and forecast accuracy.
• Establish and maintain a clear, repeatable close-to-forecast process in partnership with Accounting and Finance.
• Provide timely financial insights and recommendations to leadership to support informed business decisions.

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Accounting to understand business drivers and ensure financial plans reflect current operating conditions.
• Work closely with Accounting to ensure actual financial results used in forecasting and variance analysis are accurate, complete, and timely.
• Serve as a financial business partner to department leaders by helping them understand budget performance, financial trends, and the impact of business decisions.
• Serve as backup to the VP of Finance for company-wide reporting and analysis during peak close, forecasting, and planning periods.

• Develop, improve, and standardize FPA templates, reporting processes, forecasting methodologies, and reporting cadences.
• Maintain clear documentation of forecasting models, reporting processes, assumptions, and methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting and analysis to improve efficiency and increase capacity for higher-value financial analysis.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance on system improvements, data integrity, and reporting capabilities.
• Continuously evaluate FPA…