Manager, FP&A - Revenue & Growth

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We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning News and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters The Manager, FP&A – Revenue & Growth is a key finance business partner supporting The Washington Post’s B2C digital subscription, B2B revenue, and emerging growth initiatives. This role translates business performance, market dynamics, and operating decisions into clear financial insight that helps leaders invest wisely, manage risk, and build sustainable revenue.

Reporting within the FP&A organization, the Manager leads planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for assigned revenue businesses while developing financial talent and strengthening the tools, processes, and partnerships that support informed decision-making across the company.

What Motivates You You are energized by helping mission-driven media organizations build durable, diversified revenue models.

You enjoy translating complex financial and operating data into clear insights that guide decisions.

You value collaborative partnership with leaders across Product, Marketing, Sales, Newsroom, Data Analytics & Insights, and Finance.

You are motivated by improving planning processes, models, and reporting so teams can act with greater clarity and confidence.

You take pride in developing financial talent and creating an inclusive, accountable team environment.

How You’ll Support the Mission Lead annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans for assigned revenue streams, producing aligned financial plans that support enterprise priorities and growth goals.

Develop driver-based revenue models that connect pricing, volume, pipeline, customer behavior, and other operating metrics to reliable financial outcomes.

Analyze actual revenue performance against budget and forecast, identifying variance drivers, risks, opportunities, and outlook changes that enable timely leadership action.

Advise business leaders on operating performance, investment choices, and resource-allocation decisions, resulting in actionable recommendations grounded in financial and strategic analysis.

Evaluate new products, partnerships, pricing strategies, and growth initiatives through business cases, scenario analyses, and financial models, enabling informed decisions on investments and tradeoffs.

Partner with Marketing, Sales, Product, Newsroom, Data Analytics & Insights, and other teams to improve revenue performance and align business plans with financial objectives.

Incorporate relevant market, competitive, and industry trends into forecasts and planning, strengthening the organization’s ability to anticipate changes in the revenue environment.

Strengthen revenue reporting, forecasting, and planning processes through improved data quality, automation, and planning tools, increasing consistency, efficiency, and confidence in financial information.

Integrate monthly close results and performance-review insights into forecasts, ensuring leaders understand results and their implications for the forward outlook.

Manage and develop financial analyst(s) through clear priorities, coaching, and quality review, building stronger financial modeling, business acumen, and partnership capabilities.

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