Corporate FP&A Manager

Solera•Westlake, OH

12d

About The Position

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com. The Role We’re looking for a hands-on Corporate FP&A Manager to lead a small team and own enterprise-level forecasting, budgeting, and performance management. You’ll be presenting to the CFO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) on a regular basis, translating complexity and ambiguity into clear insights and decisions. You will thrive in an environment of ambiguity, proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and influence outcomes across multiple business areas.

Requirements

5–10+ years progressive experience in FP&A/Corporate Finance, including experience of managing people.
Proven experience presenting directly to a CFO (or equivalent finance executive) with strong executive presence.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong comfort with large-scale data manipulation.
Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and manage projects with competing priorities.
Proven track record of taking ownership, exceeding expectations, and handling increased responsibility over time.
Demonstrated ability to manage complexity and ambiguity: creating clarity, and driving decisions with imperfect data.
Solid understanding of accounting/financial statements, consolidation, and variance analysis.

Nice To Haves

Critical thinker with exceptional problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
Thrives in ambiguity and adapts quickly.
Clear, concise communicator who can distill complex analysis into actionable insights.
Highly motivated self-starter with an ownership mindset and a bias toward execution

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to analyze and manage expenses, providing actionable insights to drive cost efficiency and resource optimization.
Build, maintain, and enhance financial models to forecast, track, and report on spending across departments.
Coordinate external reporting (e.g., investor relations materials, Vista/PE reporting packs).
Support external projects and group strategic initiatives with ROI/IRR cases, cash implications, and milestones.
Identify and drive cost initiatives (spend baselining, zero-based reviews, vendor rationalization, productivity).
Improve finance processes : accruals accuracy, close timeline/cadence, and handoffs with accounting.
Lead & develop a team : manage, coach, and grow 2–3 analysts/senior analysts; set priorities, review deliverables, and build a high-performance culture.
Performance management: design KPIs and dashboards (e.g., revenue/GP/OPEX, working capital) and run monthly reviews with functional and business leaders.
Data & process improvement: raise data quality, streamline models, standardize templates, and help evaluate/roll out FP&A tooling.
Ad-hoc & special projects: board/ELT requests, M&A integration, restructuring modeling, and benchmarking.