Financial Planning Manager
About The Position
As a Manager of FP&A at Echo Global Logistics, you will lead a team that supports strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and internal financial reporting. You will deliver timely, actionable financial analysis that aligns business needs with short and long-term financial goals. This position requires strong leadership, analytic skills, and the ability to communicate financial insights to stakeholders across the organization. You must be self-motivated with a proven ability to meet deadlines in a timely fashion. This role will report to the VP of Finance but will interact with all departments on a regular basis, including the Executive Leadership Team and business unit leaders, to ensure engagement, accuracy and consistency in all aspects of financial reporting. Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management services. As a third-party logistics provider, we at Echo Global Logistics, we’re in the business of simplifying transportation management. We didn’t become a Fortune 1000 company by chance. We got here because of our team members, who are unwavering in their pursuit to solve complex problems, provide exceptional service, and make an impact every day. Come join Echo and accelerate your career! Your recruiter will keep you informed on what that will look like for the role you are being considered for. During the recruiting process, our recruiting team will continue connecting with qualified candidates in a virtual setting and will have the option of in-office interviews depending on location and the role. For those who are joining the Echo family, your onboarding experience will also be conducted virtually until further notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5-8 years of work experience within FP&A, corporate finance, accounting or other financial driven roles
- Strong financial modeling and advanced Excel skills; experience with FP&A/ERP systems (e.g., Anaplan, Workday) and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) highly desirable.
- Proven ability to translate data into strategic insights to assist senior stakeholders in key business decisions.
- Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and strong problem-solving ability.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to communicate complex ideas succinctly.
- Leadership: coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
- Project management skills and ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.
- Enjoys and thrives in fast-paced, fluid work environment.
Nice To Haves
- Prior people management experience preferred.
- Transportation experience a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes; consolidate inputs, validate assumptions, and delivery timely plans.
- Produce monthly/quarterly management reporting (P&L & balance sheet) and variance analyses versus budget and prior periods.
- Build, maintain, and enhance financial models, scenario analyses, and driver-based forecasts to support decision making.
- Partner with business units to analyze revenue, gross profit, and other key performance metrics; identify performance gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop and present clear, actionable insights and recommendations to executives and department heads.
- Coach and develop FP&A analysts; manage workload, priorities, and deliverable quality.
- As a cross-departmental resource, constantly solicit feedback from supervisors, department VPs and directors to make yourself and your department a more efficient and better place to work.
- Improve FP&A tools, systems (Anaplan), and processes (forecast automation, KPI reporting, data quality).
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data, assumptions, and reporting in accordance with company policies and applicable reporting standards.
- Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully to key stakeholders in the organization.
- Provide analytical support to business unit leaders as directed by Echo Leadership.
Benefits
- For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers.
- This role is eligible for a bonus that is based on a combination of personal and business performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
