Financial Planning Manager

Echo Global Logistics•Chicago, IL

20h•$112,498 - $163,571•Onsite

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.

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
Prior people management experience preferred.
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

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.