FP&A Manager, Commercial (Hybrid)

Ardent Mills•Denver, CO

2d•$128,300 - $153,900•Hybrid

About The Position

The FP&A Manager, Commercial serves as the dedicated Finance business partner to Emerging Nutrition and a key Finance partner across the broader Ardent Mills Commercial organization. The role independently owns significant Finance business partnerships and provides end-to-end financial support and ownership across the Emerging Nutrition P&L, while partnering with Commercial leaders across Sales, Marketing, R&D, Strategic Pricing, and other functions. Exercising substantial independent judgment, the manager advises business leaders and provides financial planning, performance management, business analysis, and decision support to evaluate opportunities, improve financial outcomes, and advance strategic priorities. The role owns concise executive narratives that integrate performance, outlook, risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, and a clear call to action. As a member of the Emerging Nutrition leadership team, the manager helps Emerging Nutrition and the broader Commercial organization achieve financial and strategic objectives. The position is based in Denver, Colorado, under a hybrid work arrangement. The successful candidate is expected to work in person at the assigned office two days per week, Tuesday and Wednesday, except when traveling for business. Approximately 10% travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of relevant experience.
Progressive Finance and Accounting experience, including financial planning, business analysis, management reporting, or Finance business partnering.
Demonstrated experience supporting a business unit, P&L, or commercial organization and partnering directly with business leaders to drive financial performance and decision-making.
Experience developing financial models, forecasts, business cases, scenario analyses, and investment evaluations to support strategic and operational decisions.
Strong understanding of business and financial value drivers, including the financial implications of commercial and operational decisions.
Strong capabilities in financial analysis, modeling, planning, forecasting, management reporting, and translating complex data into actionable business insights.
Ability to connect financial performance to business strategy, identify risks and opportunities, challenge assumptions, and develop practical recommendations.
Ability to independently manage significant Finance business partnerships, exercise sound judgment on complex financial and business matters, advise and influence business leaders, and constructively challenge decisions while maintaining credibility and trust.
Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and credibly to financial and non-financial audiences, including senior leaders.
Strong execution mindset and an owner's perspective, with accountability for driving outcomes and delivering high-quality results.
High degree of emotional intelligence and ability to work effectively across functions, perspectives, and organizational levels.
Adaptability to lead adoption of new planning tools, processes, decision routines, and ways of working, including stakeholder readiness and sustained use, while demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and quickly building knowledge of the business, industry, systems, and evolving Finance capabilities.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CMA, FPAC, FPAP, or other relevant advanced credential or certification.
Experience with commercial financial analysis, including pricing, margin, customer or product profitability, new product or business cases, or related areas.

Responsibilities

Drive financial performance across supported businesses and functions by anticipating needs, identifying risks and opportunities, and translating financial insights into actionable recommendations.
Strengthen financial acumen across partner teams by connecting operational and commercial decisions to financial outcomes and aligning assumptions, actions, and expected results.
Drive cross-functional alignment and resolve conflicting assumptions or priorities across Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Finance.
Develop financial models and business cases for strategic initiatives, new product launches and innovations, customer opportunities, pricing decisions, capital investments, acquisitions, and other growth opportunities.
Perform cost/benefit, capitalization, scenario, and return analyses; support CIRs and deal modeling; and track performance and value realization against approved business cases and assumptions.
Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for Emerging Nutrition, while supporting planning and forecasting across assigned Commercial functions.
Develop financial models incorporating business drivers and scenarios, including volume, pricing, contribution margin, customer and product profitability, market share, new products, SG&A, headcount, working capital, and other relevant value drivers.
Own actual and forecast performance against financial objectives, plans, prior forecasts, and strategic targets; identify performance gaps, headwinds and tailwinds, root causes, and key drivers.
Partner with leaders to develop actionable plans to close performance gaps and capture opportunities, defining financial impact, key levers, timing, ownership, and expected results.
Provide timely management reporting, financial analysis, and decision support to help leaders understand performance, evaluate risks and opportunities, and make informed decisions.
Define and monitor meaningful KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards; analyze revenue, margins, customer and product profitability, pricing and price realization, market trends, commercial deal economics, and other performance drivers.
Partner across FP&A and Finance, Commercial, Operations and Supply Chain, and other functions to deliver integrated financial support and improve reporting, forecasting, analytics, data, tools, and decision-support processes.
Provide predictive analytics, data-modeling fluency, common data definitions, and partnership on self-service analytics and automation.

Benefits

Market-driven base pay; the starting salary range is $128,300 to $153,900, with additional earning potential based on experience.
Incentive eligibility, with a targeted annual MIP bonus of 15%.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Health and dependent savings accounts.
Life and disability programs.
Voluntary benefit programs.
Company-sponsored wellness programs.
Retirement savings with company match.
Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
Paid time off and paid holidays.
Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE).