Financial Planning & Analysis

Sound Seal Inc•North Aurora, IL

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a strategic partner to leadership across Catalyst Acoustics Group, responsible for preparing and improving reporting, business performance analysis, forecasting, planning, and supporting growth initiatives including M&A. This role delivers high‑precision presentations and reporting to sponsors and other leadership and helps to align functional leaders around key financial priorities. This is a hybrid role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics required.
Minimum 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance or Accounting with significant FP&A responsibility.
2+ years in a similar corporate FP&A or strategic finance capacity.
Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills.
Strong understanding of financial statements, consolidations, and cost accounting concepts.
Executive‑level communication and presentation capability.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities with accuracy and accountability.
High initiative, independent work capacity, and strong problem‑solving skills.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.
PE backed company experience preferred.
Consolidation software experience such as Planful strongly preferred.
Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI) and ERP platforms (SAGE, Infor CSI, etc.) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the VP, Controller, this role is primarily responsible for preparing management reports, supporting financial relationship with PE firm sponsor and company leadership, and overall finance and reporting support for the corporate function.
The position will interface with both division leaders/operating company leaders as well as corporate functions and sponsors.
Create executive-level presentations and reports for senior leadership and board meetings.
Modernize Reporting Platform: Drive the evolution of our reporting infrastructure by adopting innovative technologies and best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data is easily accessible and insightful.
Help prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L analysis, Risk and Opportunity analysis, and bridge comments to shed insights into the business.
Support the monthly close consolidation process by preparing variance analysis and reporting results for multiple business units.
Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes, collaborating with other FP&A team members and operational leaders.
Assist in managing M&A workstreams from preliminary evaluation through post‑close integration.
Help track post‑acquisition performance vs. underwriting assumptions, including synergy realization.
Partner with IT, Accounting, and Operations to ensure integrity of ERP structures, reporting hierarchies, and data quality.
Support development and maintenance of financial reporting, BI dashboards, and multidimensional data structures.
Identify opportunities to streamline work and improve processes to drive effective data analytics and provide recommendations that will enable quality performance management discussions and better decision-making.
Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, decrease lead times, and streamline work processes by working cooperatively and jointly with internal stakeholders.
Provide ad hoc reports and analyses as requested.