Manager, FP&A
About The Position
The Manager, FP&A provides leadership in strategic financial planning and analysis, driving insights that shape operational and corporate decisions. The successful candidate will develop robust driver-based models, manage budgets and forecasts, and deliver executive-ready presentations. As a key business partner, this role will analyze performance drivers, support ERP implementation, and design dashboards for actionable metrics. The Manager, FP&A will collaborate across Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve forecasting accuracy, identify risks and opportunities, and enhance processes. The ideal candidate brings experience in high-visibility roles, a strategic continuous improvement mindset, exceptional attention to detail, and a partnership-focused approach. This role will deliver impactful decision support and has the chance to influence business outcomes in an innovative, high-growth environment.
Requirements
- University Degree, with a focus in Finance or Accounting.
- 5+ years of finance experience in a hands-on FP&A role within a complex organization.
- Proven expertise in financial modelling and planning, with a strong commitment to driving continuous improvement.
- Strong understanding of cash flows, ability to create cash flow modeling, intelligent forecasting methodologies including identifying drivers in the operations to improve cash and capital returns.
- Sound judgment, with the ability to critically analyze situations, problem-solve, and deal with ambiguity.
- Strong customer focus with excellent relationship building and a collaborative working style.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrates the highest level of ethics, personal integrity, and detail orientation.
- Ability to handle multiple competing deliverables at a time, with accurate and timely delivery.
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with leveraging AI tools like CoPilot, Claude, or ChatGPT in a Finance context.
- Experience in highly automated manufacturing environments
- Experience with OneStream, JDE, or Hyperion
- Relevant designation
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain driver-based financial models reflecting production volume, yield, scrap, labor/machine rates, and overhead absorption.
- Prepare annual budgets and rolling forecasts (P&L, cash flow, working capital) with clear assumptions and scenario analysis, as well as presentation materials for executive audiences.
- Produce margin bridges and conduct cost variance analysis for key performance drivers (e.g. price, volume, mix, labor/efficiency, overhead absorption) to support monthly performance reviews.
- Support ERP implementation and maintenance by defining reporting requirements, validating data, and designing dashboards for operational and financial metrics.
- Collaborate with accounting and cost accounting teams to ensure accurate, timely reporting of financial results and inventory/costing data.
- Be a key point of contact and provide strategic decision support to Operations, Supply Chain, and Corporate Stakeholders.
- Partner with business groups to understand drivers and assumptions to improve forecasting accuracy as well as identify risks, opportunities and potential actions.
- Continuously evaluate and implement improvements to processes and analysis capabilities.
- Ad hoc analysis and projects, including NPV, margin and ROI analysis and board materials.
- Foster strong working relationships across the businesses and work proactively to identify opportunities for finance to act as a strategic business partner.
- Other duties as required.
Benefits
- annual bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
