Manager of FP&A

CP Flexible Packaging•York, PA

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager of FP&A role requires a strong manufacturing and finance background and the ability to harness this knowledge to navigate complex business issues. Willingness to dive deep into the details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture will be critical to find creative solutions and provide insights into the Company’s leadership and business partners. Working for the Director of FP&A and closely with the CFO as well as other cross-functional team members, this role will develop processes and tools to transform business data into useful information for decision making. Processes and tools should be implemented consistently across all locations and functions to allow for individual location reporting as well as seamless consolidations. This is a hybrid on-site/remote role with ideal candidates located near our York, Pa or Gardner, MA locations.

Requirements

BA/BS degree Finance/Accounting, or Business
At least 8-10 years of financial experience in a manufacturing environment with multiple sites
Outstanding skills in both understanding and interpreting financial statements, and financial modeling skills
Proven track record of creating robust analyses that translate into business decisions
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, interact effectively with all levels within the company
Change agent that possesses an exceptional internal drive toward continuous improvement
Flexible to changing work priorities and direction based on a fast-paced, ever-changing business environment
Highly motivated and driven professional, able to manage multiple high priority projects simultaneously; exceptionally strong work ethic
Exceptional business acumen, ability to quickly learn and understand industry, product lines, competitive and customer environments
Experience in Radius or other ERP systems
Expert proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with BI tools a must

Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Build and manage comprehensive financial models for the manufacturing environments, which will drive annual plans, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans
recommend updates to the budget and forecast and help identify ways to continually optimize our cost profile
Prepare monthly financial reporting packages, dashboards, variance explanations, and actionable insights to senior leadership
Work with the Sales and other leaders to prepare forecasts of volume, mix, pricing, and margin trends and support SG&A visibility and accountability
Work with Operations and Accounting on plant performance reporting, manufacturing KPIs, productivity tracking, and cost improvement initiatives
Work with functional leaders to assist in the management of the individual department costs Profitability, Pricing & Margin Analytics Help implement standard costing methodology throughout the manufacturing environment to allow accurate measurement of cost drivers as well as individual product profitability
Own and manage the product margin profitability analysis and commentary, focused on product costing as well as shipping/distribution and warehouse costs
Prepare quarterly price index movement analysis
Prepare analysis of quoting models, and commercial initiatives to improve gross margin and EBITDA Cross-Functional Business Partnership Actively support operations deliverables for SIOP
Drive financial discipline, KPI adoption, forecasting rigor, and continuous improvement in financial processes
Support M&A due diligence and integration as needed Systems, Tools & Process Improvement Enhance forecasting models, reporting tools, and dashboards (Excel/BI/ERP)
Improve data accuracy and speed through streamlined processes and system automation
Ensure alignment between FP&A, Accounting, Sales and Operations on financial and performance metrics