Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis
About The Position
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies is a leading distributor serving the pet industry across North America. We are committed to delivering exceptional service, operational excellence, and innovative solutions that help our customers succeed. As our business continues to grow and evolve, we are looking for a strategic and hands-on finance leader to join our team as Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). The Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads the company's FP&A function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic planning processes that support business decision-making across the organization. This is a critical leadership position responsible for developing and coaching a team while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including the Director of Finance, CFO, and business unit leaders. This role is ideal for a finance professional who thrives in transformation environments. Over the next two years, this leader will help drive significant change by implementing a new FP&A planning platform, integrating financial planning processes from a recent acquisition, and introducing AI-driven solutions and automation into forecasting and reporting processes. The successful candidate has a demonstrated track record of leading teams through change, implementing FP&A systems, and creating more efficient, scalable planning and reporting processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial leadership roles.
- Minimum of 3 years of direct people-management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and employee development.
- Proven experience leading or implementing an FP&A/CPM planning platform.
- Experience working in lean organizations where leaders actively participate in implementation and execution.
- Expert-level Excel skills and advanced financial modeling capabilities.
- Experience working with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI, automation, or emerging technologies to improve finance processes.
- Strong executive presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CPA, and/or CFA designation.
- Experience with planning platforms such as Datarails, Vena, Cube, Abacum, Mosaic, Jirav, Anaplan, OneStream, or Adaptive Planning.
- Experience in distribution, wholesale, consumer products, retail, or other inventory-intensive industries.
- Experience supporting acquisitions and post-acquisition finance integration.
- Knowledge of SQL, Python, or other analytical tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team, including an FP&A Manager and supporting analysts.
- Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans for team members.
- Mentor emerging leaders and strengthen overall management capability within the finance organization.
- Drive accountability, quality, and execution across planning and reporting cycles.
- Own the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
- Develop and maintain complex financial models, driver-based forecasts, and scenario analyses.
- Support capital planning, business cases, and strategic investment decisions.
- Manage the company's 13-week cash flow forecast and liquidity reporting processes.
- Deliver actionable financial insights that support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Prepare executive reporting packages, performance dashboards, and Board-level presentations.
- Analyze financial results against key performance indicators and provide recommendations to improve business performance.
- Identify trends, opportunities, and risks across the business.
- Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a new FP&A/CPM planning platform.
- Serve as the functional owner of the platform after implementation, including governance, security, and future enhancements.
- Introduce AI and automation tools to improve forecasting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial commentary processes.
- Establish standards for responsible AI usage within finance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on increasing accuracy, improving insights, and reducing planning-cycle timelines.
- Partner with leaders across the organization to support decision-making and performance improvement.
- Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Support post-acquisition integration activities and financial planning alignment.
- Ensure adherence to internal financial controls, governance standards, and company policies.
- Collaborate closely with Accounting, Tax, and Treasury teams to maintain data integrity and reporting accuracy.
Benefits
- Opportunity to lead a highly visible finance transformation initiative.
- Direct exposure to senior executive leadership.
- Ability to shape systems, processes, and team capabilities.
- Collaborative and growth-oriented culture.
- Meaningful impact on a growing organization serving the pet industry.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
