Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Inmar Intelligence•Winston-Salem, NC

About The Position

This is a strategic finance leadership role responsible for corporate financial planning, forecasting, executive reporting, and capital budgeting. The Sr. Manager serves as a trusted FP&A partner to senior leaders across Finance, Legal, Human Resources, and Technology, providing financial guidance on operating priorities, spending decisions, proposed initiatives, and long-term business strategy. The role identifies opportunities to improve processes, leverage automation, and strengthen the FP&A function. The position owns budgeting, periodic forecasts, long-range planning, management reporting, and capital investment oversight for assigned Corporate functions. It develops driver-based financial models, analyzes performance and expense trends, supports business cases and investment decisions, and provides executives with clear insights and recommendations. The role also leads, coaches, and develops assigned FP&A team members and improves planning standards, controls, data quality, reporting tools, and workflows. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least seven years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, or a related discipline. An MBA or professional certification and experience with Corporate functions, capital planning, and relevant enterprise planning systems are preferred. The role is subject to applicable company policies and financial controls. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship; student visa sponsorship, including F-1 OPT or CPT, is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, or related disciplines, including ownership of budgets, forecasts, and management reporting.
Ability to partner with senior business leaders, synthesize complex financial information, and present clear, actionable recommendations.
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, and large-data analysis.
Experience with enterprise financial systems and planning/reporting tools.
Strong understanding of the relationship between financial planning, accounting results, and management reporting.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead cross-functional processes, and deliver accurate work under tight deadlines.
Authorization to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship now or in the future; the position is not eligible for student visa sponsorship, including F-1 OPT or CPT.

Nice To Haves

MBA or professional certification such as CPA, CFA, or equivalent.
Experience supporting Corporate functions and managing capital planning, project investment analysis, and related reporting.
Experience with Oracle ERP, Hyperion/Essbase, or comparable enterprise planning systems.
Proficiency with business intelligence or data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary FP&A partner to leaders of Finance, Legal, Human Resources, and Technology, advising on operating priorities, spending decisions, and the financial impact of initiatives.
Understand expense drivers across supported functions, including compensation and benefits, open positions, contractors, professional services, technology platforms, vendor contracts, and shared-service costs.
Lead financial reviews with functional leaders to evaluate performance, challenge assumptions, identify savings opportunities, and recommend actions aligned with company priorities.
Partner on business cases, staffing plans, sourcing decisions, and organizational changes, assessing financial trade-offs and potential returns.
Own the annual operating budget and periodic forecast processes for assigned Corporate functions, including calendars, assumptions, submissions, consolidation, and leadership reviews.
Build and maintain driver-based models for headcount, compensation, benefits, consulting, software, and other major cost categories in partnership with HR, Procurement, and functional owners.
Develop rolling forecasts and multi-year outlooks, evaluating sensitivities, scenarios, emerging needs, and risks or opportunities to financial commitments.
Explain changes from prior forecasts, budget, and actual results; establish ownership of assumptions and ensure plans are complete, supportable, and aligned with company financial objectives.
Lead monthly and quarterly management reporting for Corporate functions, including variance analysis, expense trends, and forward-looking commentary.
Develop financial presentations, dashboards, and KPIs to help executives and functional leaders understand results, manage costs, and make decisions.
Identify root causes of material variances, distinguish timing differences from structural cost changes, and recommend corrective actions or opportunities.
Partner with Accounting during month-end close to review results, accruals, allocations, and expense classifications.
Lead ad hoc analysis and financial modeling for strategic projects, vendor evaluations, organizational decisions, and leadership requests.
Own annual capital budgeting and periodic capital forecast processes, coordinating submissions, approvals, project prioritization, and updates.
Maintain reporting and forecasts for approved capital investments, including budgets, spend to date, commitments, timing, and anticipated in-service dates.
Evaluate proposed investments using financial business cases and return measures such as ROI, payback period, and net present value when appropriate.
Monitor capital spending against approved plans, explain variances, flag timing or funding risks, and support reprioritization and post-investment reviews.
Coordinate with Accounting and project owners on capital versus operating expense treatment, assets placed in service, and depreciation or amortization forecasts.
Lead, coach, and develop assigned FP&A team members, setting expectations for quality, deadlines, accountability, and professional growth.
Establish planning assumptions, reporting definitions, documentation standards, and review controls to improve financial information accuracy and comparability.
Improve models, reporting tools, data quality, and workflows through standardization and automation, reducing manual effort and increasing analytical value.
Communicate issues, recommendations, and decision points to FP&A leadership and stakeholders; drive initiatives through implementation with limited direction.
Perform other duties and support special projects as assigned.
Comply with applicable company policies, financial controls, and standards.