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Job Description
Purpose
The FP&A Manager is a key strategic partner to senior leadership, responsible for guiding financial and operational decision-making across the organization while leading and developing a high-performing FP&A team. This role blends strong analytical ownership with hands-on people leadership, ensuring consistent, scalable planning and reporting processes that support the company’s growth.
The FP&A Manager oversees month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close reporting while driving continuous improvement through OneStream, D365, and Power BI. This role serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating complex financial results into actionable insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for executive leadership and external stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and strategic relevance.
- Lead detailed financial analysis, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and financial modeling to support performance reviews and strategic decision-making.
- Provide executive-level analytical support to the Director of FP&A and other senior leadership, including ad hoc analyses and scenario modeling.
- Partner closely with the Director of FP&A as a primary liaison to headquarters leadership, supporting regular financial reviews, preparing insights and variance explanations, and ensuring clear alignment between performance and corporate expectations.
- Drive automation initiatives using Power Query, Power BI, or Alteryx to reduce manual processes, improve data integrity, and accelerate reporting timelines.
- Lead cross-functional process improvements to enhance consolidation accuracy, reporting consistency, and enterprise-wide data governance.
- Manage, mentor, and develop FP&A analysts and senior analysts, including coaching, performance management, goal setting, and career development.
- Set priorities and delegate responsibilities across the team to ensure timely delivery of reporting, analysis, and planning deliverables.
- Establish best practices and standardized methodologies to elevate the quality and consistency of FP&A outputs.
- Partner cross-functionally with Accounting, Operations, IT, and other business teams to improve data accuracy, align assumptions, and support business initiatives.
Requirements
Education / Experience Required
Education / Work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA, or CFA plus).
- 5–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or financial reporting, including at least 1–3 years in a people management or team-lead role.
- Prior experience supporting multi-entity environments, consolidations, or complex organizational structures preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, with the ability to explain results to non-finance stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience with OneStream and Microsoft D365 is a plus.
- Advanced proficiency with Power Query, Power BI, or Alteryx is strongly preferred.
Skills / Other Requirements
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop finance professionals in a deadline-driven environment.
- Advanced knowledge of US GAAP and corporate FP&A best practices.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to influence decisions through clear financial storytelling.
- Demonstrated success identifying process gaps, implementing improvements, and scaling finance operations.
- High attention to detail, strong judgment, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with execution.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
