FP&A Manager

Job Summary

The FP&A Manager will be a key business partner, providing financial analysis, reporting, and data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making. This role will be responsible for focusing on enhancing financial visibility across the organization, improving reporting capabilities, and driving automation within the finance function. The ideal candidate has deep foundational knowledge of finance, expertise in financial systems, and a strong ability to collaborate across functions to deliver company objectives.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities (not Restrictive)

• Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop and maintain financial models, forecasts, and dashboards to support business planning. Lead budgeting processes and conduct monthly variance analysis to ensure financial performance aligns with company objectives.
• Profitability Analysis & Reporting: Create, enhance, and automate financial and operational reports, ensuring real-time visibility into business performance. Provide in-depth margin and profitability analysis to support pricing strategies and cost optimization.
• Cost Accounting & Standard Costing: Lead the creation, implementation, and maintenance of standard costs for raw materials, production, and finished goods. Ensure accuracy in cost structures, analyze variances, and drive cost efficiency initiatives.
• Trade Management & Deduction Tracking: Directly support the build and implementation of a structured trade management process that empowers the sales team to own their trade targets. Lead foundational work to establish tracking mechanisms, improve visibility, and ensure alignment between finance and sales. Oversee customer deductions and drive comprehensive reconciliation efforts in a complex and dynamic distributor route-to-market. Partner with sales and accounting to enhance deduction tracking, dispute resolution, and reporting accuracy.
• System & Process Improvement: Lead initiatives to enhance financial systems, automate reporting, and improve data accuracy through robust integrity checks. Leverage data analytics to dive deep into complex datasets, identify patterns and trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations. Work cross-functionally to develop tools that streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Business Partnering & Cross-Functional Communication: Act as a bridge between finance, sales, operations, and IT, translating business requirements into technical solutions and ensuring financial insights drive strategic initiatives.
  
  

Qualification & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA a plus).
• 5 years of experience in FP&A, specifically in a CPG, Consumer products, Retail or similar industry
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong understanding of cost accounting principles, standard cost creation, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting techniques.
• Understanding of data analytics principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Experience with trade management, customer deductions, and reconciliation processes.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and partner across functions.
• Ability to apply data insights to drive strategic decision-making and business improvements.
• Ability to translate business needs into financial insights and system requirements.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, growing company is a plus.
• Strong work ethic with a commitment to high performance, quality, and service excellence.
• Ability to read and write in the English language
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common
• fractions and decimals, unit of measure conversions.
• Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, or similar) and advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with financial reporting tools and dashboards (e.g., Spreadsheet server, Hyperion Essbase, Business Objects, etc).
• Proficient in MS Office applications: Word and Excel
  
  

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation and Sick time
• Life and AD&D
• Voluntary benefits - Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital & STD
• 401k
  
  

Work Location: Hybrid

Pay Range: $103k – 150k annual salary

Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.