FP&A Manager

Overview

Salary: $150,000 to $165,000 per year

Location: Remote

This role is central to financial planning, business performance management, and decision support. The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager will collaborate closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to enhance forecasting accuracy, ensure KPI transparency, and provide actionable insights that support both strategic and tactical decision-making. The position involves owning how business performance is measured, aligning planning, reporting, and corporate KPIs.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Assist with the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning processes
• Maintain driver-based financial models covering revenue, headcount, and expenses
• Partner with business leaders to develop bottom-up forecasts
• Continuously improve forecast accuracy and process efficiency

Business Performance & Analysis

• Analyze performance against budget and forecast, providing clear, actionable insights and recommendations to manage risk and drive business results
• Monitor and track risks and opportunities, communicating them clearly to leadership
• Own the process for defining key financial and operational KPIs, ensuring alignment with corporate performance objectives

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Collaborate with other finance teams to ensure clarity around budgets and forecasts
• Drive accountability around budgets and performance
• Provide enterprise-level decision support including M&A and capital allocation

Reporting & Executive Communication

• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages for executive leadership with business insights
• Partner with Business Intelligence (BI) teams to ensure consistent metric definitions and reporting across the organization
• Collaborate with BI to develop and maintain a single source of truth for performance reporting
• Prioritize reporting and dashboard development based on business and leadership needs

Process Improvement & Systems

• Drive process improvements in planning and reporting to enable scalability and automation
• Support the evolution towards integrated planning and reporting tools
• Work with systems such as Excel and ERP (SAP), assisting in implementation and maintenance of planning tools
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA, CPA, or CFA is a plus
• 5 to 8+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles
• Experience in a mid-to-large company with revenue between $200M and $1B preferred
• Experience in consumer products or a similar industry preferred
• Strong financial modeling and advanced Excel skills required
• Experience with financial systems including ERP and planning tools; SAP experience preferred
• Ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights
• Adaptability to changing business needs and ambiguity
• Consistently delivers accurate, high-quality work with strong attention to data integrity
• Proven ability to collaborate across functions such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations and influence decision-making
• Demonstrated leadership skills with experience mentoring and developing high-performing teams

Success Criteria

• Forecasts are reliable and trusted by leadership
• Proactively identify issues before they become problems
• Reporting processes are streamlined, automated, and proactive rather than manual and reactive
• KPIs are clearly defined, trusted, and consistently used across the organization