Senior Manager, Growth Strategic Finance

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Growth Strategic Finance to support the FEI Commercial team. This role is based in Richmond, VA, with openness to a remote work arrangement.

This position plays a substantial role supporting the Growth Leader and Growth Commercial Leader by helping build and execute an innovation portfolio aligned to sustained growth objectives. The role also guides Pod teams through key decisions, develops cases and success criteria, and assesses risks.

Responsibilities

• Support innovation strategy development by contributing to company planning, including financial goals aligned to long-term growth plans.
• Lead portfolio performance tracking by maintaining and presenting dashboards that provide leadership access to project health, portfolio strength, and organizational priorities.
• Develop cases and benchmarks by building and updating project arguments and success benchmarks to ensure concepts are financially viable and competitive.
• Collaborate on financial modeling and assumptions by partnering across Pod teams and go-to-market functions to ensure cases reflect key inputs, risks, and assumptions.
• Assess financial feasibility by evaluating BOM, capital, and unit costs with Product Development, Design, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.
• Develop demand forecasts by working with Marketing to model investment required to scale new brands or categories.
• Model distribution strategies by partnering with go-to-market teams to evaluate commercialization pathways.
• Support stage-gate transitions by ensuring smooth transitions to operating companies with clear success criteria.
• Leverage test market insights by incorporating incubation market findings into financial models and defining key performance metrics.
• Support risk assessment by helping identify and evaluate project risks as new information emerges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years in Finance Leadership and Financial Analysis, with 5+ years in CPG innovation.
• 5+ years leading a team and developing a high-performance cross-functional organization with strong communication skills.
• Strong financial proficiency, ideally with experience owning or having accountability to the P&L and modeling out financial scenarios.
• Experience in consumer brands designing and modeling innovation that built or disrupted categories.
• Experience conducting financial analysis and case development across various business model types (Make, Partner, License, etc.).
• Experience developing innovation programs and assessing early-stage validation of projects.
• Strong ability to guide and coach financial concepts to cross-functional partners and peers at all levels.
• Hands-on experience with Agile innovation, including defining critical questions, testing hypotheses, and making recommendations based on results to strengthen the portfolio and focus limited resources.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting learning, forecasting, and landscaping as new information emerges.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting salary range: $132,500.00 - $202,100.00 (based on, but not limited to, experience, knowledge, and qualifications).
• Paid time off: 15 days of paid time off
• Paid holidays: 13 paid holidays and 2 floating holiday days
• Work schedule: 37.5-hour workweek
• Performance: annual merit increases and performance bonus
• Retirement: 401(k) matching from day one; Deferred Profit Sharing with an annual company contribution equal to 13%-17% of base salary
• Professional development: student loan repayment assistance, conference attendance, and professional development stipends
• Health coverage: comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
• Leave: paid parental and bonding leave
• Wellness: programs supporting well-being
• Community: paid volunteer days

Location

• Richmond, VA
• Remote work arrangement: open to remote

Eligibility

• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.