Corporate FP&A Manager

About the role

FreshEdge is built on a united infrastructure of fresh food distributors collectively working to provide an unmatched assortment and service level across contiguous geographies via multiple locations and refrigerated facilities. As a key FP&A leader, you will contribute to strategy, planning, and business performance management for the FreshEdge organization and family of companies.

Responsibilities

• Work with key executives and Private Equity in overall planning, goal setting, and tracking of both the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and key initiatives.
• Lead, develop, and manage the FP&A team, ensuring the right talent and capabilities are in place to support the business.
• Construct and direct the annual planning process and monthly forecasting process, ensuring consistent execution.
• Partner across the organization to develop short and long-term financial operating plans and drive their implementation.
• Manage all Corporate departments/cost centers—forecast, budget, variances, tracking, etc.
• Own headcount planning and labor cost modeling across the organization, partnering with HR and the Operating Companies.
• Analyze monthly financial results against forecast, budget, and prior year, working with accounting and Operating Companies to understand variance drivers and their impact on results.
• Develop financial cost models that allow for “what if” scenarios for a variety of financial and operating activities.
• Prepare financial and business-related analysis and research in areas such as financial and expense performance, rate of return, working capital, and capital expenditures.
• Lead customer, product, channel, and SKU-level profitability and margin analysis to identify opportunities and support commercial decision-making.
• Develop and maintain cash flow forecasts and partner on liquidity planning to support working capital and capital allocation decisions.
• Own, develop, and issue company financial packages for management, Board of Directors (BOD), and banking needs.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly business reviews for the board of directors and other key stakeholders.
• Prepare debt covenant compliance calculations and lender reporting packages to support banking and Private Equity requirements.
• Develop and maintain standardized financial reports across the company.
• Develop, implement, and evolve company reporting packages to ensure business leaders are current on business results.
• Develop, implement, and evolve company dashboard capabilities to provide meaningful insights.
• Work with accounting to ensure daily/weekly/monthly actuals from the G/L and other data sources are accurately loaded and reflected in the consolidation & reporting system, Planful.
• Own the company’s budgeting, planning, and reporting software (Planful), including ongoing maintenance and development.
• Support M&A due diligence work for acquisition targets, as well as assist with post-deal integration work.
• Support Value Creation and Finance Transformation projects through financial modeling, analysis, and insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a similar business discipline—MBA preferred but not required.
• 6+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or related functions, preferably in wholesale distribution or food production.
• 3+ years of leadership responsibilities, preferably within an FP&A function.
• End-user experience with consolidation, planning, & reporting software, such as Planful (preferred), OneStream, Oracle HFM, SAP BPC, Workday Adaptive Planning, or Anaplan.
• Experience administering and maintaining consolidation, planning, & reporting software (e.g., Hyperion, BPC, OneStream, Planful).
• Experience with AI tools such as Claude and Copilot in developing financial models and analysis.
• Experience analyzing/supporting multiple sites and developing budget templates for data collection, consolidation, and analysis.
• Experience designing and implementing an enterprise budgeting and forecasting process.
• Experience designing and building an enterprise reporting suite, including reporting and dashboard creation.
• Strong fluency with Excel, including advanced formulas/functions, pivot tables, macros, and data manipulation.
• High proficiency in financial modeling.
• Working knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel) and experience with accounting ERP systems and software (e.g., Produce Pro).

Skills

• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to partner and support business leaders in decision support.
• Ability to instill confidence in the business and demonstrate the business value of analytics as a driver.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources may not be in direct control.
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills.
• Strong business acumen, including industry and domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units.
• Understanding of the synergies of people-process-technology.
• Expertise in budget planning and financial management.
• Ability to work in the details, building and constructing models and reporting, reconciling data to normalize information.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic people plan that ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time, with high engagement and satisfaction.
• Ability to identify and leverage resources internally and externally to enhance organizational capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts and technologies to business leaders.

Physical Demands

• Stand or sit for long periods of time.
• Travel as needed.

Pay

$130,000 - $150,000/Year

Benefits

• Health & Welfare Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Voluntary Life).
• Paid Time Off.
• Holidays.
• 401(k) with Company Match.
• Weekly Paid Career Advancement Opportunities.