Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead monthly forecasting, annual planning, and long-range planning cycles for enterprise FP&A.
• Led the development of planning process in SAC (including annual budgeting as well as reforecasts).
• Own consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow models, ensuring consistency with corporate planning strategy.
• Deliver variance analysis and insight narratives connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes.
• Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain on pricing/mix, and customer profitability.
• Develop and maintain standardized decision-support dashboards in SAC/Power BI.
• Translate complex financial results into clear, concise executive storytelling.
• Manage and improve enterprise allocation methodologies (SG&A, Top-Down Allocations).
• Collaborate with Plant Controller and Operations Finance on: Conversion cost trends, overhead absorption, yield/waste impacts, standard cost updates (non-plant drivers), and margin improvement initiatives including pricing, mix, productivity, and sourcing optimization.
• Coordinate business inputs for S&OP integration into financial forecasts (when adopted by SS).
• Ensure data quality and promote governed master data practices in planning systems.
• Partner with plant controllers on CAPEX ROI realization and quality of post-investment reviews.

Knowledge/Skills

• Strong FP&A and business partnering skills; ability to influence cross-functional leaders.
• Excellent communication. Able to turn data into insights and insights into decisions.
• Strong storytelling with data.
• Expertise in financial modeling (P&L/BS/CF), scenario modeling, and predictive analytics.
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).
• Strong understanding of manufacturing/CPG cost structures; able to partner effectively with Sales, Marketing, Operations and Plant Finance.
• Ability to lead planning cycles and manage competing deadlines.
• Continuous improvement mindset; capable of redesigning processes and leveraging automation - reduction in manual reconciliations.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s in finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in FP&A or decision support; manufacturing/CPG preferred.
• MBA, CFA, CMA or CPA a plus.
• Prior experience with forecasting and reporting tools (SAC preferred).