FP&A Manager

About the role

Mckenzie Creative Brands (McKenzie or MCB) is a private-equity-backed manufacturing leader with over 50 years of experience in sparking and nurturing creativity. The company seeks a hands-on FP&A Manager to drive full P&L ownership, financial planning, and strategic decision support across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly financial reporting, including full P&L analysis, variance explanations, and identification of key business drivers.

• Develop clear, concise reporting that bridges actual performance to budget, forecast, and prior periods.

• Own the development of monthly MD&A materials (company management and board-level reporting), including narrative insights on performance, risks, and opportunities.

• Assist in tracking and reporting on value creation initiatives and key strategic priorities.

• Partner with the CFO to prepare materials for monthly investor/ownership calls.

• Own the annual budgeting process and rolling forecast cycles.

• Build and maintain dynamic financial models that capture key business drivers across revenue, cost structure, and working capital.

• Drive forecast accuracy and accountability across functional leaders.

• Analyze revenue drivers, pricing, mix, and customer/product profitability to inform commercial strategy.

• Evaluate cost structure across the business to identify opportunities for margin improvement.

• Provide insights into EBITDA performance, including bridge analysis and variance drivers.

• Support working capital analysis, including inventory, payables, and receivables optimization.

• Build financial models and perform scenario analysis to support key business decisions, capital allocation, and strategic initiatives.

• Provide ROI analysis, sensitivity analysis, and risk assessments for growth investments and operational changes.

• Support M&A activity, integration efforts, and other strategic projects as needed.

• Act as a trusted advisor to functional leaders across operations, sales, and leadership.

• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.

• Help instill financial discipline and accountability across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field required; MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.

• 5–8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking or related roles.

• Experience in a private equity-backed or highly performance-driven environment preferred.

• Demonstrated experience owning budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling processes.

• Strong understanding of P&L dynamics, including revenue drivers, cost structure, EBITDA and cash flow.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Streamlit/Python) preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into executive-ready materials.

• High intellectual curiosity, strong business judgment and bias toward action.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Experience preparing board-level materials and investor communications.

• Background in roles with significant exposure to senior leadership or ownership groups.

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving priorities.

• Strong presence and confidence working directly with executives and investors.