FP&A Manager (St. Louis, MO)

The Opportunity

The FP&A Manager is a key finance leader and business partner who drives insights, decision support, and continuous improvement across the organization. This role blends strong analytical expertise with a builder mindset – translating complex, multi-source data into actionable insights while actively shaping and modernizing FP&A processes and systems.

The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic environment, embraces change, and partners closely with commercial and operational leadership to deeply understand the business and influence performance.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead development of annual operating plan (AOP) and support long-range planning activities
• Manage monthly forecasting processes and variance analysis
• Develop and maintain financial models to support scenario planning and decision-making
• Consolidate and analyze financial results across assigned business areas
• Serve as a finance business partner to commercial and operational leaders
• Perform pricing, margin, and cost analysis to support performance improvement
• Analyze product, customer, and segment profitability trends
• Translate financial results into key drivers and actionable recommendations
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting for leadership
• Support development of executive presentations and performance summaries
• Achieve accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial reporting outputs
• Support preparation of materials for Executive Leadership Team and Board reviews
• Support enterprise strategic planning and budgeting cycles
• Assist with financial evaluation of capital investments and growth initiatives
• Contribute to financial modeling for strategic projects and M&A activities
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to drive business performance
• Drive enhancements to forecasting, reporting, and planning processes
• Lead and adapt to ongoing transformation efforts of ERP, BI, and surrounding tech ecosystem
• Establish and maintain KPIs and reporting standards
• Improve data quality, reporting automation, and analytical capabilities

Who We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required
• MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred
• 5–8 years of progressive FP&A, finance, or accounting experience
• Publicly traded company FP&A experience preferred
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes
• Experience partnering with cross-functional business leaders to provide financial insights and decision support
• Strong preference for experience in the CPG or food & beverage manufacturing industry or related environment
• Preference for candidates with direct (in-position) experience navigating ERP transformation as user and/or aiding design as subject matter expert
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities – expert-level Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills – deep Microsoft PowerPoint experience preferred
• Strong understanding of financial statements and GAAP principles
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights and recommendations (aligned to VP expectations)
• Comfortable working through imperfect/fragmented data, occasionally requiring data extraction and/or reconciliation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Displays strong business partnership and influencing skills
• Comfortable with data system evolutions and with rebuilding/improving business processes around such change
• Microsoft Excel (expert), Word, Outlook
• Financial systems (e.g., SAP) and BI tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required
• MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred
• 5–8 years of progressive FP&A, finance, or accounting experience
• Publicly traded company FP&A experience preferred
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes
• Experience partnering with cross-functional business leaders to provide financial insights and decision support
• Strong preference for experience in the CPG or food & beverage manufacturing industry or related environment
• Preference for candidates with direct (in-position) experience navigating ERP transformation as user and/or aiding design as subject matter expert
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities – expert-level Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills – deep Microsoft PowerPoint experience preferred
• Strong understanding of financial statements and GAAP principles
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights and recommendations (aligned to VP expectations)
• Comfortable working through imperfect/fragmented data, occasionally requiring data extraction and/or reconciliation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Displays strong business partnership and influencing skills
• Comfortable with data system evolutions and with rebuilding/improving business processes around such change
• Microsoft Excel (expert), Word, Outlook
• Financial systems (e.g., SAP) and BI tools

Pay

Compensation is competitive and is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

N/A