Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The job description includes intro paragraphs about company, purpose, etc. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real, specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "What are you waiting for? Join the pack! Come as you are..." maybe considered fluff but it's part of posting; but it's not substantive? It's more marketing. Might keep? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "What are you waiting for? Join the pack! Come as you are..." is not boilerplate but maybe considered fluff. It's not EEO. It's a call to action. Might be considered application instruction? Not exactly. It's more marketing. I'd keep it as part of About the role? Might be okay. We need sections: About the role (intro description), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Requirements (Requirements), maybe Qualifications (maybe overlapping with Requirements), Skills (maybe separate), Benefits (What can you expect from Champion?), Pay (salary ranges), Schedule (hybrid schedule). Also maybe other sections like "Other Perks". But we follow headings list. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content for Pay and Schedule and Benefits. Let's extract content. About the role: The introductory paragraphs: "Changing the World, One Kibble at a Time Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to join our rapidly growing company. Champion Petfoods is an award-winning pet food crafter with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. From our humble beginnings, founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion – with its ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands – is a key player in the global premium pet food industry. Our purpose, To Earn Pet Lover Trust Every Day so Pets Thrive for a Lifetime, provides the foundation for our highest aspirations as a company. Being a partner to the communities that surround us – and the environment that sustains us – are top priorities. We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award-winning company. Here’s The Scoop - Summary The Manager, FP&A is responsible for preparing financial analysis, business reporting and facilitating operational financial reporting. This position supports the Director FP&A/Treasury in managing short term and long-term financial planning processes (annual budget, latest estimate updates, strategic growth plan). Provides analysis of financial performance against key performance indicators and distills results into insightful, actionable recommendations. The Manager, FP&A works out of our Corporate office in Edmonton (AB) or Nashville (TN) or Louisville (CO), works a hybrid schedule with 3 days in-person and reports to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury." We could keep that as About the role. Responsibilities: list under Key Responsibilities: bullet points. We'll extract each bullet. Responsibilities list: - Corporate Reporting and Analysis - Facilitate Corporate Reporting and KPI monitoring. - Responsible for reporting and analyzing financial statements and corporate results, including sales volume and revenue, cost of goods sold, ingredient, packaging, and manufacturing costs, selling, general, and administrative expenses. - Facilitate the monthly business review process, reporting financial performance to the executive team and parent company. - Prepare monthly financial and operational KPI (key performance indicators) reporting, and monthly management report packages to key stakeholders. - Partner with accounting team to enhance ERP data capture and facilitate additional FP&A reporting. - Facilitates corporate business reporting, acting as the key financial resource between IT and financial reporting users. - Identify business reporting needs and facilitate report development with IT. - Provide adhoc management analysis and recommendations – what if analysis, scenario planning, business case review, etc. - Coordinate with Global regions to manage regional reporting and KPI review. - Financial Planning - Manage Corporate Financial Planning - In consultation with the Director FPA/Treasury build the detailed annual budget and long term financial strategic growth plan. - Manage financial planning software to facilitate budget building and corporate analysis. - Act as a key corporate expert for any questions related to the software. - Support Director FPA/Treasury as the primary FPA contact for all corporate parent enquiries. - Ensure Champion presentations and submissions align with parent’s guidelines. - Support corporate assessment of risks and opportunities as they emerge and help manage impact to financial performance. - SGA Cost Control Partner - Drive SGA cost savings - Along with the Director FPA/Treasury, own SGA reporting and corporate management of SGA spending. - Develop process and actively propose cost saving initiatives, corporate benchmarking, etc. to manage spend. - Meet with key stakeholders to manage spending and identify opportunities. - Other - Mentor, develop and manage junior staff as required. - Perform other tasks as assigned. 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• items. Requirements: list bullet points. Requirements list: - Post-secondary degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. - CPA designation preferred. - Minimum five years’ experience in a finance role. - Minimum two years’ experience within the consumer-packaged goods industry preferred. - Very strong financial writing skills. Ability to tell the story around the numbers. - Experience with ERP systems, including reporting tools. - Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Microsoft Excel. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Strong attention to detail, demonstrated integrity and professionalism. - Excellent project managerial and interpersonal skills. - Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to develop and sustain successful internal and external working relationships. - Fluent in English, both written and spoken. - Ability to facilitate and coordinate multiple deadlines, create cohesive teams, and respond quickly to management requests. - Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements. - Working extended days and weekends as necessary. Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine. But we have separate headings: Qualifications, Skills. We could put Qualifications as education and certifications, Skills as abilities. But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have headings list; we can include only those with real content. We could have Requirements (includes education, experience) and Skills (skills). Qualifications maybe redundant. Let's decide: We'll have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. That seems sufficient. Skills: extract from requirements the skill-based items: Very strong financial writing skills, Ability to tell the story around the numbers, Experience with ERP systems, Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel), Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, Strong attention to detail, demonstrated integrity and professionalism, Excellent project managerial and interpersonal skills, Effective communication skills, Fluent in English, Ability to facilitate and coordinate multiple deadlines, create cohesive teams, respond quickly to management requests, Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress, adjust plans, Working extended days and weekends as necessary. But some of those are also in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could keep Requirements as education/experience, and Skills as abilities. Let's split. Requirements (education/experience): - Post-secondary degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. - CPA designation preferred. - Minimum five years’ experience in a finance role. - Minimum two years’ experience within the consumer-packaged goods industry preferred. Skills (abilities): - Very strong financial writing skills; ability to tell the story around the numbers. - Experience with ERP systems, including reporting tools. - Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Microsoft Excel. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Strong attention to detail, demonstrated integrity and professionalism. - Excellent project managerial and interpersonal skills. - Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to develop and sustain successful internal and external working relationships. - Fluent in English, both written and spoken. - Ability to facilitate and coordinate multiple deadlines, create cohesive teams, and respond quickly to management requests. - Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements. - Working extended days and weekends as necessary. Benefits: from "What can you expect from Champion?" includes Safety, Earnings (but we separate Pay), Industry Competitive Benefits, Continuing Education, Quality, Other Perks. Also mention free bag of premium pet food each month. Also mention 401k with Company, donation matching (US) and RRSP with Company matching (Canada). Also medical, dental, vision and employee assistance programs. Education assistance program. Also maybe "Quality: a dedication to uphold the highest standards..." but that's more company value. We'll include benefits bullet list. Pay: Salary ranges: US: USD$84,000 to USD$116,000, 401k with Company, and donation matching. Canada: CAD$108,000 to CAD$149,000, RRSP with Company matching. Also note base pay range etc. We'll include that. Schedule: hybrid schedule with 3 days in-person. Also mention works out of Corporate office in Edmonton (AB) or Nashville (TN) or Louisville (CO). That's location, not schedule. Schedule: hybrid schedule with 3 days in-person. Also maybe mention works extended days and weekends as necessary (but that's more requirement). We'll keep schedule: hybrid schedule (3 days in-person). Now we need to output HTML fragment with

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    for prose. We must not include markdown fences. Let's craft. Structure:

    About the role

    ... (prose)

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    ...

    Requirements

    • ...
    ...

    Skills

    • ...
    ...

    Benefits

    • ...
    ...

    Pay

    ... (maybe include both US and Canada ranges)

    Schedule

    Hybrid schedule with 3 days in‑person work per week.

    We need to ensure we don't repeat info unnecessarily. Also we should not include location in schedule; maybe location could be part of About the role. We'll keep location in About the role. Now write prose for About the role: combine the intro paragraphs and summary. Ensure we don't include fluff like "Here’s The Scoop - Summary". We can keep that as part of prose. Let's draft: About the role paragraph: Champion Petfoods is expanding and seeking a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to join its rapidly growing team. Champion Petfoods is an award‑winning pet food crafter with over 35 years of trust, known for the ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands and a purpose to “Earn Pet Lover Trust Every Day so Pets Thrive for a Lifetime.” The role is based in the corporate office in Edmonton (AB), Nashville (TN) or Louisville (CO) and follows a hybrid schedule (3 days in‑person). The Manager, FP&A prepares financial analysis, business reporting and facilitates operational financial reporting, supports the Director FP&A/Treasury in short‑ and long‑term financial planning (annual budget, latest estimate updates, strategic growth plan), analyzes performance against KPIs and turns