Senior Manager of Business Planning & Analysis

About the role

The Senior Manager of BP&A is responsible for driving strategic financial planning, forecasting, and business performance analysis to support informed decision-making across the organization. This role plays a critical part in translating data into actionable insights, ensuring financial alignment with business objectives, and partnering with cross-functional teams to optimize operational efficiency and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial results and pull insights out of the data throughout the business cycle.
• Be a key source for accurate information to aid in decision making throughout the business including senior management & board of directors.
• Design, generate, and communicate meaningful reporting and interpretive commentary, including both financial metrics and operating key performance indicators, for business units and corporate as a whole.
• Play a central role in the forecasting and annual planning processes for the entire business and ensure that financial plans are achievable, accurate, and contribute to company profit and growth objectives.
• Develop and maintain models to support key capital decisions, acquisitions, or other strategic & operational choices to aid in quality cash-oriented decisions.
• Aid in preparing schedules to support CFO activities, external SEC quarterly reporting, and key complex reserves at the company tied into periodic close process.
• Own the company’s financial decision support tools, including budgeting/forecasting software, financial reporting tools, and various Excel models.
• Identify and manage to resolution various company financial and operational process improvements.
• Evaluate and analyze company decisions and make recommendations for profit improvement.
• Reconcile the actual impact of these decisions to past expectation and provide management narratives of findings.
• Prepare value added monthly management narratives on the financial results (including their meaning, reasons they deviated from expectations, actions required, and future implications) that are adequate for all levels of management.
• This includes periodic presentation of information to upper management.
• Ad-hoc analysis and special projects as often required, including systems implementations or conversions, company integrations, analysis of M&A targets, and other major process evolution and implementations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• 7 years experience in public accounting or related field
• 5 years supervisory
• Must have and preserve required licenses
• Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize each assignment as necessary
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally
• Proficient use of applicable technology
• Must be able to travel based on business needs

Qualifications

• Must possess and maintain all required licenses