Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Job Description
The Manager, FP&A will join the Finance team and report to a senior finance leader. This role will be responsible for supporting the organization’s planning, forecasting and management reporting processes, including financial analysis, trend assessment and performance tracking against financial targets.
The successful candidate will prepare clear, thoughtful and decision-useful analyses to support a range of management reporting, presentations and strategic finance initiatives. The role will work closely with finance, operations and business stakeholders across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Oversee FP&A consolidation across the business, including forecasts, annual business plans and quarterly management results, ensuring completeness, accuracy and appropriate review of key outputs.
- Manage and support the organization’s FP&A and performance management systems, including system enhancements, process changes and ongoing utilization for management reporting, forecasting and analysis.
- Serve as the first reviewer of consolidated forecasts, actual results and business plans, including detailed analysis of key drivers, trends and variances prior to senior management review.
- Manage quarterly reporting timelines and deliverables across business units, ensuring submissions are received, reviewed and completed in accordance with required deadlines.
- Coordinate quarterly earnings, forecast and actual results submissions, ensuring reporting is complete, accurate and aligned with internal requirements.
- Review corporate and centralized forecasts prepared by junior team members, incorporating input from relevant finance stakeholders as required.
- Prepare profitability and performance analysis across business segments, including detailed assessment of financial drivers, trends and variances.
- Prepare and review quarterly financial results presentations and communicate key findings to senior management.
- Serve as a key finance partner to business units and subsidiaries, supporting their finance teams with business planning, reporting, forecasting and issue resolution.
- Manage and develop 1–2 Financial Analysts responsible for preparing consolidated forecasts, results and business plans, while remaining hands-on in the detailed review and execution of core FP&A deliverables.
- Build strong relationships across finance, operations and business teams, fostering effective communication, collaboration and problem-solving to support timely, accurate and decision-useful reporting.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency, consistency and scalability of FP&A reporting, forecasting and analysis.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or a related discipline; professional accounting designation preferred.
- 5–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial reporting, corporate finance or a related area.
- 1–2 years of experience managing or supervising finance professionals.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with enterprise performance management or FP&A systems is considered an asset.
- Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex information, exercise sound judgment and develop clear recommendations.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly organized and proactive, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment and a commitment to continuous improvement.
