FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS MANAGER

Published: Apr 17, 2025 - The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager leads pre-partnership analysis, financial modeling, and performance benchmarking to support strategic decisions. This role manages budgeting, forecasting, and KPI reporting for existing and potential partnerships. The manager provides insights to optimize commercial strategies and track success metrics.

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1. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, TriTech Solutions Inc., Irving, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Develops and manages quarterly and yearly financial and operational forecasts across various business categories for the Store
  • Lead bi-weekly outlook reviews, and develop Best/Medium/Worst scenario projections
  • Set quarterly and fiscal year budget and metric goals in alignment with the financial forecast, and recommend the go-forward strategy to address performance gaps
  • Run in-depth business performance analysis to influence Budget/Quota decisions
  • Develops and manages business models, quantitative analysis, and reports to support strategic business decisions both operationally and financially
  • Own end-to-end P&L analysis and optimization to maximize business growth
  • Identify and drive cost optimization initiatives across cross-functional teams
  • Lead long-term planning and prioritize activities based on risks and financial return
  • Analyse business trends/KPIs to develop content and narratives for Executive Level reviews
  • Drive alignment between cross-functional stakeholders into weekly and quarterly performance by managing various operational metrics
  • Leader of highly complex, time-sensitive market/industry research projects and prepares synthesized intelligence reports with insights and recommendations
  • Partner with business leaders to develop plans and proactively identify new opportunities
  • Identify cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions
  • Provide mentoring and guidance to less-experienced employees


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Forecasting (Hard Skills)  
  • Scenario Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • P&L Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Cost Optimization (Hard Skills)  
  • Cross-Functional Alignment (Soft Skills)  
  • Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)

2. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Meridian BioPharma LLC, Raleigh, NC

Job Summary: 

  • Work closely with all the UK&I Supply Chain finance team to ensure clear communication channels
  • Lead for offshore team relationship, supporting training requirements
  • Support the UK&I Financial Controller in driving excellent clarity across all financial responsibilities
  • Build excellent working relationships with key partners
  • Drive adherence to the business financial controls, policies and procedures, including Internal and External Audit review recommendations
  • Challenge and drive factory financial performance
  • Provide monthly performance insight, including site cost base analysis, cost base bridging and cost saving validation
  • Play a key part in the preparation of the annual budget and provide short-term performance insight
  • Drive continuous improvement and standardisation to improve financial controls and processes within Supply Chain finance
  • Point of contact for all relevant business, system and Supply Chain projects
  • Lead the month-end and year-end close process
  • Coordinate the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances
  • Navigate the key partners through the business goals and commitments to the budget
  • Ensure clarity and visibility over financial transactions and financial reporting
  • Management of Transfer pricing/intercompany (Export/BIP)
  • Ownership of internal and external audit relationships


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Controls (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Preparation (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Insight (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Improvement (Hard Skills)  
  • Audit Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)  
  • Team Coordination (Soft Skills)  
  • Relationship Building (Soft Skills)

3. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, NovaEdge Systems Corp., Fort Wayne, IN

Job Summary: 

  • Work closely with GM to build and deploy financial planning models to report on regional results
  • Monitor spend against budget, projections and actuals to identify key performance indicators to achieve regional and global financial objectives
  • Translate data and identify business challenges or opportunities based on performance analysis of data trends into actionable insights that can be communicated to key stakeholders and operational leaders
  • Collect data from various global teams and sources (such as Sheets, Excel, SQL, internal and external databases) into meaningful and impactful reports, templates and references to serve as a knowledge base
  • Create a presentation deck for weekly, monthly, quarterly, executive, regional and departmental meetings
  • Analyze, educate and recommend process improvements and implement best practices around metrics, other key drivers, forecasting, budgeting and management reporting, as well as automate
  • Partner with functional leaders to identify and drive growth initiatives across the business
  • Perform basic financial modeling for the retail operation such as return on investment, payback period, and store inventory
  • Ad-hoc reporting for the retail operation to monitor sales and inventory levels
  • Work closely with the Head of Retail as well to maintain a global replenishment model and assortment optimization reviews
  • Define in-store inventory targets and achieve availability standards and timing
  • Work closely with the Marketing team to provide market analysis and feasibility analysis 
  • Grow the top line across online and offline by conducting market research


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)  
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • KPI Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
  • Reporting Automation (Hard Skills)  
  • Growth Initiatives (Soft Skills)  
  • Market Research (Hard Skills)  
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Process Improvement (Hard Skills)

4. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, SilverLine Logistics LLC, Boise, ID

Job Summary: 

  • Coordinate AOP, LRP, forecast, and SRO processes with the SEAKR team
  • Prepare management for operating reviews, financial presentations, and other reporting activities
  • Thoughtfully drive process improvement and integration, taking the best of legacy SEAKR and RTX processes
  • Coordinate with the SEAKR rates team for rate analysis and impact assessments
  • Coordinate with the SEAKR accounting team for balance sheet reviews, monthly trial balance review, etc.
  • Interface and coordinate between SEAKR and the S&C2 FP&A team
  • Provide training and mentorship to analysts and build FP&A competency across the organization
  • Prepare the finance planning system for annual budget, forecast, reporting, and ad hoc analysis
  • Assist in the gathering and approval of key planning assumptions
  • Provide day-to-day operational support for the financial consolidation and reporting systems
  • Support for the month-end close and support for internal and external financial reporting
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders and execute the overall financial system roadmap
  • Partnering closely with cross-functional finance and IT teams, as well as other constituents throughout the business


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Integration (Hard Skills)  
  • Rate Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • System Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Team Mentorship (Soft Skills)  
  • Operational Support (Hard Skills)  
  • Cross-Functional Coordination (Soft Skills)

5. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, EcoStream Utilities Inc., Des Moines, IA

Job Summary: 

  • Collaborate with the sales team and the commercial department to define the medium/long-term objectives in line with the strategic objectives of the business
  • Partnering with key departments to obtain up-to-date, informative data required by the business
  • Ensure accurate reporting to support strategic decision making
  • Drive optimisation in financial processes to align with other Automotive countries
  • Drive process improvement projects in collaboration with heads of departments and Group initiatives, ensuring efficiency and governance in VAUK
  • Drive cost control and revenue assurance to find opportunities for improvement
  • Facilitate and control monthly reporting
  • Support management with financial analysis, insight, and recommendations
  • Participate in ad hoc projects
  • Coordinate all business forecasting across all areas and departments (Stock/Logistics, Sales, Installations, Purchasing)
  • Pricing approvals outside the group commercial team remit
  • Manage and administer pricing in line with commercial agreements, revenue assurance and optimise commercial clauses
  • Coordination of customer billing in line with Agreements, revised pricing, renewal changes, failure to meet service credits, intercompany relationships (cross-charging)
  • Provide support to the wider business Group Commercial and Finance teams, Warehouse and Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Country Manager and Senior Finance Manager
  • Provide support to the IOT Commercial team on new bids and tenders


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Data Collaboration (Soft Skills)  
  • Process Optimization (Hard Skills)  
  • Cost Control (Hard Skills)  
  • Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Coordination (Hard Skills)  
  • Pricing Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Cross-Department Support (Soft Skills)

6. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, BrightCore Manufacturing, Akron, OH

Job Summary: 

  • Lead the annual and quarterly planning processes, ensuring accuracy and expedience
  • Participation in the creation, communication, and execution of the multi-year strategic plan
  • Partner with the accounting team to execute the monthly close
  • Provide business reporting to department and university leaders to help drive business performance through visibility and accountability
  • Own the quarterly/annual cash flow model, working with other stakeholders to forecast P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
  • Lead in-depth analysis of key performance indicators
  • Assist in prioritization and delivery of ad hoc analysis projects
  • Assist the CFO and the executive team by creating presentation materials for the board meetings and quarterly business reviews
  • Produce a robust quarterly reporting package providing senior leadership with an understanding of not only the results but also the leading indicators of future results
  • Collaborate with the sales operations team to build performance metrics that support executive decision-making
  • Assume ownership of the company's metric reporting and analysis
  • Recruit, develop, and retain team members to ensure productivity and engagement
  • Engage in talent management activities such as goal setting, performance evaluations, stay interviews, development planning, and ongoing feedback to develop team members and achieve organizational goals
  • Foster a culture that is reflective of OpenExchange’s values


Skills on Resume: 

  • Planning Leadership (Hard Skills)  
  • Strategic Execution (Hard Skills)  
  • KPI Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Cash Flow Forecasting (Hard Skills)  
  • Executive Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Metrics (Hard Skills)  
  • Team Development (Soft Skills)  
  • Talent Management (Soft Skills)

7. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, SunQuest Retail Group, Wichita, KS

Job Summary: 

  • Ensure timely submission of month-end reports to local management and regional management
  • Prepare Sales flash Report, P&L sign off, Weekly rolling forecast report, Country Management Report, Cost centre reports
  • Coordination and lead the annual budget cycle, which includes the following annual business plan/forecasting, long-range plan and weekly rolling forecast / mid-month estimate
  • Annual business review presentation preparation
  • Consolidate the legal entity's statutory budget, which includes the Bekasi plant
  • Review and Challenge Demand Forecast and Financial Forecast by Business
  • Lead financial analyses, forecasting and planning across business units
  • Drive adoption of standardized reporting, analytics and data management
  • Formulate dashboards, benchmarking and other analytics to proactively alert the organization about performance and issues
  • Oversight responsibility in Pricing Analysis and Pricing Targets
  • Participate and analyze business cases for new businesses/product launches
  • Provide strong commercial/financial decision support to the LOC team and ensure financial discipline in business decisions
  • Drive Distributors (via Operations) to collect and analyse in-market Sales, Distributor Inventory accuracy and reporting


Skills on Resume: 

  • Month-End Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Coordination (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Review (Hard Skills)  
  • Pricing Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Dashboard Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Business Case Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Decision Support (Soft Skills)  
  • Data Accuracy (Hard Skills)

8. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, AlphaPoint Technologies, Madison, WI

Job Summary: 

  • Create bottom-up financial models and detailed forecasts
  • Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and metrics tracking
  • Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support
  • Prepare and distribute detailed monthly financial reports
  • Identifies and manages all financial risks in monthly trends
  • Perform variance analysis and identify trends
  • Manage financial performance and prepare reports
  • Monitor financial resources to increase profitability and calculate/report major KPIs
  • Measure and review the cost/benefit of proposed investments
  • Coordinate data collection and data entry
  • Coordinates timings and inputs during budgeting
  • Compiles individual budgets into a consolidated plan
  • Supports and challenges budget owners during planning


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • KPI Tracking (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Consolidation (Hard Skills)  
  • Risk Identification (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Data Coordination (Hard Skills)

9. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, HarborWest Maritime, Mobile, AL

Job Summary: 

  • Liaise with Front Office and Business Functions for timely and accurate data input
  • Review and ensure YTG budgets are updated accurately in the systems (LE and MC cube)
  • Prepare, provide variance analysis, and consolidate P&L LE data
  • Upload of statistical data into the Management Consolidation Tool
  • Support budget retraction activity post LE cycle into Fund Management
  • Analyse different data to support business needs and present results in a concise visualisation format
  • Support any ad hoc requirements or data extraction requests
  • Participate in various system enhancement initiatives
  • Work closely and follow up with the external IT vendor to perform UAT of reports/system enhancements
  • Proactively identifying opportunities to automate/improve existing processes
  • Provide troubleshooting/system support to End Users
  • Support queries on Fund Management, Budget Status, and Commitment Report


Skills on Resume: 

  • Data Accuracy (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)  
  • P&L Consolidation (Hard Skills)  
  • Visualization Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • System Enhancement (Hard Skills)  
  • Automation Improvement (Hard Skills)  
  • Technical Support (Soft Skills)  
  • User Collaboration (Soft Skills)

10. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, BlueRidge Medical Supply, Roanoke, VA

Job Summary: 

  • Drive the annual strategic planning and budget process for the retail consumer business units
  • Actively partner with Sales and Marketing management to develop operating plans
  • Make strategic recommendations for optimizing performance
  • Manage and monitor performance against business and financial plans
  • Ensure that the market operating infrastructure, processes, and tools are in place to achieve financial targets
  • Develop monthly forecast updates based on performance assessment and input from the management team
  • Consolidate financial data and report results on a monthly and annual basis
  • Provide comprehensive variance analysis, highlighting trends and assessing results and partner with Sales to assess consumption with shipments
  • Track risks and opportunities and develop recommendations to mitigate risks and/or capitalize on opportunities
  • Support market business decisions with detailed financial models incorporating assumptions, expectations and known risks
  • Identify business improvement opportunities leading to higher revenue, increased efficiencies, or cost savings
  • Develop insightful recommendations for forwarding financial planning and present business cases to senior management
  • Provide financial support for the ongoing product innovation and renovation strategies
  • Support the development of pricing and costing targets


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Updates (Hard Skills)  
  • Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)  
  • Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)  
  • Business Improvement (Soft Skills)  
  • Pricing Strategy (Hard Skills)

11. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, GreenLeaf Construction, Billings, MT

Job Summary: 

  • Provide commercial support for strategic initiatives such as NPD, PIPs, ITR and SKU analysis
  • Prepare and coordinate strategic plans that include detailed annual budgets
  • Oversee and participate in the completion of month-end activities
  • Undertaking data analysis to understand and explain business results
  • Write the month-end commentary and obtain sign off on results from FC, CFO and CEO
  • Lead and support the team in mid-month forecasts, understand the reasons behind variances and business drivers
  • Lead the annual budget process, ensuring alignment to organizational goals, and that key stakeholders understand the process
  • Ensure budgets are completed promptly and supported by adequate analysis to support the finalization of an acceptable EBIT
  • Manage new product costings and provide support to the sales team on new tenders, particularly in the Retail Private Label space 
  • Perform stewardship over business stock controls - ensure Operations and Supply Chain function comply with company policy and procedures 
  • Oversee the successful completion of the annual stocktake coordinated by the Supply Chain Accountant 
  • Oversee and support the maintenance of the standard costing system and annual costing update
  • Chair monthly meeting for the extended leadership team to provide insights into results


Skills on Resume: 

  • Commercial Support (Hard Skills)  
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Month-End Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Leadership (Hard Skills)  
  • Costing Oversight (Hard Skills)  
  • Stock Control (Hard Skills)  
  • Leadership Communication (Soft Skills)

12. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, ApexCom Industrial Services, Reno, NV

Job Summary: 

  • Translate strategy into actionable plans
  • Help the team create operational plans and monitor the progress of those plans
  • Apply an analytical approach to support strategic and investment decisions, including advertising, co-manufacturing, pricing, etc.
  • Analyze and develop new product development, determining costs and pricing, supporting go-to-market launches
  • Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly management, all-hands, and board-level reporting material
  • Including analysis and insights into variances between actual and expected financial results
  • Ensure key issues, risks, and business drivers are clearly understood and highlighted
  • Develop and manage the consolidated financial model including short-term, annual and long-term planning
  • Work closely with sales and operations to ensure accurate monthly forecasting
  • Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning process, including coordinating forecasts
  • Communicating with senior leadership and managing the reporting cycle with Accounting partners
  • Develop from the ground up, and then own on an ongoing basis, robust and scalable processes to inform forecasts and track performance
  • Using budgeting software, create forward-looking financial statements by projecting balance sheets and cash flow statements


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategic Execution (Hard Skills)  
  • Operational Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Investment Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Product Development (Hard Skills)  
  • Board Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Variance Insights (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Coordination (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Development (Hard Skills)

13. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, MidSouth AgriTech Inc., Little Rock, AR

Job Summary: 

  • Partner with business unit finance leaders in meeting monthly/quarterly/annual reporting and planning requirements
  • Drive all Pregis analytics and reporting, build off the current foundation, and move reporting into a more automated and dashboard-centric environment
  • Improve financials by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to management
  • Assist in financial analysis and the preparation of segment operating results
  • Take a leadership role in the development of the annual operating plan (AOP)
  • Own the cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism across the business
  • Oversee working capital expenses and develop systems and processes to maximize performance 
  • Provide financial input on decision-making issues affecting the organization
  • Assist in the preparation of pro-formas and business case analyses for new commercial opportunities, manufacturing footprint, and business expansion
  • Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking, and drive continuous improvement
  • Perform special analysis and serve on project teams as assigned by management


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Dashboard Automation (Hard Skills)  
  • Variance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  
  • Cash Flow Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Working Capital (Hard Skills)  
  • Decision Support (Soft Skills)  
  • Business Case Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Continuous Improvement (Soft Skills)

14. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, BioFusion Research LLC, Lubbock, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Ensure efficient, timely, and objective analysis as part of the pre-partnership due diligence and screening
  • Work with the critical stakeholders on the Commercial Strategy specific to the Partnership
  • Ongoing performance management and financial analysis
  • Provide an objective POV to potential Partnerships and understand their success benchmarking against other partnerships
  • Tracking and monitoring the current financial and operational performance of existing partnerships
  • Pre-partnerships screening and competitive set analysis
  • Pre-partnership Financial Modelling/ P&L Construction
  • Volume Projections and DAG development
  • Financial support, including LEs, budgeting, and routine financial management
  • Create and manage a detailed annual, quarterly, and monthly performance report measuring against KPIs, incentives, and retail executional metrics
  • Working with GM and BOD will help create, cascade, and update a Partnership Scorecard


Skills on Resume: 

  • Due Diligence (Hard Skills)  
  • Commercial Strategy (Soft Skills)  
  • Performance Tracking (Hard Skills)  
  • Benchmark Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)  
  • Volume Projections (Hard Skills)  
  • KPI Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)

15. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, PeakView Energy Partners, Casper, WY

Job Summary: 

  • Lead the annual planning cycle to deliver Top Line(Volume to Net Revenue) and Selling expenditure financial plans and processes for the 2 businesses - PepsiCo Foods and Food Concepts Pioneer(PFNL & FCPL)
  • Support the development of the AOP and forward-looking commercial financial forecasts for the BU
  • Manage and develop the financial resources governing the commercial financial forecasting processes, including processes and systems
  • Measure forecasts against variables and monitor the overall financial health of the Business
  • Business partnering to champion revenue and market share improvements
  • Drive focus and improvement on cost efficiency
  • Uplift profitability, performance and the overall business strategy
  • Responsible for ensuring the iS&OP volumes are translated into revenue plans by forming links to Demand Planning & central FP&A
  • Lead the financial analysis process and financial business case proposals for new commercial business developments (i.e., NPD P&Ls, capital expansion DCF / ROI models)
  • Partner with Sales Unit to establish and track delivery of Selling expense, productivity targets via BU-wide Selling expenditure cost forecasting and management
  • Lead the deep dives on revenue performance to the LT (Leadership Team)
  • Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities to remediate any gaps to targets (IS&OP)


Skills on Resume: 

  • Annual Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Revenue Forecasting (Hard Skills)  
  • Process Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Business Partnering (Soft Skills)  
  • Cost Efficiency (Hard Skills)  
  • Profitability Uplift (Hard Skills)  
  • Commercial Analysis (Hard Skills)  
  • Leadership Communication (Soft Skills)

16. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, QuantumLogix Systems Inc., Spokane, WA

Job Summary: 

  • Drive process improvements, including tools and dashboards
  • Increase productivity by developing automated reporting tools
  • Perform market research, business intelligence, and valuation comps
  • Work with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting
  • Work with accountants in reviewing trial balances and general ledgers
  • Work with Legal and Tax on the corporation structure and related issues
  • Perform forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
  • Responsible for the overseas team to conduct the management report
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure the timely submission of the monthly forecast
  • Support the annual budget and long-range plan for Indonesia
  • Perform an analysis presentation to the team
  • Support the Country Leader with all financial requirements


Skills on Resume: 

  • Process Improvement (Hard Skills)  
  • Reporting Automation (Hard Skills)  
  • Market Research (Hard Skills)  
  • Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)  
  • Forecast Management (Hard Skills)  
  • Stakeholder Coordination (Soft Skills)  
  • Budget Planning (Hard Skills)  
  • Leadership Support (Soft Skills)