Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Description

• Partner with business groups to understand drivers and assumptions to improve forecasting accuracy as well as identify risks, opportunities and potential actions.
• Foster strong working relationships across the businesses and work proactively to identify opportunities for finance to act as a strategic business partner.
• Ad hoc analysis and projects, including NPV, margin and ROI analysis and board materials.
• Be a key point of contact and provide strategic decision support to Operations, Supply Chain, and Corporate Stakeholders.
• Produce margin bridges and conduct cost variance analysis for key performance drivers (e.g. price, volume, mix, labor/efficiency, overhead absorption) to support monthly performance reviews.
• Support ERP implementation and maintenance by defining reporting requirements, validating data, and designing dashboards for operational and financial metrics.
• Prepare annual budgets and rolling forecasts (P&L, cash flow, working capital) with clear assumptions and scenario analysis, as well as presentation materials for executive audiences.
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models reflecting production volume, yield, scrap, labor/machine rates, and overhead absorption.
• Collaborate with accounting and cost accounting teams to ensure accurate, timely reporting of financial results and inventory/costing data.
• Continuously evaluate and implement improvements to processes and analysis capabilities.

Requirements

The Manager, FP&A provides leadership in strategic financial planning and analysis, driving insights that shape operational and corporate decisions. The successful candidate will develop robust driver-based models, manage budgets and forecasts, and deliver executive-ready presentations. As a key business partner, this role will analyze performance drivers, support ERP implementation, and design dashboards for actionable metrics. The Manager, FP&A will collaborate across Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve forecasting accuracy, identify risks and opportunities, and enhance processes. The ideal candidate brings experience in high-visibility roles, a strategic continuous improvement mindset, exceptional attention to detail, and a partnership-focused approach. This role will deliver impactful decision support and has the chance to influence business outcomes in an innovative, high-growth environment.

• Proven expertise in financial modelling and planning, with a strong commitment to driving continuous improvement.
• Sound judgment, with the ability to critically analyze situations, problem-solve, and deal with ambiguity.
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with OneStream, JDE, or Hyperion
• Demonstrates the highest level of ethics, personal integrity, and detail orientation.
• Ability to handle multiple competing deliverables at a time, with accurate and timely delivery.
• Strong understanding of cash flows, ability to create cash flow modeling, intelligent forecasting methodologies including identifying drivers in the operations to improve cash and capital returns.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• 5+ years of finance experience, including at least 3 years in a hands-on FP&A role within a complex organization.
• University Degree, with a focus in Finance or Accounting.
• Accounting designation, CPA preferred.
• Experience in highly automated manufacturing environments
• Strong customer focus with excellent relationship building and a collaborative working style.
• Experience with leveraging AI tools like CoPilot or ChatGPT in a Finance context.

Benefits

Stelumar is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require accommodation through any aspects of the selection process, please notify us on your application and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Bonus points

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance