FP&A Manager

Job Title: FP&A Manager

Job Type: Full-Time Remote

Time Zone: PST time zone

Overview
The FP&A Manager will play a pivotal role in enhancing financial visibility, forecasting accuracy, and strategic decision-making across the organization. This role partners closely with leadership as well as operations, sales, and marketing teams to drive budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis within a fast-paced consumer packaged goods (CPG) environment.

This position is ideal for a hands-on financial professional with strong analytical capabilities, deep experience in large CPG organizations, and advanced systems proficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Modeling

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Build and maintain financial models to support demand planning, pricing strategies, promotional planning, and new product launches.
• Improve forecasting accuracy using historical data, trends, and key performance drivers.

Financial Analysis & Insights

• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and performance against plan.
• Provide actionable financial insights to Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Deliver dashboards, KPI reporting, and decision-ready analysis to executive leadership.

Cross-Functional & Strategic Support

• Own headcount planning, Opex tracking, and ROI analysis.
• Support board and investor reporting as needed.
• Partner with business teams to strengthen financial accountability and drive profitable growth.

Process & Systems Optimization

• Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and reporting capabilities.
• Leverage ERP and CRM systems (such as Certinia/FinancialForce and Salesforce) to optimize data integrity and financial workflows.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years FP&A experience in a large or well-established CPG company.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas).
• Hands-on experience with Certinia (FinancialForce), Salesforce, or comparable ERP/CRM systems.
• Strong understanding of key CPG financial drivers: volume, pricing, trade spend, inventory, and margin dynamics.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.