Finance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Finance Manager to support enterprise planning, forecasting, and performance reporting for a leading food retail organization in Irving, Texas. This Long-term Contract position will focus on strengthening financial planning processes, improving analytics capabilities, and delivering meaningful insights that guide operational and strategic decisions. The role also partners across departments to maintain planning tools, enhance reporting quality, and support disciplined data governance across finance activities.

Responsibilities:
• Direct the planning framework for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial analysis by ensuring teams have reliable data, practical tools, and timely reporting resources.
• Serve as the finance lead for modernizing business and financial analytics, including support for enterprise reporting solutions built on Microsoft Azure and Power BI.
• Establish standards and oversight for analytics practices to improve consistency, accuracy, and governance across reporting and decision support activities.
• Drive the rollout and ongoing use of departmental planning applications, including solutions that support long-range planning and forecast management.
• Coordinate the companywide bi-monthly forecast cycle by gathering input from cross-functional stakeholders and evaluating changes against prior submissions.
• Produce and maintain recurring management reports on daily, weekly, and monthly schedules to inform key business and operational decisions.
• Translate business performance, leadership priorities, and strategic risks into clear financial insights that help senior leaders evaluate opportunities and make informed decisions.
• Provide training and functional support for internal financial systems so users can apply planning and reporting tools effectively.
• Perform variance analysis and financial modeling to identify trends, explain results, and support continuous improvement in finance processes.• 5+ years of experience in finance, financial planning and analysis, or a related Finance Manager function.
• Demonstrated expertise in forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis, and management reporting.
• Strong background in financial modeling, month-end close support, and interpreting business performance data.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and enterprise analytics or planning platforms.
• Knowledge of finance transformation initiatives and data-driven reporting environments, including modern BI tools.
• Ability to work across multiple departments, collect complex inputs, and present concise insights to senior leadership.
• Strong understanding of reporting governance, data accuracy, and process discipline within finance operations.