Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY

The Manager of FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) will deliver actionable insights to improve margins and support strategic decision-making. This role will be a corporate role reporting to the CFO directly and will focus on Corporate Consolidation of Financial Statements, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, cost accounting, financial analysis, and operational support to drive cost control, enhance profitability, margin harvesting, and enable efficient resource allocation across the organization.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Consolidating Financial Statements for all divisions utilizing Power BI and ERP system
• Assist with preparation of financial reports and analysis to track performance against budget and forecast.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes in line with strategic initiatives.
• Maintain weekly SRO (Short Range Outlook) forecasting process
• Support Local sites with PLP (Part Level Profitability) analysis
• Automation and AI implementation
• ERP system implementation
• Closing Month End books in 3 days with Flash, and Corporate consolidation in Day 4 with commentaries.

Cost Accounting

• Maintain accurate product costing and reconcile variances between actual and standard costs.
• Monitor COGS and inventory transactions to identify cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities.
• Increase Gross Margin by developing or improving cost models via agile financial modeling.
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, customer, or project to uncover margin levers.

Operational Support

• Partner with operations, purchasing, and production to control overhead and manufacturing costs.
• Provide financial input on pricing, capital investments, and process improvements to enhance margins.
• Ad hoc administrative tasks to support ongoing financial and manufacturing operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in FP&A, cost accounting, financial analysis, or a related role.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of costing, variance analysis, and inventory accounting.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks, Power BI, SQL queries, and use of various data tools, data cubes, FP&A specific AI tools (ex: Claude and Claude Co-Work) is required.
• Experience with Global Shop ERP system preferred.
• ERP implementation experience is expected.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior experience as FP&A Manager or Finance leadership role is needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work may require local travel. Work may require evening and weekend work.

The Franklin Company is a leading provider of contract temporary services throughout the United States. Since 1958, Franklin has been supplying Local, Regional and Fortune 500 companies with Professional and Technical skills including Managers, Engineers, Administrators, Designers, Scientists, Chemists, Biologists, and Technicians .

Company Description

The Franklin Company is a leading provider of contract temporary services throughout the United States. Since 1958, Franklin has been supplying Local, Regional and Fortune 500 companies with Professional and Technical skills including Managers, Engineers, Administrators, Designers, Scientists, Chemists, Biologists, and Technicians .