Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

The Role

Lumen is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A to support financial leadership for the Technology and Product organization. This is not a traditional reporting role. This role acts as a true extension of senior finance leadership, helping drive clarity, insight, and action across a broad, complex, and evolving set of priorities tied to technology investment and product performance.

This individual will operate at the center of a highly matrixed environment, working across Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to gather inputs, challenge assumptions, and assemble a clear, decision-grade financial view. They will take fragmented, sometimes incomplete data and translate it into structured analysis, compelling storytelling, and executive-ready materials that enable faster, higher-confidence decisions.

Work Location

Fully remote position open to candidates based anywhere in the U.S.

The Main Responsibilities

• Build and maintain clear, integrated financial views across capital investment, operating expense, cash, and product performance, ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment across multiple data sources
• Develop and enforce product-level P&L governance, including consistent definitions, allocation methodologies, and clear accountability across Product, Technology, and Finance
• Serve as the connector across a matrixed organization, partnering with multiple finance and business teams to gather inputs, reconcile differences, and create a single, credible view of performance and outlook
• Lead the development of executive presentations end-to-end by orchestrating inputs across teams, guiding what is needed, pushing on gaps, and shaping a clear, cohesive storyline for leadership
• Translate complex and fragmented inputs into concise, structured narratives that highlight performance, risks, tradeoffs, and recommended actions for senior leadership
• Lead forecasting, scenario analysis, and ad hoc modeling related to product investments, cost structure, portfolio decisions, and business performance
• Identify where product and technology economics are improving or deteriorating, and help leadership understand where to invest, accelerate, pause, or pivot
• Bring discipline and follow-through to operating rhythms including monthly reviews, variance analysis, and leadership deliverables
• Coach and support team members while elevating standards for modeling, analysis, and communication

What Success Looks Like

• Senior leaders are consistently prepared with clear, actionable insights and materials that drive decisions
• Product-level financials are transparent, governed, and trusted, with clear alignment across teams
• Executive presentations are sharp, cohesive, and easy to follow, with a clear storyline and recommended actions
• Work moves forward even in ambiguity, with fewer gaps, faster turnaround, and less rework across teams
• The organization experiences stronger alignment, improved decision speed, and increased confidence in financial insights

What We Look For in a Candidate

We are looking for someone who is as comfortable building a model as they are presenting to senior leadership; someone who can operate independently, connect dots across teams, and bring structure where it does not yet exist.

• 7–10+ years of FP&A experience supporting complex product, technology, or engineering organizations
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis capabilities
• Experience with product-level financials and P&L governance
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment and i