Sr. Manager, Finance (FP&A)

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Job Title: Senior Manager, Finance (FP&A)

Job Code: 38111

Job Location: Anaheim, CA

Schedule: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide critical financial analysis and insights to drive strategic decision-making
• Lead and enhance FP&A business processes, ensuring continuous improvement
• Collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Focus on key financial metrics such as indirect expenses, earnings, cash flow, orders, and revenue
• Assess the reasonableness of financial data, understand the drivers behind changes, and develop strategies to achieve desired business outcomes
• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A organization with 3 direct reports
• Interface with and influence executive leadership

Essential Functions:

• Financial Forecasting: Develop comprehensive financial statement forecasts, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows. Maintain and enhance the processes, tools, and data models needed to produce timely and accurate forecasts, with a strong understanding of underlying drivers.
• Lead Key Financial Deliverables: Own major financial deliverables including the Monthly Financial Review (MFR), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and 3-year Joint Strategic Plan (JSP). This includes detailed chart development and oversight of inputs from the broader organization and FP&A team.
• Collaboration: Work closely with program finance and accounting teams to develop robust processes, models, and inputs for financial forecasting, including overhead, sales, profit, operating income, and free cash flow projections.
• Reporting and Deliverables: Lead the preparation of financial forecasting reports and deliverables. Coordinate responses to ad hoc financial requests and reports, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
• Rate Management: Manage the tracking of indirect rates. Lead monthly forecast reviews with responsibility for the balance sheet and P&L.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Demonstrate flexibility in addressing ad hoc financial analysis needs. Use advanced Excel skills to support a variety of business modeling requirements.
• Performance Tracking: Prepare meaningful weekly financial metrics to monitor key performance indicators and enable early action. Analyze data for reasonableness and appropriateness, collaborating with others to improve information sources.
• Process Improvement: Develop tools, templates, and processes to streamline data gathering and report preparation. Ensure the information collected is relevant and at the right level of detail.
• Variance Analysis: Drive understanding of financial variances. Work with stakeholders to identify corrective actions, risks, and opportunities resulting from those variances.
• Presentation and Communication: Prepare impactful presentations and concise analyses. Communicate rel