Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Morrison • Yuba City, CA • Full Time
Posted on Fri, Jul 3, 2026
A leading Northern California grower-owned food and beverage manufacturing company with more than 100 years of success is seeking an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join its team.
The FP&A Manager is responsible for leading enterprise-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, analytics, and performance reporting. This role acts as a key business partner to commercial, SG&A and other business functions while partnering with the Plant Controllers to drive actionable insights that improve margin, cash flow, and operating efficiency. This position reports to the Director of Decision Support & Operations Finance.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other related duties may be required and assigned.
- Lead monthly forecasting, annual planning, and long-range planning cycles for enterprise FP&A.• Lead the development of the planning process in SAC (including annual budgeting as well as reforecasts).
- Oversee consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow models, ensuring consistency with corporate planning strategy.
- Deliver variance analysis and insight narratives connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes.
- Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain functions on pricing/mix, and customer profitability.
- Develop and maintain standardized decision-support dashboards in SAC/Power BI.
- Translate complex financial results into clear, concise insights and recommendations for executive leadership.
- Manage and improve enterprise allocation methodologies (SG&A, Top-Down Allocations).
- Collaborate with Plant Controller and Operations Finance on:
- Conversion cost trends.
- Overhead absorption.
- Yield/waste impacts.
- Standard cost updates (non-plant drivers).
- Support margin improvement initiatives including pricing, mix, productivity, and sourcing optimization.
- Coordinate business inputs for S&OP integration into financial forecasts.
- Ensure data quality and promote governed master data practices in planning systems.
- Partner with plant controllers on CAPEX ROI realization and quality of post-investment reviews.
Knowledge/Skills
- Strong FP&A and business partnering skills; ability to influence cross-functional leaders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and informed business decisions.
- Expertise in financial modeling (P&L/BS/CF), scenario modeling, and predictive analytics.
- Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).
- Strong understanding of manufacturing/CPG cost structures; able to partner effectively with Sales, Marketing, Operations and Plant Finance.
- Comfortably lead planning cycles and manage competing deadlines.
- Hold a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to redesign processes, leverage automation, and reduce manual reconciliations.
- Identify and recommend opportunities for margin improvement through pricing, mix, and cost initiatives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in FP&A, or decision support, preferably within a manufacturing or consumer packaged goods (CPG) environment.
- MBA, CFA, CMA or CPA a plus.
- Prior experience with forecasting and reporting tools (SAC preferred).
This position offers a competitive salary ($92,240 - $142,240) depending on experience and qualifications. In addition: Medical, Dental, Vision insurance. Paid vacation, sick, and holiday pay. Retirement contribution.
All offers of employment contingent on a background check. EOE. Please note that Morrison does not recruit from client personnel (click here for details).