FP&A Manager

TITLE:

FP&A MANAGER

DEPARTMENT:

FINANCE 

REPORTS TO:

VP, FINANCE

FLSA STATUS:

EXEMPT

JOB DESCRIPTION REVISION:

10/01/26

BASIC FUNCTIONS

The FP&A Manager is responsible for leading the Company’s forecasting, planning, and analytical processes while modernizing the finance function through automation, AI enabled tools, and scalable reporting frameworks. This role strengthens financial rigor, supports strategic decision making, and ensures timely, accurate, and data driven financial visibility across the business. The ideal candidate combines strong FP&A fundamentals with forward leaning digital capabilities, bringing expertise in analytics, modeling, automation, and performance management. This individual has the responsibility and authority to carry out assigned duties. 

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning

• Lead the Company’s annual budget development process across all departments and business units.
• Own the structured 3+9, 6+6, and 9+3 forecasting cycles, ensuring disciplined variance analysis, driver updates, and consolidated executive level outputs.
• Build robust financial models for revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, cash flow, and long range planning.
• Establish consistent planning calendars, documentation, and forecasting cadence aligned with organizational expectations.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages with clear KPIs, variance explanations, and actionable insights.
• Consolidate operational, financial, and program level metrics to provide end to end visibility into performance.
• Support the development of external reporting materials including audit support, lender reporting, investor ready summaries, and sponsor driven analytics.

AI Enabled Finance & Automation

• Drive adoption of AI tools to improve forecasting accuracy, identify anomalies, automate variance analysis, and streamline data preparation.
• Implement automation across FP&A workflows, dashboards, and recurring reports to improve speed, consistency, and data quality.
• Build predictive models that leverage operational and financial drivers to enhance decision support.

Business Intelligence & Systems Integration

• Partner with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to ensure data integrity between ERP/MRP systems and FP&A tools.
• Enhance BI dashboards (e.g., DOMO, Power BI) to create real time visibility into KPIs, trends, and operational performance.
• Support future system upgrades by defining FP&A requirements, assisting with data migration, and optimizing reporting integrations.

Operational Finance & Strategic Partnership

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve margin visibility, pricing analysis, inventory planning, cash forecasting, and program profitability.
• Provide financial support for program reviews, cost investigations, performance improvement initiatives, and strategic decision making.
• Strengthen alignment between operational drivers, system data, and financial results.

Controls, Compliance & Documentation

• Maintain high quality FP&A documentation, including forecasting assumptions, drivers, methodologies, and control evidence.
• Support audit readiness, internal controls, and compliance expectations, including data governance and documentation discipline.
• Ensure forecast accuracy, reporting consistency, and adherence to Company policies and financial standards.
• Perform other necessary ad-hoc duties related to Accounting/Finance and support other Departments on special projects. 
• Ensures compliance with the company code of conduct and all applicable laws, regulations, rules, and policies. 

STANDARD REQUIREMENTS

Comply with all requirements of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Standard ISO9001 and ISO27001, NIST 800-171, CMMC – Cyber Security and Informational Data Security Requirements. Aerospace Management System Standards AS9100, AS9120, IDEA-QMS-9090, ASA-100 and supporting construct standards AS6081, IDEA-STD-1010, AC7402-CAAP, CCAP-101, FAA AC00-56, ANSI/ESD S20.20. All employees shall commit and comply with the requirements of AS5553 for Counterfeit Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts – Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation and Disposition practices.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE / COMPETENCY 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA/CPA a plus.
• 3–5 years of progressive FP\&A or analytical finance experience.
• Experience in public company or SOX aligned environments preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills.
• Experience with BI tools (Power BI, DOMO) and automation technologies.
• Experience or interest in AI driven forecasting and predictive analytics.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to engage senior leaders.
• Demonstrated success operating in fast paced, high expectation, private equity style environments.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS 

ALL TRAININGS OUTLINED FOR THIS JOB DESCRIPTION ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN BLUE RAVEN’S TRAINING MATRIX, LOCATED WITHIN THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT TOOL WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUALS PRE-REQUISITES.