Manager, FP&A

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Post-Offer Requirements
- Background check (Background checks are considered in relation to the responsibilities and requirements of the position)

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Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?

• Medical, dental, vision (for self, spouse, domestic partner, children) – eligible on the 1st of the month following date of hire
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional one-time bank of 40 PTO hours for new, full-time, Classified and Unclassified Management hires
• Retirement + company contributions – after 6 month probation period and immediate vesting
• Flexible spending: Medical expenses FSA, dependent FSA or both
• Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, financial assistance 
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability 
• Wellness program, workout facilities 
• Employee/family onsite health clinic 
• Learning and development opportunities at all levels in the organization with opportunities for career mobility
• Collaborative work environment
  

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Job Summary

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) provides strategic financial leadership to support organizational priorities, long-term financial sustainability, and operational excellence. This position leads financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for assigned service areas while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership. The Manager partners with departments to translate complex financial information into actionable insights, optimize resource allocation, and support informed decision-making.

The Manager leads a high-performing team of financial professionals responsible for developing operating and capital budget recommendations, multi-year financial forecasts, business cases, financial modeling, and performance analysis. The role collaborates closely with operational leaders to align financial strategies with organizational priorities, identify risks and opportunities, and advance continuous improvement initiatives.

In addition, the Manager oversees the development and enhancement of financial planning processes, reporting, and decision-support tools; champions data-informed decision-making and financial systems optimization; and ensures compliance with governmental accounting standards (GASB), City financial policies, and public-sector best practices. Through collaborative leadership, sound financial stewardship, and a commitment to service excellence, this position advances financial transparency, accountability, and organizational performance across the City.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties and responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.

• In conjunction with service area and finance leadership, responsible for the hiring and onboarding of financial staff across service area. Direct oversight and management of service area finance staff.
• Review and edit budget vs. actual variance analysis and narrative assessment reports. Validate and understand variance root causes, develop recommendations for course of action, and review and communicate impacts and results with upper management and cross functional stakeholders.
• Drive budget development and forecast projections with management team. Develop alternatives for most effective utilization of resources. Document and review team details and rationale for use in periodic variance reporting.
• Analyze, interpret and communicate complex data utilizing broad accounting and finance conceptual knowledge.
• Data mine, compile, model and lead teams in analysis of data from various sources and systems (including ERP). Proactively identify and highlight business issue concerns and opportunities.
• Develop recommendations on business decisions based on broad knowledge of best practices and data supported financial analysis, and lead implementation of solutions.
• Participates and leads service area in capital improvement plan for core City infrastructure, coordination, validation, and assessment. Designs and actively seeks process improvements and cost-effective efficiencies.
• Oversee teams and manage financial ad hoc projects of complex nature, capital estimates, grant research and reporting, and process improvement initiatives with service area and organization-wide implications.
• Using wide experience and subject knowledge, helps to identify and explain complex issues of a financial nature, makes recommendations for resolution and works with operational and cross functional leadership to implement corrective and policy actions as needed.
• Performs and reviews standard financial and accounting work procedures while continuously looking for ways to improve processes and methods; implement improvements.
• Establish and analyze performance metrics and measures. Identifies opportunities for improvements and recommends solutions.
• Review data entries, accounting journals, payments (AP), invoices (AR), and general bookkeeping per documented procedures. Recommends process improvements to department staff.
• Delegates and makes decisions on how to best utilize finance staff and appropriations within constraints of Fund Accounting framework.

Management Responsibilities

Yes

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.
• Experience building teams and implementing practices to lead others well in an inclusive, high-performance organization. Skill in integrating and synthesizing others’ viewpoints to build alignment of diverse perspectives to achieve results.
• Capable of creating conditions of emotional safety and demonstrates self-awareness and regulation in responding to others.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of local government accounting principles, Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) pronouncements and interpretations.
• Knowledge of fund accounting
• Accomplished and proven critical thinking skills, analytical thought processes and business acumen.
• Effectively able to manage multiple projects, diverse team members and competing priorities.
• Advanced / Expert skill level in Excel and Microsoft Office software.
• Advanced statistical analysis.
• Strategic critical thinking in approach to problem solving, issue resolution and solution development drawing upon seasoned business acumen and perspective gained from a wide range of experience.
• Ability to effectively summarize and communicate financial issues, complex problems and analytics to highest level of organization and public.
• Advanced / Expert in data query, extraction, and normalizing. Adept and efficient at incorporating and utilizing data in a variety of reporting tools and financial software packages.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Ability to communicate at executive level and influence both up / down the chain of command as well as cross functionally.

Required Qualifications

Experience Requirements

• 5 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, including 2+ years of management experience.

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Manager, FP&A