Manager Finance Corporate

Distribution & Transportation

$85K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
  • 5-7 years of experience in FP&A or corporate finance
  • Prior experience supporting senior leadership is strongly preferred
  • Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills
  • Deep understanding of P&L dynamics and performance drivers
  • Strong systems aptitude (SAP, BPC, Excel)
  • Exceptional communication skills for executive-level presentations

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead Long-Range Planning and performance management processes for the Supply Chain
  • Establish clear timelines and responsibilities for disciplined execution
  • Enhance financial models to support driver-based planning and scenario analysis
  • Perform detailed projection modeling with financial and operational drivers
  • Consolidate financial results within SAP/BPC for accuracy and completeness
  • Analyze actual results against budget and prior year, identifying trends
  • Serve as financial advisor to senior leadership, translating data into insights

Benefits

  • Opportunity for growth within a strategic role
  • High visibility position with senior leadership collaboration
  • Ability to influence organizational decision-making
  • Flexibility in managing complex projects
  • Engagement in cross-functional teamwork
  • 20% travel allowance, fostering broader industry relationships
Full Job Description
Category/Area of Expertise: Accounting/Finance
Job Requisition: 502346
Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2085 Harrison Road
Store Code: ADUSA Dist - FP&A (5119758)

Position Summary

The Manager, Finance - Corporate plays a critical role in shaping financial clarity and strategic decision-making across Corporate Supply Chain. This highly visible role owns the end-to-end planning and performance management processes-Long Range Planning (LRP), Budget, Forecast, and Actuals-ensuring results are accurate, timely, and insight-driven.

Beyond the numbers, this role serves as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership, translating complex financial data into clear narratives, identifying performance drivers, and surfacing actionable opportunities across the P&L, headcount, and capital investments. Success in this role requires strong financial acumen, advanced analytical capability, and the ability to tell a compelling business story that influences decisions at the highest levels of the organization.

What You'll Be Trusted to Deliver

Enterprise Financial Planning & Forecasting

  • Own and lead the end-to-end Long-Range Plans, G&A, Headcount, and ad hoc analysis processes for the total Supply Chain.
  • Establish clear timelines, responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables to ensure disciplined execution and on-time submissions.
  • Maintain and enhance financial models and standardized submission templates that support driver-based planning and scenario analysis.
  • Perform detailed projection modeling, incorporating operational, financial, and headcount drivers.

Performance Management & Financial Insights

  • Consolidate and manage financial results within SAP/BPC, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
  • Analyze actual results against Budget, Forecast, and Prior Year, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Develop deep understanding of key business drivers and critical issues across Supply Chain functions.
  • Proactively identify and evaluate opportunities to optimize operating expenses (OPEX), capital spend (CAPEX), and resource allocation.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence

  • Serve as a primary financial advisor to senior leadership-providing clarity, context, and actionable insights to support strategic decisions.
  • Translate complex financial data into compelling, business-relevant stories that resonate with executive audiences.

  • Partner closely with Supply Chain leaders and cross-functional teams to define key focus areas and gather inputs for planning cycles.
  • Support Accounting in classification of expense, ensuring alignment across systems and reporting standards.
  • Respond to ad hoc analytical requests from senior leadership with precision, urgency, and insight.

What You Bring

Experience & Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
  • 5-7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related analytical role
  • Experience supporting senior leadership and enterprise-level planning processes strongly preferred

Skills & Capabilities

  • Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills with strong attention to detail
  • Proven ability to manage complex timelines, multiple stakeholders, and competing priorities
  • Deep understanding of P&L dynamics and performance drivers
  • Strong systems aptitude (SAP, BPC, Excel, financial planning tools)
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to frame insights for executive audiences
  • Ability to synthesize data, business knowledge, and strategy into clear, actionable recommendations
  • Comfortable operating with ambiguity and driving clarity through analysis
  • Demonstrates a strong sense of curiosity and takes initiative to research, analyze, and understand complex issues while continuously seeking opportunities to learn and grow within the role.

Additional Information

  • Travel: Approximately 20%

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