The Senior FP&A Manager leads financial planning, forecasting, reporting, profitability analysis, and strategic decision support across Coast of Maine. Reporting to the CFO, this hands-on role partners with leaders across the organization and uses strong business acumen, Power BI, SAP Business One, and financial data to translate complex information into actionable insights.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Support month-end and quarter-end close through financial review, variance analysis, management reporting, and explanation of results.
- Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning, including financial models, scenarios, and business cases.
- Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying key risks, opportunities, and business drivers.
- Analyze revenue, margins, expenses, pricing, freight, inventory, manufacturing costs, and other drivers to improve profitability and performance.
- Provide actionable financial and operational insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Partner with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain on pricing, customer profitability, production performance, inventory, working capital, and cost improvement.
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, KPI reporting, scorecards, and management reports.
- Use SAP Business One and other systems to independently extract, validate, analyze, and present data, while collaborating with Business Analytics on enterprise data resources.
- Prepare executive and Board reporting and presentations; support acquisitions, financial due diligence, integration planning, and capital investment analysis.
- Lead process improvements, cross-functional initiatives, ad hoc analyses, and special projects; travel to company locations as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field required; advanced degree or professional certification preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive FP&A, financial analysis, business analytics, corporate finance, or related experience.
- Experience in manufacturing, consumer products, agriculture, distribution, or a similar industry strongly preferred.
- Experience in a small, high-growth company and a desire to work in a hands-on environment.
- Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, analytical, Microsoft Excel, and Power BI report development skills.
- Experience using ERP systems for financial and operational analysis required; SAP Business One and Boyum B1 Usability Package strongly preferred.
- Ability to independently retrieve, validate, analyze, and present complex data; SQL or data-querying experience preferred.
- Experience supporting acquisitions, financial due diligence, integration, or strategic growth initiatives preferred.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and collaborate effectively across departments.
- Can-do, entrepreneurial approach to planning, problem-solving, and meeting timelines; passion for sustainability and gardening experience are a plus.
