Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Contract Pharmaceuticals

$110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
  • MBA or CPA Preferred
  • 7+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong understanding of standard costing, cost accounting, variance analysis, and overhead absorption.
  • 2+ years of team management or mentoring experience.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
  • Experience with common manufacturing ERP systems (e.g., SAP).

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain rolling forecast models; report insights to senior management.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to forecast variances and financial impacts.
  • Perform cost and margin analysis; report on volumetric and mix variances weekly and monthly.
  • Analyze customer program profitability; guide Sales on pricing strategies.
  • Monitor capacity utilization and flag bottleneck risks to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Lead operational results reviews with operations and supply chain teams.
  • Provide strategic business insights to drive profitability.

Benefits

  • Develop mentorship skills by managing a team.
  • Opportunity for cross-departmental collaboration with operations, supply chain, and commercial teams.
  • Gain exposure to high-level financial reporting for senior leadership and board.
  • Involvement in capital expenditure evaluation and decision-making.
  • Opportunity to influence pricing strategies and product profitability.
Full Job Description
JOB TYPE

Current Vacancy

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for providing and communicating insightful analysis that supports improved decision making and fuels the drive to achieve business objectives. Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis. Partner with cross functional teams to provide enhanced product profitability visibility to support disciplined growth and margin enhancement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build and maintain rolling forecast models, incorporating labor, materials, overhead absorption, and capacity utilization. Provide reports and insights to senior management and board.
  • Partner with Cross functional teams to forecast volume, yield, waste, and efficiency variances and translate them into financial impact.
  • Perform cost and margin analysis. Deep dive into Vol/Mix variances and report to board weekly and monthly.
  • Analyze standard cost vs actual profitability on customer programs and provide guidance to Sales/Commercial teams on pricing and contract terms.
  • Monitor capacity utilization, throughput, and fixed cost absorption; flag underutilization or bottleneck risk.
  • Lead operational results review with Operations and Supply chain teams.
  • Provide business insights to guide strategy toward enhanced profitability.
  • Serve as finance business partner to Operations and Supply Chain teams, providing financial guidance on labor optimization and process improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Commercial team through pricing/quote negotiations.
  • Partner with Supply Chain on raw material cost trends, inventory levels, and their impact on working capital and margins.
  • Evaluate capital expenditure requests (equipment, tooling, automation) with ROI/payback analysis and post-investment reviews.
  • Assist with due diligence and integration analysis for M&A activity, where applicable.
  • Prepare monthly/quarterly financial performance packages, including variance analysis and KPI dashboards for senior leadership and ownership/board.
  • Work closely with Senior Director of Finance to support and monitor internal controls.
  • Manage, mentor, and develop the team.
  • Drive standardization of reporting and modeling practices


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
  • MBA or CPA Preferred


Experience:

  • 7+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, with significant exposure to a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong understanding of standard costing, cost accounting, variance analysis, and overhead absorption
  • 2+ years managing or mentoring a team


Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Advanced Excel/financial modeling skills
  • Experience with ERP systems common in manufacturing (e.g., SAP).
  • Ability to translate operational metrics (labor hours, yield, scrap, capacity) into financial outcomes
  • Strong communication skills, with ability to work cross-functionally with plant operations, supply chain, and commercial teams


PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

  • Office-based role

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