Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)Location: Easton, PA (onsite). Must be located or willing to relocate
Department: Finance
Position SummaryThe Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads the company's FP&A function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic planning processes that support business decision-making across the organization.
This is a critical leadership position responsible for developing and coaching a team while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including the Director of Finance, CFO, and business unit leaders.
This role is ideal for a finance professional who thrives in transformation environments. Over the next two years, this leader will help drive significant change by implementing a new FP&A planning platform, integrating financial planning processes from a recent acquisition, and introducing AI-driven solutions and automation into forecasting and reporting processes.
The successful candidate has a demonstrated track record of leading teams through change, implementing FP&A systems, and creating more efficient, scalable planning and reporting processes.
What You'll DoTeam Leadership & Development- Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team, including an FP&A Manager and supporting analysts.
- Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans for team members.
- Mentor emerging leaders and strengthen overall management capability within the finance organization.
- Drive accountability, quality, and execution across planning and reporting cycles.
Financial Planning & Budgeting- Own the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
- Develop and maintain complex financial models, driver-based forecasts, and scenario analyses.
- Support capital planning, business cases, and strategic investment decisions.
- Manage the company's 13-week cash flow forecast and liquidity reporting processes.
Financial Analysis & Reporting- Deliver actionable financial insights that support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Prepare executive reporting packages, performance dashboards, and Board-level presentations.
- Analyze financial results against key performance indicators and provide recommendations to improve business performance.
- Identify trends, opportunities, and risks across the business.
Systems, AI & Finance Transformation- Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a new FP&A/CPM planning platform.
- Serve as the functional owner of the platform after implementation, including governance, security, and future enhancements.
- Introduce AI and automation tools to improve forecasting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial commentary processes.
- Establish standards for responsible AI usage within finance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on increasing accuracy, improving insights, and reducing planning-cycle timelines.
Business Partnership & Strategic Support- Partner with leaders across the organization to support decision-making and performance improvement.
- Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Support post-acquisition integration activities and financial planning alignment.
Compliance & Financial Controls- Ensure adherence to internal financial controls, governance standards, and company policies.
- Collaborate closely with Accounting, Tax, and Treasury teams to maintain data integrity and reporting accuracy.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial leadership roles.
- Minimum of 3 years of direct people-management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and employee development.
- Proven experience leading or implementing an FP&A/CPM planning platform.
- Experience working in lean organizations where leaders actively participate in implementation and execution.
- Expert-level Excel skills and advanced financial modeling capabilities.
- Experience working with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI, automation, or emerging technologies to improve finance processes.
- Strong executive presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications- MBA, CPA, and/or CFA designation.
- Experience with planning platforms such as Datarails, Vena, Cube, Abacum, Mosaic, Jirav, Anaplan, OneStream, or Adaptive Planning.
- Experience in distribution, wholesale, consumer products, retail, or other inventory-intensive industries.
- Experience supporting acquisitions and post-acquisition finance integration.
- Knowledge of SQL, Python, or other analytical tools.
What Success Looks LikeIn this role, you will:
- Build a high-performing FP&A team.
- Successfully lead implementation of a new planning platform.
- Improve forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency.
- Introduce automation and AI capabilities that create measurable business value.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to executive leadership.
- Help shape the future finance function of Phillips Pet Food & Supplies.
Key Competencies- Strategic Thinking
- Financial Leadership
- Business Partnership
- Change Management
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Team Development
- Executive Communication
- Process Improvement & Transformation
Why Join Phillips Pet?- Opportunity to lead a highly visible finance transformation initiative.
- Direct exposure to senior executive leadership.
- Ability to shape systems, processes, and team capabilities.
- Collaborative and growth-oriented culture.
- Meaningful impact on a growing organization serving the pet industry.
