TITLE: Senior Manager, Financial Planning & AnalysisREPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Chief Financial Officer, Tarkett North America POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis serves as a key financial steward for the Tarkett North America Division, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. This role connects financial data to operational decision-making - translating complex results into clear narratives that support profitable growth, operational discipline, and long-term value creation.
Beyond technical mastery of the planning cycle, this leader combines analytical rigor with business empathy and communication sophistication. They build trusted partnerships across the division - from plant controllers and commercial teams to the executive leadership table - influencing decisions through insight and credibility. This is a role for a finance professional who leads with curiosity, earns trust through transparency, and creates clarity in complexity.
Tarkett North America operates as a multi-segment flooring division within a global organization, with complexity spanning commercial, residential, and hospitality business units. The Senior Manager, FP&A supports the full financial planning lifecycle - from daily close intelligence to multi-year strategic modelling - across the division's complete P&L.
This role manages key division-level financial processes and serves as an important analytical voice in the FP&A function's agenda, ensuring that financial stewardship is proactive, insight-driven, and action-oriented.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Division Financial Stewardship & Reporting- Own the end-to-end monthly close reporting process for Tarkett North America - ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and actionable insight delivery to the Division CFO and Group (global) headquarters.
- Lead consolidation of division-wide financials across sales P&Ls, plant operations, and SG&A using Magnitude, SAP, and BI tools; produce a single coherent story of division performance.
- Develop and publish weekly, bi-weekly and monthly executive leadership review packages - presented in a way that drives decisions, not just awareness.
- Translate complex financial variance bridges (vs. prior year, budget, and forecast) into clear business narratives for senior leadership and Group stakeholders.
2. Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting- Partner with the Division CFO to design and execute the annual operating plan, managing calendars, cross-functional coordination, and consolidation across sales, operations, and shared services.
- Lead rolling forecast processes - building and continuously improving predictive models for revenue, margin, working capital, and full company P&L and cash flow performance.
- Collaborate with Sales, SIOP, and Product Management on forecasting, work with Operations and plant controllers on operational volume and cost planning.
- Develop and maintain scenario models supporting strategic decisions including pricing actions, product launches, capital allocation, and M&A analysis.
3. Business Partnership & Commercial Finance Support- Serve as a key analytical resource to the FP&A Director and Division CFO - proactively surfacing risks, opportunities, and key trends before they become problems.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand commercial profitability by business center, channel, customer, and product; identify underperforming segments and recommend targeted actions.
- Work alongside BU Finance leads to analyzing plant performance variances, operational efficiency opportunities, and capital effectiveness.
- Provide financial guidance for new product launches, customer pricing proposals, and capital investment cases - translating data into recommendations that non-finance leaders can act on.
4. Analytics, Tools & Process Excellence- Design, build, and continuously enhance FP&A tools, dashboards, and performance tracking systems - including activity-based management frameworks and working capital analytics.
- Drive adoption of a data-driven culture across the division by standardizing KPI frameworks, establishing consistent operational metrics across plants, and linking financial and operational reporting.
- Lead process improvement initiatives in close cycle management, forecast accuracy, and management reporting quality in partnership with the CFO, shared services, and IT.
- Leverage SAP, Magnitude, and business intelligence platforms to surface insights and reduce routine reporting burden, freeing the team for higher-value analysis.
5. Influence, Collaboration & Finance Culture- Operate as a high-impact individual contributor, leading FP&A across the division through influence rather than formal authority - building credibility through insight, consistency, and follow-through.
- Act as a thought partner and sounding board to finance colleagues and business unit leaders - elevating the quality of financial thinking across the organization.
- Contribute actively to a culture of financial rigor and continuous improvement within the FP&A function, modelling intellectual curiosity and high standards for analytical work.
- Serve as an informal coach and resource to FP&A analysts and finance colleagues across the division - sharing best practices, elevating analytical standards, and contributing to team development without direct supervisory responsibility.
6. Ad-Hoc & Strategic Project Leadership- Take ownership of strategic finance projects assigned by the Division CFO - from initial scoping and data gathering through to executive-ready conclusions and recommendations.
- Lead or co-lead cross-functional workstreams including business case development, operational efficiency analysis, M&A financial diligence, integration support, and special portfolio reviews.
- Respond with agility to ad-hoc requests from senior leadership, translating ambiguous business questions into structured analytical frameworks and actionable outputs - often under tight timelines.
- Serve as the CFO's analytical extension on high-priority initiatives, ensuring financial rigor is embedded in decisions that cut across functions, business units, or geographies.
- Manage multiple concurrent workstreams effectively, balancing routine planning cycle responsibilities with project demands without sacrificing quality or timeliness on either.
REQUIREMENTS (including educational requirements):Education- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field required.
- MBA or CPA strongly preferred; CMA or equivalent advanced credential considered.
Experience- 5-8+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3 years in FP&A in a senior analyst or manager capacity - ideally in a multi-site, global manufacturing or distribution environment.
- Demonstrated experience owning a multi-segment or multi-business-unit P&L consolidation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and coordinate across finance teams without direct supervisory authority - driving alignment through credibility, analytical rigor, and strong relationships.
- Experience operating in a matrix reporting environment with divisional and group/global stakeholders.
- Hands-on proficiency with SAP and financial consolidation systems (Magnitude or equivalent); strong command of BI and data visualization tools.
- History of building and improving FP&A processes - not just running them.
Leadership & Interpersonal- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to communicate financial complexity to executive audiences with clarity and confidence.
- Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority - building credibility through insight, integrity, and consistency.
- A collaborative self-starter who takes ownership of deliverables end-to-end, operates with minimal direction, and holds themselves to a high standard.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities - balancing routine planning cycle responsibilities with ad-hoc and strategic project demands.
- Comfortable operating at strategic altitude and in analytical detail - and knowing when each is required.
- Unwavering personal and professional integrity.
This description is a general statement of duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. This description is not intended to be all inclusive and other related duties may be assigned.
What We Offer- A commitment that Safety is #1
- Competitive benefits, pay, and retirement plan options!
- Career growth, stability, and flexible work arrangements.
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- We are committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and water consumption.
- We are the only flooring company recognized by the Asthma and Allergy foundation.
