FP&A Manager

Scoular is hiring a high‑potential Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to be a key strategic partner to the CFO and Executive Leadership Team. If you enjoy turning complex data into clear choices, driving continuous improvement, and partnering with the business to move the P&L, this is a great opportunity. You’ll own our enterprise planning & forecasting process, elevate decision quality with forward‑looking insights, and help shape the future of our growth strategy.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this position focuses on the consolidated reporting & operations, driving timelines, completing analysis for the Senior Leadership Team, Board of Directors, and external stakeholders. The FP&A manager will analyze key business trends, actual versus plan variances, and work on strategic planning. This position will be a key member of the team responsible for achieving the finance mission of being business partners who proactively create and safeguard stakeholder value.

Delivering Decision-Ready Analysis:

• Run Adaptive + Workday for FP&A, by owning the enterprise planning process, including forecasts, budgets, long-range plan (LRP), and driver‑based/scenario modeling.
• Produce timely, forward‑looking analysis that clarifies options, risks, and tradeoffs; translate complexity into concise recommendations for Senior Leadership Team and the Board.
• Build executive reporting packages that tell the story: results vs. plan, drivers, outlook, and required actions.
• Analyze financial data to identify trends, areas of opportunity and variances.
• Pressure‑test strategies (pricing, mix, volumes, costs) and quantify impact to EBITDA, cash flow, and the balance sheet.
• Prepare the financial model and materials for semi‑annual independent stock appraisal of the strategic plan; ensure assumptions are evidence‑based and aligned with strategy.
• Evaluate potential investments and capital deployment opportunities, mergers, acquisitions for strategic growth.
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting as needed to support decision making.
• Identify and lead change management for cost saving measures, growth opportunities and other improvements to increase profitability.

Leading Continuous Improvement:

• Standardize methods, calendars, templates, and governance; institute clear handoffs and accountabilities.
• Become an expert in data capture and analytics, blending operational + financial data; partner with IT to improve lineage, quality, and governance.
• Deploy scalable models, standardized KPIs, and self‑service analytics that improve decision quality.
• Build robust, repeatable processes with clear documentation, change control, and audit trails across planning and reporting.
• Lead cross‑functional initiatives to streamline processes, eliminate low‑value work, and uplevel financial acumen enterprise‑wide.

Business Partnering:

• Collaborate with leaders to set business targets, design tactics against those targets, and track execution.
• Partner with the SVP of Business development in running the strategic planning process and working on Mergers & Acquisitions.
• Define business‑specific KPIs and dashboards; benchmark against peers and industry to surface insights and opportunities.
• Facilitate monthly reviews that focus on drivers, decisions, and next actions.
• Support the CEO, CFO, and SVPs with narratives and materials for SLT, Board, and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, and/or an MBA preferred.
• 6+ years of FP&A or related experience
• Experience working around commodity value chains and merchandising
• Experience with Workday suite of products a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products
• Strong financial modeling skills
• Ability to consume, blend and digest large amounts of data
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks in a dynamic environment, proven problem solving, leadership and interpersonal skills and be a proven team player, who is highly organized and achievement oriented
• Proven skill in converting detailed financial analysis into digestible presentations
• Effective communication at all levels of the organization