Sr. FP&A Manager- Global Supply Chain POST NUMBER: 309771
Vaco is hiring for a Sr. Manager FP&A Supply Chain in Westlake OH
Direct Hire, Hybrid Schedule
Salary: 120-180,000/yr Bonus
General Summary
The Senior Manager, FP&A provides strategic, analytical, and operational finance leadership across manufacturing and distribution functions within the supply chain. This role partners with business unit and supply chain leadership to drive profitable growth, optimize spending, improve margins, and support strategic business decisions.
The position connects commercial and supply chain operations through financial analysis, forecasting, cost management, and performance reporting. Responsibilities also include supporting cash flow forecasting, capital planning, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
The ideal candidate demonstrates strong analytical capabilities and the ability to translate financial and operational data into actionable insights and business decisions.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead FP&A support for manufacturing and distribution operations within the supply chain.
- Manage monthly financial reporting, long-term strategic plans, annual operating plans, business metrics, and capital requests.
- Partner with accounting to align financial actuals, reporting, and forecasting processes.
- Provide financial analysis and decision support to business units and supply chain leadership.
- Connect operational activities and business decisions to financial results.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and drive process improvements in partnership with transformation teams.
- Support global supply chain functions, including manufacturing, distribution, international supply, and corporate transportation.
- Develop and maintain financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting tools.
- Analyze operating expenses and manufacturing, distribution, and transportation variances against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
- Develop costing models and financial analysis for product make-versus-buy decisions.
- Support capital appropriation requests by evaluating assumptions, costs, and financial impact.
- Prepare financial models and analysis for special projects and long-term supply chain initiatives.
- Coordinate product standard costing and ensure accurate cost-of-goods-sold reporting.
- Strengthen communication and business partnerships between Finance and other functional departments.
- Support enterprise cash flow forecasting by coordinating inputs across multiple business units.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field required.
- MBA preferred.
- CPA or other professional certification preferred but not required.
Experience
- 5–10 years of progressive financial planning, analysis, or related experience.
- 2–3 years of public accounting or cost accounting experience.
- Experience leading, influencing, and partnering with cross-functional teams.
- Global consumer goods or manufacturing experience required.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills.
- Ability to interpret financial and operational data and communicate actionable recommendations.
- Knowledge of manufacturing costs, standard costing, and cost-of-goods-sold.
- Experience supporting capital planning, cost management, and strategic business decisions.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
- Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify and implement process efficiencies.
EEO Notice
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