FP&A Manager

Compensation:

$130,000 - $150,000 + 10% Bonus

Location:

Santa Ana, CA 92705 (Hybrid)

Company Description:

Our private equity-backed manufacturing client is seeking an FP&A Manager to join its growing finance team. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, this individual contributor role plays a key part in enterprise-level planning, forecasting, and board reporting, with strong visibility to senior finance leadership and exposure to future M&A activity. The ideal candidate must have experience in an inventory-based industry and ideally a private-equity backed company.

• Casual work environment


• 401(k) with company match


• Exposure to future M&A activity

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain integrated three-statement financial models to support enterprise-wide planning and long-range forecasting


• Develop scenario and sensitivity models to inform leadership decision-making


• Pull, organize, and analyze large volumes of financial and operational data across multiple business systems and entities


• Design and maintain complex, well-documented Excel models that can be understood and used by other team members


• Support the annual budgeting cycle and monthly rolling forecast process, including model builds and consolidations across multiple facilities


• Partner with the broader finance team on site-level variance analysis and monthly reporting across several manufacturing locations


• Provide backup support on recurring cash flow forecasting deliverables


• Prepare supporting schedules and analysis for management, board, and external lender reporting


• Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives, including financial analysis in support of potential transactions


• Apply strong understanding of financial statement mechanics to connect operational activity to financial outcomes


• Communicate findings clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field


• Manufacturing, Distribution, or Consumer Products experience is required.


• Proven experience building three-statement financial models is highly desired.


• Hands-on proficiency with Power BI, Power Query, SQL, or similar planning/analytics systems


• Strong analytical skills with a root-cause, not surface-level, approach to variance and margin analysis


• Self-directed with the ability to manage ambiguous requests and deliver structured output


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills