Finance Manager – FP&A – #21568

Foster McKay; Wayne (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster McKay in the New Jersey area seeks a Finance Manager–FP&A to drive executive decision support, enterprise planning, and financial insight. You will lead management reporting, consolidations, and forecasting while partnering with senior leadership on financial transformation and automation initiatives.

You will translate complex financial data into actionable insights, build sophisticated models, and communicate effectively with CFO/CEO and other executives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6–10 years of progressive finance experience focused on analysis, forecasting and planning.
• Proven ability to create executive-level presentations for CFO/CEO.
• Expertise in financial modeling, reporting and scenario analysis.
• Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve finance processes.
• Strong ownership, accountability and attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree; CPA or MBA a plus; Fortune 500 experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own executive reporting including CEO/CFO dashboards and presentations.
• Lead FP&A consolidations, planning, forecasting across units.
• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models for forecasting and strategic initiatives.
• Drive finance transformation, automation and AI initiatives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate financial results into business insights.
• Support CFO presentations and time-sensitive reporting.

Skills

Financial modeling

Executive storytelling

Financial analysis

Forecasting

AI & automation awareness

Cross-functional partnership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

CPA or MBA a plus

Tools

Hyperion/SmartView

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

Are you a high performing finance professional who has built a strong finance foundation and is ready to take on broader responsibility?

Do you enjoy going beyond the numbers, understanding what is driving performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and translating complex financial information into a clear story for senior leaders?

Are you looking for a role where you can work directly with senior leaders, gain enterprise level exposure, build sophisticated financial models and help shape strategic financial decisions?

Position Overview

As Finance Manager – FP&A, you will play a critical role in driving executive decision support, enterprise planning, and financial insight. This is a highly visible finance role with direct exposure to senior leadership. You will lead management reporting, enterprise consolidations, and forecasting, while serving as a key partner in financial transformation and automation initiatives. This role requires strong financial analysis, executive level communication skills, and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights.

To thrive in this role, you will bring strong experience in financial reporting, analysis, and executive level communications. You are skilled at translating complex financial results into clear, compelling business insights and understand how to balance the science of financial accuracy with the art of financial storytelling.

You build strong partnerships across finance and corporate functions, proactively identify risks and opportunities, and take pride in delivering high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. You are naturally curious, embrace new technologies and automation opportunities, and are motivated by continuous learning, growth, and making a meaningful impact through executive decision support.

What would I be doing?

What You’ll Do

Management Reporting

• Own the development and delivery of executive reporting, including CEO/CFO dashboards, presentations, and materials to support senior leadership decision making.
• Develop quarterly Investor Relations earnings support materials and ensure financial messages are accurate, clear and compelling.
• Partner with Finance leadership to continually improve management reporting, with an emphasis on analytical rigor, financial storytelling, and actionable insights.
• Lead enterprise FP&A consolidations and reporting, ensuring timely, accurate and insightful results.
• Coordinate planning, forecasting, and reporting across business units and corporate functions.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and emerging issues and proactively communicate them to Finance leadership.
• Help drive consistency and accuracy across the planning and forecasting process.

Financial Analysis & Modeling

• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models and analytical tools supporting forecasting, scenario analysis, financial performance management, and strategic initiatives.
• Deliver insightful financial analysis that highlights performance drivers, emerging trends, risks and opportunities, enabling proactive business decisions.

Finance Transformation, Automation & AI

• Identify opportunities to automate and improve recurring reporting, analysis and planning processes.
• Support the modernization of the team’s financial tools, processes and reporting infrastructure.
• Develop scalable approaches to AI and automation across the FP&A organization.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Build strong relationships with Finance and corporate function partners across the organization.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business drivers and translate financial results into meaningful business insights.
• Serve as a trusted Finance partner who brings both analytical rigor and sound business judgement.
• Own high-priority strategic projects as business needs evolve.

What would make me qualified?

To Succeed In This Role

• A track record of increasing responsibility, scope and impact throughout your finance career.
• Demonstrated progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, or related analytical discipline supporting financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, planning, and presentations.
• Expertise in financial modeling and reporting, including developing and maintaining financial models and analytical tools to support financial performance management, scenario analysis, strategic initiatives, and executive decision-making.
• Experience creating executive level presentations to effectively communicate the story behind the numbers.
• Technically competent and curious, with experience leveraging AI, automation, financial systems, or emerging technologies to improve efficiency, accuracy, and analytical effectiveness.
• Detail oriented with the ability to analyze and synthesize complex financial information and effectively communicate key insights to stakeholders.
• Flexibility and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assist with various ad hoc projects, with experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates strong ownership, accountability and attention to detail, with a track record of delivering accurate, high-quality financial reporting and analysis while operating effectively in a fast-paced evolving environment.
• Ability to foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging and influencing business partners and finance stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.

What You’ll Need

• 6-10 years of relevant progressive finance experience supporting financial analysis, forecasting, planning and presentations.
• Strong corporate finance, FP&A or strategic finance background.
• Progressive career trajectory with increasing responsibility, promotions or scope expansion.
• Currently a Finance Manager or a Senior Financial Analyst who is ready for a manager level role and can handle preparing time sensitive CFO presentations.
• Ability to build financial models, financial presentations and financial reporting.
• Strong financial analysis, planning and forecasting skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint, financial systems (Hyperion/SmartView).
• Accuracy and attention to detail for the CFO’s financial reporting and presentations.
• Willing to work in Northern NJ.
• Experience working in a Fortune 500, publicly traded company preferred (known for strong finance program).
• Strong academic record: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (CPA or MBA a plus).

New York Metro Area-Hybrid (3 Days on Site)