Finance Manager, FP&A — Commercial Growth

SharkNinja; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase program

Product discounts

Wellness programs

Job summary

SharkNinja, a global product design and technology company headquartered in Needham, MA, seeks a Finance Manager, FP&A - Commercial to shape investments and margins across Direct to Consumer, Social Commerce, and Customer Service. You will forecast, analyze, and advise on channel performance, while driving automation and data-driven decision making.

You will build new P&L views, deliver deeper analytics, and present clear insights to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of FP&A or finance experience, including business partnering and variance analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Experience in consumer products, retail, e-commerce, or digital channels. Background in DTC, social commerce, or contact center operations is a plus.
• Strong grasp of unit economics and channel performance, including margin, cost, and promotional effects.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling, with experience in visualization tools, ERP systems, and data management tools.
• Hands-on AI fluency: you use AI tools in your own workflow and can show what you built with them.
• Clear written and verbal communication with senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Finance partner to leaders across Direct to Consumer, Social Commerce, and Customer Service, explaining what is moving in the cost structure and recommending what to do about it.
• Facilitate trade-off and investment decision discussions and drive teams to positive outcomes.
• Hold business leaders accountable to delivering on their commitments and help them get there.
• Own the forecast cycle and reviews for your channels, from first draft to final sign-off.
• Own the monthly and quarterly actuals-versus-forecast narrative: what moved, why, and what leaders should do next.
• Arm leaders with self-service, readily available information so discussions and decisions move faster.
• Keep the area's data accurate and partner with accounting teams on proper controls.
• Be the main Finance point of contact for your channels, owning the day-to-day relationship with business leaders and the follow-through on what you commit to.
• Drive self-directed action and deliverables: anticipate what is needed, start it, and close it without waiting to be asked.
• Own prioritization for your area, and say clearly when priorities conflict.
• Build the next phase of financial management for DTC, Social Commerce, and Customer Service: new P&L views, deeper analytics, and new metrics such as contribution margin by platform, customer acquisition cost, and cost per contact.
• Leverage reporting to drive meaningful financial improvements.
• Challenge the way things are done, and build new ways to free up time and deliver value to the business. Encourage business partners to do the same.
• Use AI tools in daily work to move faster on recurring deliverables, first-pass models, and scenarios.
• Automate repeat work and build the tools your channels need.
• Drive process improvement: continually move manual and repetitive work into automation.

Skills

FP&A experience

Business partnering

Variance analysis

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

AI fluency

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field

Advanced degree (MBA/MS)

Tools

Visualization tools

ERP systems

Data management tools

Job description

SharkNinja, a global product design and technology company headquartered in Needham, MA, seeks a Finance Manager, FP&A - Commercial to shape investments and margins across Direct to Consumer, Social Commerce, and Customer Service. You will forecast, analyze, and advise on channel performance, while driving automation and data-driven decision making.

You will build new P&L views, deliver deeper analytics, and present clear insights to senior leadership.