Finance Manager, FP&A: Sales & Margin Forecasting

Kohler; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 107,650 - 166,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 benefits

Performance bonus eligibility

Job summary

Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI, is seeking a Finance Manager, FP&A (Sales & Standard Margin), to own sales and margin forecasting, build driver-based models, and provide forward-looking insights to support enterprise planning.

This role partners with business and Finance leaders to align forecast assumptions, translate drivers into insights, ensure forecast governance, and deliver leadership-ready reports with timely updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/CPA preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant finance/FP&A experience.
• Experience with forecasting, driver-based modeling, and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical capability and ability to translate drivers into insights.

Responsibilities

• Own sales and standard margin forecasting processes, outputs, and governance.
• Build and maintain driver-based revenue and margin models.
• Partner with business leaders to validate forecast assumptions and drivers.
• Translate volume, price, mix, and margin drivers into financial insights.
• Provide forward-looking analysis of risks, opportunities, and performance trends.
• Align forecasts with margin expectations and financial projections.
• Monitor rebates, promotional spend and sales deductions with partners.
• Drive forecast discipline, transparency, and timely updates.
• Analyze forecast-to-actual variances and explain key drivers.
• Maintain documentation of forecast inputs, assumptions, changes, outputs.
• Ensure forecast integrity, auditability, and compliance.
• Prepare leadership-ready reporting and recommendations.
• Improve forecasting processes and stakeholder confidence.

Skills

Forecasting

Driver-based modeling

Variance analysis

Business partnership

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics

MBA or CPA preferred

Job description

Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI, is seeking a Finance Manager, FP&A (Sales & Standard Margin), to own sales and margin forecasting, build driver-based models, and provide forward-looking insights to support enterprise planning.

This role partners with business and Finance leaders to align forecast assumptions, translate drivers into insights, ensure forecast governance, and deliver leadership-ready reports with timely updates.