Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Kidde Fenwal Inc.; Ashland (MA); Hybride; USD 130 000 - 155 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

KiddeFenwal in Ashland, MA is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join our hybrid team and lead financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. This senior individual contributor partners with the Director of FP&A to deliver timely analyses, maintain rolling forecasts, and support budgeting and long-range planning.

The role emphasizes strong financial acumen, disciplined attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex results into clear business insights while

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Admin, or related field.
• Typically 6–10+ years of FP&A or related experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience presenting to executives and stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Manage monthly financial reporting and analysis process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare monthly management reporting, including budget/forecast comparisons and KPIs.
• Maintain the rolling forecast in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Own balance sheet forecasting with working capital drivers.
• Own 13-week cash flow forecasting and liquidity visibility.
• Forecast and analyze monthly spend with cost center owners.
• Lead capital expenditure review and forecasting, tracking variances.
• Support annual budgeting and long-range planning with model development.
• Develop clear financial commentary for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Accounting to validate monthly actuals and ensure consistency.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, HR, IT, and others to align financial assumptions.
• Maintain controls and documentation for FP&A deliverables.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Support ad hoc analyses and special projects requested by FP&A leadership.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Communication

Independence

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Formation

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

Outils

ERP systems

Planful

Adaptive Planning

Anaplan

Power BI

Hyperion

Description du poste

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Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Full Time Ashland, MA, US

9 days ago Requisition ID: 30150334

Salary Range: $130,000.00 To $155,000.00 Annually

Hybrid role (3/2)

About KiddeFenwal

At KiddeFenwal, our purpose is to protect lives, assets, and critical operations through reliable, innovative fire protection, detection, and safety control solutions. Our products and technologies help protect people, businesses, and some of the world's most critical and iconic assets.

With operations across the United States, United Kingdom, and India, KiddeFenwal operates in a complex, global business environment serving customers across industrial, commercial, and other critical applications. We are committed to integrity, safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement in everything we do.

As we continue to strengthen our global Finance organization, we are seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to provide high-quality financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and decision support to Finance and business leadership. This is an important role in a growing organization and offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to improve financial visibility, accountability, and decision-making.

Position Overview

The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is a senior individual contributor who partners closely with the Director of FP&A to deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial planning and analysis.

This role will help manage the monthly reporting and analysis cycle, prepare executive-ready performance materials, maintain the monthly rolling forecast, support the annual budget and long-range planning processes, and provide financial decision support across the business.

The successful candidate will combine strong financial acumen, disciplined attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex financial and operational results into clear business insights. This position has no direct reports and requires a high degree of independence, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director of FP&A to manage the monthly financial reporting and analysis process, ensuring deliverables are complete, accurate, and submitted on schedule.
• Prepare and maintain monthly management reporting and analysis materials, including actual results, budget and forecast comparisons, key performance indicators, business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Own and update the monthly rolling forecast in collaboration with Finance and business stakeholders, incorporating current trends, operational inputs, and changes in business assumptions.
• Own balance sheet forecasting, including key working capital and other balance sheet drivers, ensuring assumptions are aligned with the income statement and cash flow outlook.
• Own cash flow forecasting, including the development and maintenance of a detailed 13-week cash flow forecast, providing visibility into liquidity, timing, risks, and opportunities.
• Manage monthly spend reporting and forecasting by partnering with cost center owners to analyze actuals, explain variances, update outlooks, and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Lead capital expenditure review and forecasting, including evaluation of planned investments, tracking of actual spend and commitments, assessment of timing and business assumptions, and reporting of variances against plan.
• Support the annual budgeting and long-range planning processes, including model development, assumption gathering, scenario analysis, consolidation, and presentation materials.
• Develop clear financial commentary that explains performance drivers and highlights actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Partner with Accounting to validate monthly actuals, investigate unusual results, and ensure consistency between management reporting and financial statements.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, Accounting, and other functions to align financial assumptions with business plans and operational expectations.
• Maintain strong controls, documentation, and review procedures to ensure a high level of accuracy and consistency across FP&A deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and reporting enhancements that increase efficiency and improve decision-making.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and special projects requested by the Director of FP&A and executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Typically 6–10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to work efficiently with large and complex data sets.
• Strong PowerPoint and executive presentation skills.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP, EPM, business intelligence, or financial reporting systems.
• Experience preparing executive‑level financial presentations and communicating financial results to non‑finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage recurring monthly deliverables and multiple priorities with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as a senior individual contributor while collaborating effectively across functions and levels of the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree or professional certification.
• Experience supporting senior leadership, executive management, Board‑level reporting, lenders, or investors.
• Experience in a private‑equity‑backed, manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or multi‑entity environment.
• Experience with Power BI or other data visualization platforms.
• Experience with planning and FP&A systems such as Planful, Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, HFM/Hyperion, or similar platforms.
• Experience improving or automating FP&A processes, models, and reporting.
• Prior experience in a fast‑paced, multi‑entity, or growth‑oriented environment.

KiddeFenwal, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or other protected