Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Spectraforce Technologies; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies in Princeton, NJ is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to lead financial consolidation, forecasting, and performance analysis for the Division and Corporate templates. This role focuses on delivering timely, accurate analyses and executive-ready presentations.

You will oversee quarterly FP&A planning, monthly close, KPI reporting, and scenario analysis, partnering with senior leaders to drive data-driven decisions and strengthen financial governance.

Qualifications

• Requires 9–11 years of diverse financial experience including planning, reporting and analysis.
• Proven ability to partner with Directors, Controllers, and Corporate Finance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead quarterly FP&A planning, consolidation, and forecasting with key business partners.
• Support annual Division Long Range Plan and monthly/quarterly financial integration with IBP.
• Provide financial support to Global Strategic Marketing and Headquarters functions.
• Manage month-end close and deliver timely, accurate P&L, cash flow, and sales analyses for management.
• Oversee financial reporting processes and ensure data integrity, GAAP compliance, and adherence to policies.
• Build and maintain consolidation processes and develop analytical models to project financial impact of initiatives.
• Train the FP&A organization to meet division and corporate requirements.
• May have two indirect reports.

Skills

Financial planning

Financial reporting

Financial analysis

Accounting fundamentals

Cost accounting

Internal controls

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Modeling

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree (MBA/MS) preferred

Job description

Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Location: Princeton, NJ 08540

Duration: 12 Months (possibility of conversion to FTE)

Position Summary:

• The Finance Manager, FP&A, plays a key role in providing critical financial consolidation and analysis to support the Division's decision-making process.
• This position supports all aspects of financial planning and consolidation, P&L review, and other complex financial analyses required to keep the profitable and sustained growth of the business.
• The Finance Manager FP&A provides leadership oversight, coordination, and planning, to execute financial planning processes and ensure the timeliness, accuracy, and integrity of financial information while performing original work related to Division and Corporate templates/schedules.
• This role is also responsible for preparing consolidated analytics to enable informed decision-making by executive staff and quality presentation of financial performance summaries to be shared with senior leaders across the Division and Corporation.

Main responsibilities include:

• Lead the quarterly FP&A planning, consolidation, and forecasting process by ensuring timely review and approval of business assumptions with key constituents to build detailed projection models and translate them into P&L expectations.
• Support the annual preparation of the Division Long Range Plan.
• Support monthly and quarterly financial integration with the Division Integrated Business Planning process, including KPI reporting requirements.
• Provide financial support to the Global Strategic Marketing and Headquarters functions.
• Manage month-end reporting activities to ensure availability of timely, complete, analyzed, and well presented quality P&L, cash flow, and sales for submission to Management and Corporate Finance.
• Shared responsibility for the financial reporting process for the Division, leveraging the shared service resources within the Corporate Financial Services organization.
• Support financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business insights to support the management decision process.
• Prepare financial reports (such as Plans and Rolling LBEs) that meet the timing and quality of presentation requirements, facilitating management review and decision making while ensuring data integrity and compliance with GAAP, companies financial policies and procedures, and client's Code of Conduct.
• Build analytical models that analyze and project the financial impact of business initiatives across the Point of Care Division.
• Establish and maintain an effective, efficient, and well-documented consolidation and financial planning process for the Division and operational functions being supported, including coordination of a planning calendar with key dates and deliverables. This includes to ongoing evaluation of options to streamline, automate and/ or outsource financial consolidation processes.
• In conjunction with the Division Information Systems groups, propose and support the implementation and maintenance of strategic and tactical financial systems development and support plans that ensure a consistent approach to financial data management and processing.
• Provide ongoing FP&A training to the financial organization to ensure that it can meet Division and Corporate requirements.
• This position may have two indirect reports.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree (such as Master's or MBA) is desired

Minimum Qualifications:

• Position requires 9-11 years of diverse financial experience, including financial planning, reporting and analysis, general accounting, cost accounting, and internal control.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization professionally.
• Position involves frequent interface with Directors, Controllers, and Corporate Finance team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and finance principles with the ability to apply this knowledge to support business needs.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Ability to prioritize; strong organizational and planning skills; strong intellectual curiosity.
• Ability and aptitude to provide solutions and contingency plans through the comprehensive review of alternatives.
• Ability to present material to Executive-level management is a plus.
• A proven track record of partnering with various stakeholders to produce and deliver well-synthesized analyses, narratives, and recommendations to diverse audiences, including senior management.
• Must thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic company environment.
• Strong financial modeling skills and business acumen, able to drive projects from start to finish.