Financial Planning Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 95,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Flexible remote options

Job summary

Civic Engagement Corp in Madison, WI is seeking an empathy-led Financial Planning Manager to partner with leadership on accruals, planning, and capital decisions. Bring 6 years of budgeting experience and the drive to grow with the organization.

You’ll ensure GAAP compliance, mentor staff, and own budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses while collaborating across functions. This role offers flexible remote options and a competitive $95,000–$148,000 salary with 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• 6 years of budgeting experience and finance leadership.
• 8+ years owning outcomes with strong instincts.
• Strong discretion with sensitive information and integrity.
• Comfort working with a deeply technical remote team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure GAAP compliance, internal controls, and WI tax regulations.
• Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom.
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy.
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Civic Engagement Corp.
• Spot the duplicate payment before it leaves the account.
• Collaborate across functions to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle.

Skills

GAAP

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Mentoring

Discretion

Remote collaboration

Experience >8y

Job description

We are recruiting an empathy-led Financial Planning Manager to partner with leadership on Accruals, planning, and capital decisions. The shape of it is simple — bring 6 years and Budgeting, take home $95,000 - $148,000, and grow into whatever Civic Engagement Corp builds next.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and WI tax regulations
• Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Civic Engagement Corp
• Spot the duplicate payment before it leaves the account
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy
• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with the rhythms of a deeply technical remote team
• Demonstrated knack for making the solutions-focused feel manageable
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a remote project
• 8+ years that left you with strong instincts and few ilusions
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• 8+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks

Civic Engagement Corp is the steady-handed Madison company that turned a niche finance obsession into something the whole WI now uses. Honest feedback is a gift here, and we try to wrap it kindly before we hand it over.

In return for your Working Capital Management expertise, you'll earn $95,000 - $148,000 along with 401(k) matching and flexible remote options.

Pulled forward to the top of the queue today, so your timing is good.