FP&A Manager

stampedeculinarypartners; Bridgeview (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

HSA/FSA options

Pet insurance

401(k) with employer match

Short-term and long-term disability

Paid time off (PTO)

Floating holidays

Employee discounts

Company bonus program

Additional employee perks

Job summary

Stampede Culinary Partners is looking for an FP&A Manager to join our Finance & Accounting team. This hybrid role leads core budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, performance reporting, KPI analysis, and decision support across a multi-site manufacturing environment.

As FP&A Manager, you'll coordinate annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and scenario analysis while building driver-based financial models that connect operational activity to financial results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive FP&A or related experience.
• Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Ability to link operational activity to income statement and cash flow.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and close-to-report processes.
• Advanced Excel with ERP/BI/analytics tools experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate annual budgets and rolling forecasts for multi-site manufacturing.
• Build driver-based financial models linking operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Prepare executive-ready monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, profitability trends and cost drivers.
• Develop KPI dashboards with historical context and forward-looking visibility.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and leadership to evaluate initiatives and capital decisions.
• Standardize forecasting and reporting processes; explore AI and analytics use.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial modeling

KPI analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Stampede Culinary Partners is looking for an FP&A Manager to join our Finance & Accounting team. If you're a hands-on finance leader who enjoys forecasting, financial modeling, business partnership, and turning data into actionable decisions, this could be a great opportunity for you. This hybrid role leads core budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, performance reporting, KPI analysis, and decision support. You'll partner closely with Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and executive leadership to improve profitability, working capital, forecast accuracy, and accountability across a multi-site manufacturing environment.

WHAT'S THE SCOPE?

This full-time Finance Manager - Inventory Control position offers a competitive salary, annual bonus eligibility, and the opportunity to play a key role in strengthening our accounts receivable operations and financial reporting.

Our team also enjoys excellent benefits, including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA/FSA options
• Pet insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Floating holidays
• Employee discounts
• Company bonus program
• Additional employee perks

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS MATTER

As FP&A Manager, you'll coordinate annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and scenario analysis while building driver-based financial models that connect operational activity to financial results. You'll prepare executive-ready monthly and quarterly reporting, analyze revenue, gross margin, profitability, cost trends, and operational performance, and develop KPI dashboards that provide both historical context and forward-looking visibility.

You'll serve as a finance partner to Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Accounting, and functional leadership, helping evaluate strategic initiatives, pricing actions, capital expenditures, capacity planning, cost actions, and resource priorities. You'll also standardize and automate forecasting and reporting processes, explore practical uses of AI and analytics, document key FP&A processes and controls, and coach analysts or project contributors as assigned.

WHAT'S REQUIRED?

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or operational finance
• Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial modeling
• Ability to build driver-based models and connect operational activity to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow outcomes
• Strong understanding of GAAP financial statements and close-to-report processes
• Advanced Excel skills with experience using ERP, planning, business intelligence, analytics, or reporting tools
• Experience leading projects and influencing cross-functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to present clear, actionable business insights
• Manufacturing or food production experience is strongly preferred. An MBA, CPA, or CMA, along with multi-site, manufacturing cost analysis, profitability, or people-development experience, is also preferred.

ABOUT US

Stampede Culinary Partners is an innovative protein solutions company founded in 1995 and built on a simple principle: customer satisfaction. Our customers include leading restaurants, top retailers, foodservice distributors, home delivery providers, and other emerging markets throughout North America.

Our success is driven by our people and guided by our five core values:

• Perform passionately
• Challenge directly and respectfully
• Commit to teamwork
• Embrace innovation
• Improve daily