FP&A Manager

Watchfire Signs, LLC.; Danville (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Company Paid Life/ADD

Voluntary Life/ADD

401k with Employer Match

Vacation

Personal Time

Job summary

Watchfire Signs, LLC. is looking for an experienced FP&A Manager to oversee financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis in Danville, Illinois. In this key role, you will partner with the CFO to offer insights on financial performance and operational drivers.

Your responsibilities will include managing the annual budget, preparing detailed management reports, and ensuring alignment of estimating assumptions. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and significant experience in FP&A.

This position offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 to $150,000 USD.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience in FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong financial modeling and Excel skills.
• Experience working with standard costing and operational metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Prepare monthly management reporting with variance analysis.
• Analyze standard costing and inventory trends.

Skills

Financial modeling and Excel skills

Communication of financial insights

Standard costing, inventory, operational metrics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $140,000 USD to $150,000 USD. The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job‑related reasons.

Description

Role Overview

Watchfire is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for a PE‑backed manufacturing business. This role will serve as a key partner to the CFO and senior leadership, providing insight into financial performance, operational drivers, and forward‑looking decision support.

In addition to core FP&A responsibilities, this role will manage the Project Estimation function, ensuring accurate costing, margin visibility, and alignment between estimating, operations, and finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the annual budget, quarterly reforecast, and long‑range planning processes
• Develop rolling forecasts for revenue, EBITDA, capital expenditures, and cash flow
• Partner with operations and sales to understand volume, backlog, pricing, and margin drivers

Management Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reporting with clear variance analysis and insights
• Track and analyze KPIs across manufacturing, gross margin, SG&A, and working capital
• Identify risks and opportunities and provide actionable recommendations

Manufacturing & Costing Focus

• Analyze standard costing, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, and inventory trends
• Support margin improvement initiatives through detailed product, project, and customer analysis
• Ensure financial alignment between estimating assumptions and actual results
• Manage the Project Estimation function, including oversight of estimating accuracy and processes
• Partner with Operations and Sales to ensure estimates reflect true cost structure and capacity realities
• Analyze estimate vs. actual performance and drive continuous improvement in bidding accuracy

PE & Executive Support

• Support CFO with board materials, lender reporting, and PE sponsor requests
• Provide ad hoc analysis related to capital investments, operational initiatives, or M&A activity

Systems & Process Improvement

• Improve FP&A and estimation models, tools, and reporting
• Leverage ERP and financial systems to enhance forecasting accuracy and visibility
• Standardize and automate reporting where possible

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 5–8+ years of experience in FP&A within a manufacturing environment
• Strong financial modeling and Excel skills
• Experience working with standard costing, inventory, and operational metrics
• Ability to communicate financial insights to non‑financial leaders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a PE‑backed or leveraged environment
• Prior experience supporting project‑based or engineered‑to‑order manufacturing
• Medical
• Vision
• Company Paid Life/ADD
• Voluntary Life/ADD
• 401k with Employer Match
• Vacation
• Personal Time

*Watchfire is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

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