Description
Position Overview
Gentuity is seeking an experienced, highly hands‑on FP&A Manager to lead annual and long‑term strategic financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and business intelligence initiatives across the organization. Reporting directly to the CFO, the FP&A Manager will play a key role in connecting financial and operational performance, strengthening business visibility, and supporting data‑driven decision‑making. The position will work closely with Commercial, Operations, R&D, and senior leadership to translate business activities into actionable financial insights.
The ideal candidate combines strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities with a deep understanding of manufacturing operations and commercial performance. This is a highly visible, individual‑contributor role requiring a proactive professional who can independently build financial models, dashboards, and scalable analytical processes while serving as a trusted business partner in a dynamic, growing medical device company.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), rolling forecasts, and five‑year financial planning processes in close partnership with the CFO and functional leaders.
- Develop, maintain, and regularly update the integrated five‑year financial plan, translating strategic objectives, commercial growth assumptions, product roadmaps, manufacturing capacity, and investment requirements into long‑term financial projections.
- Monitor performance against the five‑year plan, evaluate changes in key assumptions, identify strategic gaps and opportunities, and recommend adjustments to support long‑term objectives.
- Build and maintain integrated financial models covering revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, capital expenditures, cash flow, and key operating assumptions.
- Partner with department leaders to develop budgets, monitor cost‑center performance and spending against approved plans, and evaluate resource requirements.
- Analyze actuals versus budgets and forecasts, explain business drivers, improve forecast accuracy, and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop scenarios, sensitivities, and risk/opportunity assessments to support financial and strategic decisions.
Commercial & Revenue Analytics
- Build driver‑based revenue models linking capital equipment placements, installed base, utilization, procedure volumes, consumables demand, and recurring revenue.
- Analyze unit economics, pricing, product and customer profitability, channel performance, product mix, and geographic trends.
- Partner with Commercial on pipeline assumptions, sales forecasts, distributor economics, commercial agreements, and new market opportunities.
- Translate commercial data into actionable insights on growth, utilization, margins, and commercial effectiveness.
Manufacturing & Operational FP&A
- Serve as a core Finance participant in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, linking demand, production plans, inventory requirements, and financial projections.
- Analyze COGS, gross margin, production efficiency, manufacturing variances, capacity, sourcing alternatives, and operational investments with Operations and the Corporate Controller.
- Partner with the Corporate Controller, Operations, and R&D on new product costing, standard cost development, lifecycle profitability, and cost reduction initiatives, while the Controller retains ownership of cost accounting accuracy and controls.
- Develop short‑and medium‑term cash flow and working capital forecasts incorporating collections, operating expenses, inventory, production plans, and capital expenditures.
Management Reporting & Business Partnership
- Own the analytical components of monthly and quarterly management reporting, including KPIs, budget‑to‑actual variances, forecast updates, performance commentary, and recommendations.
- Partner with the Corporate Controller, who owns financial actuals and accounting integrity, to deliver consistent and reliable management reporting.
- Prepare executive‑ready analyses and presentations for senior leadership, our financial partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Operations, R&D, and other teams to improve financial visibility and support business decisions, while functional owners retain responsibility for source operating data.
Strategic Finance & Business Cases
- Build financial business cases for new products, pricing, commercial initiatives, manufacturing alternatives, and investments using ROI, NPV, IRR, payback, and scenario analysis.
- Support CFO‑led strategic planning, business development, potential acquisitions, and resource allocation decisions.
- Assess product, customer, and channel profitability and identify opportunities for growth, cost savings, and margin improvement.
Systems, Analytics & Automation
- Independently design, build, and maintain dynamic financial models, automated dashboards, and timely KPI reporting tools using fit‑for‑purpose technologies.
- Integrate financial and operational data across systems, establish consistent KPI definitions, validate data reliability, and work with functional owners to resolve inconsistencies.
- Proactively implement practical AI‑enabled analytics and automation to improve forecasting, reporting, insight generation, and process efficiency.
- Support ERP implementations, system integrations, and scalable data and planning infrastructure alongside the CFO and cross‑functional teams.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum 7 years of progressive FP&A, financial planning, or financial analysis experience, including ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
- Strong hands‑on manufacturing experience, including inventory, COGS, gross margin, and production economics.
- Advanced financial modeling capabilities, including integrated multi‑year financial plans, scenario analysis, and investment evaluation.
- Advanced Excel proficiency and strong capabilities in financial systems, data analysis, and business intelligence tools.
- Proven ability to independently develop dashboards, analytical tools, and automated reporting solutions.
- Strong commercial and operational business acumen, excellent communication skills, and experience partnering with senior leadership.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver accurate results under demanding deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the medical device or broader medical technology industry.
- Experience with capital equipment, installed‑base business models, procedure‑driven demand, and recurring consumables revenue.
- Experience with international operations, reporting to a publicly traded parent company, or interaction with global stakeholders.
- Experience supporting S&OP, manufacturing capacity planning, product profitability, and ERP integrations.
- Experience implementing AI‑enabled analytics, automated dashboards, or financial planning automation.
Leadership & Personal Attributes
- Builder Mentality & Ownership: Proactively develops scalable solutions, challenges existing processes constructively, and takes responsibility for results.
- Hands‑on Execution & Business Curiosity: Works directly with data, builds models independently, and seeks to understand commercial and operational drivers.
- Collaboration & Communication: A humble, constructive business partner who builds strong relationships and communicates complex insights clearly.
- Adaptability & Innovation: Resilient under pressure, embraces change, and translates emerging technologies, including AI, into practical improvements.