FP&A Manager – #21521

Foster McKay; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster McKay is seeking an FP&A professional in the New York Metro Area for a hybrid role requiring three to six years of experience in finance or related fields. You will own the monthly rolling forecast, support annual budgeting, and partner with business leaders to develop assumptions and run scenarios on pricing and channel mix.

You will analyze gross margin by channel, manage KPI reporting, and prepare materials for leadership.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or investment banking.
• Advanced Excel skills including lookups, pivot tables, dynamic formulas, and Power Query.
• Strong financial fundamentals; understand how the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow connect.
• Analytical judgment; translate operating activity into clear financial insights.
• Clear communication to non-finance partners.
• Ownership mindset; proactive and dependable.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly rolling forecast and support the annual budget process.
• Analyze gross margin by channel and category; consider landed costs, pricing, and markdowns.
• Partner with Merchandising and Planning on sell-through, inventory, and OTB; translate trends into financial implications.
• Own the monthly flash and variance reporting; explain results versus plan, forecast, and prior year.
• Maintain KPI reporting across sales, margin, traffic, conversion, and wholesale performance; prepare leadership materials.
• Build business cases for store openings, wholesale accounts, and other investments; stress-test assumptions.
• Identify and automate manual reporting and forecasting processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

P&L understanding

Data analysis

Pivot tables

Power Query

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field

Tools

Power Query

Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Job description

“The best way to predict the future is to create it”

Planning and forecasting. Own the monthly rolling forecast and support the annual budget process. Maintain and improve the core financial model, support the 13-week cash forecast, and partner with business leaders to develop assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and run scenarios on pricing, markdowns, and channel mix.

Margin and inventory. Analyze gross margin by channel and category, including the impact of landed costs, pricing, and markdowns. Partner with Merchandising and Planning on sell-through, inventory levels, and OTB, translating operating trends into financial implications and actionable insights.

Reporting and analysis. Own the monthly flash and variance reporting, identifying key drivers of performance and explaining results versus plan, forecast, and prior year. Maintain KPI reporting across sales, margin, traffic, conversion, and wholesale performance. Support the preparation of board and leadership materials.

Decision support. Build business cases for store openings, wholesale accounts, and other investments. Pressure-test assumptions, quantify financial trade-offs, and provide clear analysis to support commercial and operating decisions.

Process improvement. Identify and automate manual reporting and forecasting processes, improving accuracy, consistency, and efficiency across Finance. Help develop scalable reporting and analytical tools as the business grows.

What would make me qualified?

What We’re Looking For

• 3-6 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or investment banking. Apparel, retail, or consumer experience is a plus, but not required.
• Advanced Excel skills. You can build financial models others can follow and are comfortable with lookups, pivot tables, dynamic formulas, and Power Query, or eager to master it.
• Strong financial fundamentals. You understand how the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow connect and can translate operating activity into financial results.
• Analytical judgment. You can distinguish meaningful business drivers from noise, challenge assumptions constructively, and turn complex financial information into clear, actionable insights.
• Clear communication. You can explain financial results and business implications to non-finance partners without losing them.
• Ownership mentality. You catch your own mistakes, follow through, anticipate what’s needed, and don’t wait to be told what’s next.
• You take feedback well, act on it, and ask good questions.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.

New York Metro Area-Hybrid (3 Days on Site)