Position Overview
Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis partners with the Vice President of Strategic Finance, the CFO, and operational leaders in driving financial visibility, operational performance, and long-term value creation.
Cash Forecasting & Lender Reporting
- Develop and maintain the 13-week cash flow forecast, providing visibility into liquidity and funding needs in collaboration with treasury lead
- Support working capital analysis, including AR, inventory, and payables, to improve cash conversion
- Prepare financial analyses supporting lender reporting, covenant compliance calculations, and financing activities as needed
Team Leadership
- Supervise, coach, and develop one direct report (Financial Analyst), with the team expected to evolve as the function grows; review work product for accuracy and quality
- Document FP&A processes and continuously improve tools, templates, and timelines, including integrating AI into planning and reporting workflows
Annual Plan, Quarterly Reforecast & Long-Range Plan (Core of the Role)
- Own and lead the company's annual operating plan end to end, including the planning calendar, assumptions, templates, and coordination with pharmacy site and functional leaders
- Own and lead the quarterly reforecast, updating the full-year outlook for revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, and cash, and explaining changes versus plan
- Own and lead the long-range plan, linking it to Polaris's strategic priorities, growth initiatives, and capital needs
- Build site-level plans and forecasts for each pharmacy and infusion center that roll up to the consolidated plan
- Present the annual plan, quarterly reforecasts, and long-range plan to the VP of Strategic Finance and CFO, and prepare materials for executive and board review
Performance Management & KPI Development
- Maintain enterprise and site-level KPI frameworks and performance metrics
- Prepare monthly budget-vs-actual and forecast variance analysis, explaining drivers of revenue, gross margin, and EBITDA
- Track pharmacy-specific operating metrics such as prescriptions/doses dispensed, revenue and gross profit per script, census/beds served, drug cost and generic utilization, payer mix, and labor productivity
- Partner with Revenue Cycle Management to track cash collections, DSO, and AR aging trends and their impact on forecasts
Executive Reporting & Business Insights
- Prepare the monthly financial reporting package for the VP of Strategic Finance and CFO, including materials that support executive and board-level reporting
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards in partnership with Business Intelligence
- Translate financial data into actionable insights to inform leadership decision-making
- Develop and maintain best-in-class models and processes to enable decision velocity
Strategic Financial Modeling
- Build business case models and financial analyses to support strategic initiatives, joint ventures/partnerships, new customer contracts, and capital allocation decisions
- Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis to assess risks, opportunities, and operational investments, including pharmacy site performance and network optimization
- Track post-investment performance of approved initiatives against their business cases
Mergers & Acquisitions Support
- Support evaluation of acquisition opportunities and strategic partnerships
- Build and maintain financial models including valuation analysis, return modeling, and synergy assessment
- Assemble financial data and analyses in response to diligence and partner information requests
Qualifications / Experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field; MBA or CPA a plus
- 6-8+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or consulting, including at least 2 years leading or mentoring analysts
- Expert-level Excel skills and advanced financial modeling capability
- Strong financial systems knowledge; experience with Sage (e.g., Sage Intacct) or an equivalent ERP strongly preferred; planning/BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Adaptive, Anaplan) a plus
- Strong understanding of three-statement financials, EBITDA drivers, and working capital
- Healthcare services, pharmacy services, or multi-site healthcare experience preferred; familiarity with pharmacy reimbursement (Medicare Part D, Medicaid, PBM, and facility billing) a plus
- Experience supporting private equity-backed or high-growth organizations strongly preferred
- Clear written and verbal communicator who can present findings to senior leaders
- Comfortable using and integrating AI tools in finance (e.g., for forecasting, analysis, report automation, and drafting commentary), with sound judgment to validate AI-generated output and the ability to lead adoption within the team