Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – ZBB Reporting, Power BI, Systems Enablement

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to translate finance needs into scalable Power BI solutions, connecting SAP data, building semantic models, and delivering self-service dashboards for planning, forecasting, and actuals analysis.

You will collaborate with FP&A, ZBB, and stakeholders to define KPIs, automate data pipelines, and leverage AI tools to speed insights and strengthen the reporting backbone.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of experience in FP&A, financial reporting, BI, data analytics, or systems enablement.
• Critical FP&A experience including P&L drivers, planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and monthly reporting.
• Hands-on Power BI programming, modeling, automation, and deployment.
• Experience linking Power BI to SAP finance data including extraction, transformation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Preference for SAP S/4HANA Finance data experience (P&L structures, GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers).
• Experience with enterprise planning/data platforms like Anaplan or Databricks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with FP&A, ZBB, and stakeholders to define reporting needs, KPIs, P&L drivers, and decision requirements.
• Govern KPI definitions, reporting standards, master data, and metric hierarchies across FP&A and ZBB.
• Translate Finance requirements into scalable Power BI models, dashboards, and self-service views for planning, forecasting, actuals analysis, and ZBB reporting.
• Build and maintain Power BI semantic models, measures, dashboards, and visualizations using SAP as a primary data source.
• Design and automate data pipelines, transformations, mappings, reconciliations, and controls across SAP, Power BI, Excel, and related sources.
• Reduce manual work and create repeatable reporting processes to improve reporting speed, quality, and consistency.
• Support monthly performance routines with insights on actuals, forecast changes, variances, risks, opportunities, and business impact.
• Leverage Microsoft Copilot and related AI-enabled automation tools to improve reporting efficiency and accelerate insight generation.
• Establish and maintain the reporting, analytics, and systems backbone for ZBB.
• Transform finance and operational data into decision-ready insights for investment prioritization, resource allocation, benefits realization, and business performance improvement

Skills

Power BI Programming

SAP Data Engineering

Financial Reporting

Variance Analysis

ZBB Resource Allocation

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Excel

Anaplan

Databricks

Job description

• Partner with FP&A, ZBB, and business stakeholders to define reporting needs, KPIs, P&L drivers, and decision requirements
• Govern KPI definitions, reporting standards, master data, and metric hierarchies across FP&A and ZBB
• Translate Finance requirements into scalable Power BI models, dashboards, and self-service views for planning, forecasting, actuals analysis, and ZBB reporting
• Build and maintain Power BI semantic models, measures, dashboards, and visualizations using SAP as a primary data source
• Design and automate data pipelines, transformations, mappings, reconciliations, and controls across SAP, Power BI, Excel, and related sources
• Reduce manual work and create repeatable reporting processes to improve reporting speed, quality, and consistency
• Support monthly performance routines with insights on actuals, forecast changes, variances, risks, opportunities, and business impact
• Leverage Microsoft Copilot and related AI-enabled automation tools to improve reporting efficiency and accelerate insight generation
• Establish and maintain the reporting, analytics, and systems backbone for ZBB
• Transform finance and operational data into decision-ready insights for investment prioritization, resource allocation, benefits realization, and business performance improvement

Requirements

• 6–8+ years of experience in FP&A, financial reporting, BI, data engineering, analytics, or systems enablement
• Critical FP&A experience, including P&L drivers, planning, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and ZBB/resource allocation
• Critical technical experience as a data engineer or BI developer
• Hands-on Power BI programming, modeling, automation, and deployment
• Strong experience connecting Power BI to SAP or SAP-based finance data, including extraction, transformation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate technical topics into business implications
• Preferred: SAP S/4HANA Finance data experience, including P&L structures, GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, vendors, purchase orders, and actuals
• Preferred but not required: Anaplan, Databricks, or other enterprise planning/data platform experience
• Experience supporting finance transformation, enterprise planning, monthly forecasting, ZBB, or benefits and reinvestment reporting

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Power BI modeling, automation, and deployment, with a strong focus on financial reporting, analytics, and data engineering. Capable of transforming finance and operational data into actionable insights for effective decision-making and resource allocation.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Power BI Programming
• SAP Data Engineering
• Financial Reporting
• Variance Analysis
• ZBB Resource Allocation

Hard Skills

• Data Engineering
• Financial Planning
• Forecasting
• KPI Definition
• Data Transformation
• Automation
• Dashboard Development
• Data Reconciliation
• Performance Analysis
• Business Intelligence

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Management

Industry Keywords

• FP&A
• ZBB
• P&L Drivers
• Finance Transformation
• Enterprise Planning

Tools & Technologies

• Power BI
• SAP
• Microsoft Copilot
• Excel
• Anaplan
• Databricks