Manager, FP&A

CSP; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CSP is seeking an experienced Manager, FP&A to own the enterprise planning process, manage forecasts, and deliver insights to executives. The role combines budgeting, financial modeling and leadership across functions to improve margin clarity and decision support.

You will produce board-ready materials, manage P&L/cash/EBITDA forecasts, and analyze program profitability with a view to optimizing enterprise performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5-7 years FP&A, corporate finance or related planning experience.
• Experience leading and developing teams, and forecasting processes.
• Proven ability to synthesize data into executive-ready presentations.
• Advanced Excel/financial modeling; familiarity with FP&A systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the Annual Operating Plan across functions.
• Manage rolling forecast package and assumptions; keep forecasts current.
• Prepare Monthly Financial Performance Deck for enterprise leadership.
• Build Enterprise Bridges for P&L, cash, and EBITDA reconciliations.
• Develop high-level cash forecasts with Treasury for liquidity planning.
• Prepare Board-level slides with non-GAAP narratives for ELT/Board.
• Analyze program profitability and revenue drivers across the portfolio.
• Lead enterprise revenue forecasting at part and program levels.

Skills

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Executive presentations

Team leadership

Advanced Excel

FP&A systems

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA/CFA progress

Tools

Hyperion

Anaplan

Adaptive Insights

Job description

CSP is the industry leader in the formulation and molding of lightweight, advanced composite components for the transportation industries. As an innovative, full-service Tier One supplier, we offer an entrepreneurial environment where you’re only limited by your own imagination. In addition to our team-focused environment, we provide industry-leading benefits, called BENEfits4U. Our comprehensive offering includes: affordable medical, dental, and vision care; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; 401k with company match and much, much more.

Job Description

Enterprise Financial Planning & Reporting

• Own and deliver the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) book, coordinating inputs across functions to build an accurate, enterprise-wide budget.
• Manage the rolling forecast package and underlying assumptions, ensuring forecasts stay current with business conditions.
• Prepare the Monthly Financial Performance Deck summarizing results against plan and prior forecasts for enterprise leadership.
• Build and maintain Enterprise Financial Bridges reconciling actuals, budget, and forecast across P&L, cash, and EBITDA.
• Develop high-level cash forecasts in partnership with Treasury (who owns execution) to support enterprise liquidity planning.
• Prepare Board-level financial slides, including non-GAAP narrative, for executive and Board presentations.
• Analyze Part-Level Profitability to identify margin drivers and opportunities across the product portfolio.

Revenue Forecasting & Analysis

• Lead enterprise revenue forecasting, including monthly revenue forecasts at the part and program level.
• Conduct Revenue Bridge Analysis to explain period-over-period movement in revenue by driver.
• Develop Program Lifecycle Revenue Views to track revenue trajectories across program launch, ramp, and wind-down phases.
• Maintain a Risk & Opportunity Dashboard to flag emerging revenue risks and upside opportunities to leadership.
• Prepare the Executive Revenue Summary and related decision-support packages for ELT and Board audiences.
• Perform pipeline-versus-production gap analysis and related ad hoc revenue analyses as needed.

Decision Support & Scenario Planning

• Build and maintain enterprise P&L, cash, and EBITDA forecasts used across planning cycles.
• Develop scenario cases (e.g., OEM volume swings, launch delays, pricing pressure, recovery) to stress-test the financial outlook.
• Produce volume waterfalls and mix analyses to explain variance and inform forecasting assumptions.
Assess the financial impact of program launch timing changes on enterprise revenue and profitability.
• Assemble decision-support packages and management decks that translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for the ELT and Board.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related financial planning role.
• Experience in leading and developing teams
• Strong track record building enterprise-level forecasts, budgets, and financial bridges (P&L, cash, EBITDA).
• Advanced Excel/financial modeling skills; experience with FP&A or EPM systems (e.g., Hyperion, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights).
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data into clear, executive-ready presentations.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and/or Board audiences.
• Preferred MBA or progress toward CPA/CFA.
• Experience in a manufacturing, automotive, or OEM-supplier environment, including program-level revenue analysis.
• Familiarity with scenario planning and risk/opportunity reporting frameworks.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first year, the Manager, FP&A will have established a reliable cadence for enterprise forecasting and revenue reporting, become a trusted analytical partner to enterprise and program leadership, and delivered Board-ready materials that clearly communicate financial performance, risk, and opportunity across the business.

[Company Name] is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you enjoy innovation, and an opportunity to learn and contribute to a growing organization, CSP is the place for you! Being a CSP employee means having the opportunity to see your impact every day. Our work experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our commitment to your success, and most importantly, our people. We are a team of self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy and humble people who make choices according to what is best for the team. We live to collaborate and make a difference.