Manufacturing FP&A Lead: Budgeting & Forecasting

Tangent; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tangent is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead our financial planning and analysis function in a manufacturing environment. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting cycles and partner with senior finance leadership to drive forward-looking insights.

You will lead a small team of analysts, build driver-based models, and deliver actionable narratives to stakeholders across commercial, operations, and finance functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, CPA, CMA, or CFA a plus).
• 6+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, with budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting; manufacturing/industrial background preferred.
• Strong command of corporate finance, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills with the ability to analyze complex situations and propose effective solutions.
• Excellent decision-making abilities with prioritization and risk management.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills for liaising with stakeholders and presenting to senior leadership.
• Proficiency in ERP-based reporting and BI/visualization tools (Syteline, Epicor, Power BI, Claude) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual budgeting process and recurring forecast cycles with functional leaders to build bottom-up plans and reconcile to targets.
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models for revenue, margin, cost, and capital expenditure.
• Lead variance analysis (actual vs budget vs forecast) and surface operational drivers behind the numbers.
• Produce the monthly management reporting package and build self-service dashboards with actionable narratives for leadership.
• Partner with Commercial on channel margin and product-line profitability analysis.
• Partner with Operations on cost analysis, capacity, and productivity initiatives.
• Assist PMO Office in building business cases and ROI analyses for capital investments and strategic projects.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of analysts; establish repeatable processes, standards, and templates.

Job description

Tangent is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead our financial planning and analysis function in a manufacturing environment. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting cycles and partner with senior finance leadership to drive forward-looking insights.

You will lead a small team of analysts, build driver-based models, and deliver actionable narratives to stakeholders across commercial, operations, and finance functions.