Senior FP&A Leader: AI-Driven Forecasting & Growth

ADTRAN, Inc.; Huntsville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Adtran, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks an experienced FP&A leader to own the planning, forecasting, and performance management. You will drive cross-functional partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Management, and HR to align financial plans with strategic goals.

The role emphasizes automating processes, improving forecast accuracy, and enabling data-driven decision-making across global finance teams and board-ready materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or related roles, including 3+ years of people leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing, telecom, technology, or similarly complex product-based business.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, scenario planning, and management reporting.
• Proven track record of building or redesigning finance processes and reducing manual work through automation.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with BI, ERP, and FP&A platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual operating plan, long-range plan, rolling forecasts, scenario analysis, and monthly business performance reviews.
• Develop integrated financial models covering operating expenses, workforce planning, capital expenditures, cash, and key operational drivers.
• Improve forecast accuracy through driver-based planning, clear assumptions, disciplined risk and opportunity tracking, and post-forecast performance reviews.
• Translate business dynamics into concise executive-level insights, recommendations, and decision alternatives.
• Partner with leaders to evaluate investments, product and customer opportunities, cost actions, and resource trade-offs.
• Assess current forecasting, budgeting and reporting workflows; design standardized, scalable processes with clear ownership and controls.
• Automate manual data preparation, forecast consolidation, reporting, and variance analysis using planning and analytics tools.
• Apply agentic AI, generative AI, machine learning to streamline planning activities and accelerate scenario analysis.
• Establish governance, data security and controls for AI-enabled finance processes.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reporting; support executive presentations and audit readiness.

Skills

Leadership

Forecasting

Scenario analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Admin/Math

MBA or professional certification (preferred)

Tools

SAP

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

ERP systems

Job description

Adtran, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks an experienced FP&A leader to own the planning, forecasting, and performance management. You will drive cross-functional partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Management, and HR to align financial plans with strategic goals.

The role emphasizes automating processes, improving forecast accuracy, and enabling data-driven decision-making across global finance teams and board-ready materials.