Senior FP&A Leader for Manufacturing Growth

Polycor; Bloomington, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Polycor in Bloomington, IN, seeks an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to partner with operations and leadership. This role blends hands-on planning, operational analysis, and team leadership to drive profitability and growth in a manufacturing and distribution setting.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range plans, build driver-based models, and deliver executive-ready reporting.

Qualifications

• 1) Bachelor's degree in Finance and/or Accounting.
• 2) 7-10+ years FP&A, corporate finance, or finance business partner experience.
• 3) Prior people leadership experience.
• 4) Experience with manufacturing, industrial, mining, or building products operations; familiar with standard costing and inventory accounting; KPI analysis.
• 5) Ability to operate in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• 6) Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills.
• 7) Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing senior leaders.
• 8) Ability to challenge assumptions using data.
• 9) Strong executive presentation skills.
• 10) Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency.
• 11) Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Develop driver-based financial models supporting scenario analyses and what-if analyses.
• Perform variance and root-cause analyses and identify risks/opportunities.
• Own BU cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis.
• Prepare executive-level financial reporting and presentations.
• Support monthly business reviews with senior leadership.
• Act as primary finance partner to operations, commercial, and functional leaders.
• Translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, productivity, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Facilitate KPI development and performance management processes.
• Evaluate operational improvement opportunities and oversee implementation tracking.
• Analyze capital investments including ROI, NPV, IRR, payback.
• Support acquisition analysis and integration initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for organic growth through data-driven analysis.
• Serve as finance systems and data SME, drive reporting automation and BI improvements.
• Build and lead FP&A team; establish processes, controls, and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Financial planning

Operational analysis

Advanced Excel

Executive communication

Business partnering

Data-driven analysis

Problem solving

Travel up to 10%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Polycor in Bloomington, IN, seeks an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to partner with operations and leadership. This role blends hands-on planning, operational analysis, and team leadership to drive profitability and growth in a manufacturing and distribution setting.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range plans, build driver-based models, and deliver executive-ready reporting.