Senior FP&A Manager: Strategic Financial Planning

Mission Produce®; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Produce, a global leader in fresh produce, seeks a Senior Manager of FP&A to drive budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and strategic financial analysis across the enterprise. You will partner with leadership to align forecasts, develop financial models, and implement improvements to planning systems.

The role requires a strong accounting background, 7+ years FP&A experience, and collaboration with international teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of FP&A, accounting, or related experience; agricultural industry experience a plus.
• Candidate must be highly analytical and a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong accounting and experience working with multi-entity frameworks.
• Strong self-starter, independent thinker, detail oriented, and highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to various levels of the Finance department as well as senior leadership across functional areas.
• Proven track record of meeting deadlines and taking initiative to make confident and well-informed decisions.
• High proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint; experience with FP&A systems a plus.
• Fluent in Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• Play a key role in developing the annual capital budget in partnership with business leaders across the organization and provide monthly updates on variances to plan.
• Prepare and distribute financial reports and analysis of performance to key functional leaders with identification of issues/trends to provide actionable insights to management.
• Work closely with international finance & accounting teams to integrate local forecasts to corporate models to ensure alignment in expected projections.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives and operational decision-making.
• Responsible for preparation of recurring internal management reporting and effectively communicating underlying assumptions, trends, and results to management.
• Partner with global cross-functional teams to analyze changes in cost structures to effectively communicate findings to senior management.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes in collaboration with the accounting team.
• Play a key role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of an enterprise-wide FP&A planning system.
• Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, tools, and reporting systems.
• Other projects as directed by management.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial modeling

Multi-entity accounting

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Spanish (bonus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or MBA preferred

Tools

FP&A software

Job description

Mission Produce, a global leader in fresh produce, seeks a Senior Manager of FP&A to drive budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and strategic financial analysis across the enterprise. You will partner with leadership to align forecasts, develop financial models, and implement improvements to planning systems.

The role requires a strong accounting background, 7+ years FP&A experience, and collaboration with international teams.