Senior Manager, FP&A

Vaco; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A in Midtown Manhattan, with 5+ years in finance and FP&A. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and variance analysis for a global beauty brand, partnering with Supply Chain and senior leadership.

The role combines high-level financial storytelling with hands-on execution, requiring advanced Excel/PowerPoint, NetSuite, and cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid work environment (onsite 3 days, WFH 2 days).

Qualifications

• Finance leadership role requiring budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Experience partnering with supply chain teams and senior leadership.
• Proven ability to drive financial performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for supply chain monthly/quarterly/annual.
• Analyze drivers of month-end variances versus budget/forecast.
• Partner with cross-functional leads to drive value creation initiatives.
• Design and track KPIs to measure performance and improve reporting.
• Lead and mentor finance team members with collaboration and accountability.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Long-range planning

Variance analysis

Financial modeling

NetSuite

NSPB

SmartView

Excel

PowerPoint

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

CPA / CMA / MBA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

MS Office

Job description

Client: Cosmetic/Beauty Brand

Role: Senior Manager, FP&A

Salary: $140,000 - $150,000/annually + Bonus

Location: Midtown, Manhattan - *3 days a week onsite - 2 days WFH*

Role Overview

This role is a finance leader within the FP&A organization, partnering with our Supply Chain team to drive financial performance across our brand portfolio. The position owns budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and variance analysis, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on strategic and operational decisions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for our supply chain organization on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, partnering with regional and functional leaders to monitor global spending.
• Analyze drivers of month-end variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year, driving accountability around cost-saving initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional business leads-commercial, marketing, supply chain, procurement, logistics, and operations-to drive value creation initiatives.
• Design and track KPIs to measure business and supply chain performance, identify trends, and improve financial visibility and reporting tools across the organization.
• Lead and mentor finance team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent professional certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally including FP&A, Supply Chain Finance, or Business Partnering with supply chain teams in a multinational CPG or beauty company.
• Demonstrated experience in month-end close, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, with a track record of driving financial performance improvements.
• Experience with large ERP systems; NetSuite highly preferred. Knowledge of NSPB and SmartView is a plus.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with strong ad-hoc modeling, forecasting, and financial storytelling capabilities.
• Strategic thinker who can dig into the nuts and bolts of reporting and translate findings into recommendations for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; results-driven with high business acumen.
• Comfort providing appropriate challenge, pushback, and feedback; collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with hands-on execution, manage tight deadlines, and work effectively under pressure.

EEO Notice

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.