Authority Brands Inc. is a leading provider of home services, building brands that support the success of our franchisees, as well as bettering the lives of the homeowners we serve and the people we employ.
Sr. Manager FP&A
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, FP&A reports to the SVP of Finance and leads planning, forecasting, revenue, and performance reporting for Authority Brands' 14 franchise brands and its portfolio of company-owned locations. This role oversees the end-to-end revenue capture process, including royalty, NAF, and technology fee calculations, and leads a team of FP&A analysts who serve as finance owners of their assigned brand P&Ls. The Senior Manager delivers brand revenue and consolidated P&L reporting to the executive team and partners with brand and operations leaders to drive revenue growth, expense discipline, and margin performance.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue Capture & Royalty Calculations
- Oversee the end-to-end revenue capture process across all brands, ensuring royalty, NAF, and technology fee calculations are complete, accurate, and consistent with franchise agreement terms
- Review and validate system-generated revenue outputs against franchisee-reported sales, investigating variances and driving corrective action
- Establish controls and review cadences over royalty billing to support a timely, accurate month-end close and reliable revenue reporting to leadership and the board
- Oversee preparation and validation of financial inputs to Franchise Disclosure Documents, including Item 19 financial performance representations, ensuring accuracy and sufficient substantiation
- Budgeting, Forecasting & Long-Range Planning
- Lead the annual budget, monthly and quarterly forecasts for all brands and company-owned locations, consolidating into the enterprise financial plan
- Analyze trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures, and other key drivers to inform planning assumptions
- Build and maintain financial models and analyses of financial and operational metrics to evaluate and direct business performance
Brand P&L & Expense Management
- Lead and develop a team of FP&A analysts who serve as finance owners and subject matter experts for assigned brand P&Ls
- Partner with brand and operations leaders to drive expense management and margin performance, including oversight of Coupa approvals for brand spend
- Oversee analysis of ancillary revenue stream profitability and identification of costs eligible for recharge to franchisees
- Provide P&L and KPI support for the company-owned location portfolio in partnership with Operational Finance
Performance Reporting
- Produce and oversee reporting on brand revenue performance and consolidated P&L results against budget, forecast, and prior year
- Prepare monthly performance presentations and materials for the executive team, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities
- Maintain financial review templates and lead monthly business review meetings with brand leadership
- Support special financial and business studies and partner with other departments on cross-functional analyses
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred
- 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or corporate finance, including 3+ years of people leadership
- Experience with franchise royalty and fee revenue models strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of consolidated P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Experience presenting financial results and insights to executive leadership
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g., NetSuite, Hyperion, Power BI, or similar)
- Proven ability to partner with and influence brand and operations leaders
- Experience in a multi-brand, multi-entity, or PE-backed environment preferred
We believe our greatest assets are our employees, we offer competitive salaries and a full benefits package to include, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k) and more.
Authority Brands Inc. conducts drug screens and background checks on applicants who accept employment offers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions however we do not sponsor Visa’s at this time.
Authority Brands Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer