Strategic FP&A Manager: AI-Driven Forecasts & Insights

Americhem; Morrisville (Bucks County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Americhem seeks a Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across the global business. The role combines advanced financial modeling with practical business insight, partnering with operations and senior leaders to drive profitable decisions.

The ideal candidate will leverage AI tools responsibly, automate recurring processes, and strengthen decision-support through clear narratives and KPI development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field required; Master’s preferred.
• 4–8 years of progressive FP&A, finance, accounting, or analytical experience, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business analysis.
• Proven ability to build integrated financial models and evaluate pricing, customer opportunities, capital investments, capacity decisions, and other strategic initiatives.
• Manufacturing, industrial, multi-site, or similarly complex operational experience strongly preferred, along with advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and experience with ERP/BI/planning systems such as Hyperion or Power BI.
• Demonstrated success in process improvement, automation, and digitization, with practical and responsible use of modern AI tools in finance workflows.

Responsibilities

• Independently own assigned components of the annual budget, monthly forecast, long-range plan, and scenario planning processes, including data collection, assumptions, analysis, consolidation, and executive-ready communication.
• Build and maintain multi-scenario models and what-if analyses that show the financial impact of changes in volume, price, mix, productivity, labor, material costs, capital, and other operating drivers.
• Own timely and accurate monthly and quarterly performance reporting, highlighting key results, drivers, risks, and actions for business leaders.
• Develop clear performance narratives that explain what happened, why it happened, what is likely to happen next, and what management should do about it.
• Partner with functional leaders to define KPIs, improve driver-based planning, establish accountability, and track corrective actions.
• Assess capital investments, major sales programs, new business opportunities, and strategic initiatives; provide recommendations grounded in returns, risk, cash, and strategic fit.
• Prepare concise, decision-ready materials for FP&A leadership, the CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and other stakeholders.
• Improve the integrity, consistency, and usability of management reporting by aligning definitions, data sources, ownership, and controls.
• Identify and implement practical ways to simplify, standardize, digitize, and automate recurring reporting and analysis using existing tools.
• Use AI responsibly to accelerate analysis, reporting, variance explanations, trend detection, forecasting workflows, documentation, and repetitive finance activities while maintaining human review, confidentiality, and data integrity.
• Maintain a close connection to the operation by partnering with business and functional teams to understand the drivers behind the numbers and validate insights against operating reality.
• Work with the Global FP&A Director to continuously improve FP&A processes, tools, and communication.

Skills

Financial modeling

Budgeting & forecasting

Advanced Excel

Power BI

ERP systems

Hyperion

AI in finance

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

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

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Hyperion

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Americhem seeks a Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across the global business. The role combines advanced financial modeling with practical business insight, partnering with operations and senior leaders to drive profitable decisions.

The ideal candidate will leverage AI tools responsibly, automate recurring processes, and strengthen decision-support through clear narratives and KPI development.