Strategic FP&A Manager: Budgeting, Forecasting & Growth

Carolina Container LLC; High Point, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Carolina Container LLC in High Point, NC, is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling. You will partner with executives to drive profitable growth and provide actionable insights across the organization.

The role focuses on improving financial performance, supporting capital investments, and delivering monthly KPI reports while working closely with production and operations teams. A manufacturing context is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or FPAC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and strategic planning processes.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and long-range forecasts.
• Analyze revenue, margins, labor, overhead, working capital, and profitability trends.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages and KPI dashboards.
• Evaluate capital expenditures, depreciation, and ROI opportunities.
• Partner with leaders to improve financial performance and cost efficiency.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Maintain forecasting accuracy and continuous process improvements.
• Analyze plant and operational performance metrics.
• Support standard costing, inventory analysis, and manufacturing variances.
• Monitor labor, material, freight, and overhead spending.
• Evaluate capacity utilization and productivity initiatives.
• Support capital requests and operational investment decisions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Budgeting

Business partnership

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

MBA/CPA/CMA/FPAC preferred

Tools

ERP systems

BI reporting tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Carolina Container LLC in High Point, NC, is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling. You will partner with executives to drive profitable growth and provide actionable insights across the organization.

The role focuses on improving financial performance, supporting capital investments, and delivering monthly KPI reports while working closely with production and operations teams. A manufacturing context is preferred.