Strategic FP&A Manager—Corporate Planning & Reporting

collectorsuniverse; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Collectors Universe is seeking a Manager to join its Corporate Finance & Strategy team. You will own planning processes, forecasting, and board reporting while upgrading planning systems and driving strategic financial insights from the Santa Ana, CA headquarters or remotely from San Francisco, CA.

This hands-on role requires partnering with Accounting and People/HRIS to align headcount planning, budgeting, and forecasting with the company’s growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage the annual operating plan (AOP) cycle and quarterly planning cycles for corporate functions - templates, submissions, iteration with function leaders, and consolidation into the plan
• Support strategic long range planning (LRP) and scenario analysis for growth investments and strategic decisions
• Contribute to the quarterly consolidated forecast - own corporate OpEx and allocation inputs, review consolidated output for accuracy, and draft the accompanying analysis
• Maintain the quarterly pacing model and support consolidated cash flow forecasting, improving both the mechanics and the accuracy over time
• Own your areas of the monthly and quarterly close in partnership with Accounting - variance analysis, close metrics, and the reporting that goes to leadership
• Prepare the analysis and draft narrative behind quarterly board materials, board books, and executive reporting packages
• Build clear, credible materials for an executive audience, with a bias toward over-communication when results diverge from plan
• Own company-wide headcount planning and the headcount approval process, keeping plan, approved requisitions, and actuals reconciled
• Partner with People/HRIS and Talent Acquisition on Workday data integrity, and own the Finance view of headcount used in forecasting and reporting
• Improve the core FP&A processes you own, replacing manual effort with durable process and system design
• Partner with the Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables, providing direction and review on the areas you own
• Help maintain the Finance calendar and hold deliverables to their deadlines across Finance and cross-functional partners
• Serve as primary administrator of Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) - model structure

Job description

Collectors Universe is seeking a Manager to join its Corporate Finance & Strategy team. You will own planning processes, forecasting, and board reporting while upgrading planning systems and driving strategic financial insights from the Santa Ana, CA headquarters or remotely from San Francisco, CA.

This hands-on role requires partnering with Accounting and People/HRIS to align headcount planning, budgeting, and forecasting with the company’s growth initiatives.