Strategic FP&A Manager: Executive Partner

Talent Development; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

PTO, Personal Days, Sick Time, Sabbatc

403(b) plan options with 6% company 8

Flexible Spending and Health Savings

Unlimited Professional Development

On-site gym

Life insurance and disability coverage

Job summary

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) in Alexandria, VA, is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to strengthen budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision-support capabilities. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance, this role partners with leaders across the organization.

We require 5+ years in FP&A, hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning, advanced Excel, and Board-level reporting experience. Join our hybrid work environment with a strong focus on development and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A, corporate finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning required; experience with Workday preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and management reporting.
• Strong financial analysis and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Experience preparing financial analysis for senior executives; Board-level reporting experience is strongly valued.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with financial planning, ERP, business intelligence, or data-visualization tools.
• Proficiency using AI tools, or a willingness to adopt and learn AI, to improve processes, analysis, automation, and efficiency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across levels and functions.
• Proactive self-starter with intellectual curiosity and the ability to take ownership, work independently, and drive work forward with limited direction.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting process and ongoing forecasting cycles.
• Maintain and improve organization-wide financial forecasts, including revenue, operating expenses, headcount, and cash flow.
• Develop driver-based models and scenario analyses to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities and communicate their potential financial impact.
• Own and continuously improve monthly and quarterly financial and management reporting for the board and executive leadership.
• Work with the accounting team during month-end close and analyze performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, translating key drivers, risks, opportunities, and changes in outlook into clear insights.
• Partner with business leaders on budgets, forecasts, business cases, KPIs, and performance expectations.
• Provide financial insights to support resource allocation, pricing, investments, new products and services, and other growth opportunities.
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Evaluate performance across products, programs, customers, channels, and other relevant business dimensions.
• Play a key role in transforming Finance’s planning, reporting, and systems infrastructure, helping redesign a scalable, efficient FP&A environment.
• Improve the tools, models, processes, and data supporting planning, forecasting, and reporting while increasing automation and reducing manual effort.
• Establish repeatable, well-controlled FP&A processes that can scale as the organization evolves.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Executive reporting

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

ERP systems

BI tools

Data visualization

Job description

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) in Alexandria, VA, is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to strengthen budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision-support capabilities. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance, this role partners with leaders across the organization.

We require 5+ years in FP&A, hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning, advanced Excel, and Board-level reporting experience. Join our hybrid work environment with a strong focus on development and growth.