# FP&A Manager

**Company:** [Activate Talent](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/kHFKsfd3NDgpPnY3GcwgQ2.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote

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## Description

Job Title: FP&A Manager

Job Type: Full-Time Remote

Time Zone: PST time zone

**Overview**  
The FP&A Manager will play a pivotal role in enhancing financial visibility, forecasting accuracy, and strategic decision-making across the organization. This role partners closely with leadership as well as operations, sales, and marketing teams to drive budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis within a fast-paced consumer packaged goods (CPG) environment.

This position is ideal for a hands-on financial professional with strong analytical capabilities, deep experience in large CPG organizations, and advanced systems proficiency.

### **Key Responsibilities**

**Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Modeling**

-   Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
-   Build and maintain financial models to support demand planning, pricing strategies, promotional planning, and new product launches.
-   Improve forecasting accuracy using historical data, trends, and key performance drivers.

**Financial Analysis & Insights**

-   Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and performance against plan.
-   Provide actionable financial insights to Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
-   Deliver dashboards, KPI reporting, and decision-ready analysis to executive leadership.

**Cross-Functional & Strategic Support**

-   Own headcount planning, Opex tracking, and ROI analysis.
-   Support board and investor reporting as needed.
-   Partner with business teams to strengthen financial accountability and drive profitable growth.

**Process & Systems Optimization**

-   Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and reporting capabilities.
-   Leverage ERP and CRM systems (such as Certinia/FinancialForce and Salesforce) to optimize data integrity and financial workflows.

## Requirements

### **Required Qualifications**

-   Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
-   Minimum of 3 years FP&A experience in a large or well-established CPG company.
-   Advanced Excel proficiency (modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas).
-   Hands-on experience with Certinia (FinancialForce), Salesforce, or comparable ERP/CRM systems.
-   Strong understanding of key CPG financial drivers: volume, pricing, trade spend, inventory, and margin dynamics.
-   Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
-   Ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders effectively.
-   Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.