Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager
Overall Function:
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager will lead the Meyer Sound’s global financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and decision-support capabilities. This position will serve as a key finance partner to the business units and executive leadership team, helping translate business strategy into financial plans, resource allocation decisions, and measurable operating outcomes. The FP&A Manager works with the CFO to lead the development of the company’s long-range financial plans, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, cash-flow forecasting, and executive performance reporting. This role will be responsible for corporate-level financial analysis across a complex, global manufacturing business and will drive greater consistency, speed, rigor, and insight across the organization. This role will also champion the use of AI, automation, and advanced analytics within the finance department to improve forecast accuracy, accelerate reporting cycles, and free capacity for higher-value strategic work. The FP&A Manager is a full-time position exempt position, earning $125K-$190K annually.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Lead annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning activities across the company and its subsidiaries, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities, planning assumptions, and financial objectives
- Drive scenario planning, risk assessment, and sensitivity analysis to support proactive decision-making and effective resource allocation; this work involves complex financial modeling and cross-functional collaboration
- Develop FP&A partnerships across business functions to evolve reporting and visibility into budget variances, KPI frameworks, and performance measures, ensuring that the link between investments and business outcomes is effectively tracked and communicated
- Deliver monthly and quarterly management reporting, providing clear analysis of performance, key business drivers, financial risks, and opportunities
- Ensure profitability management: support the COO and Head of Supply Chain in understanding sources of cost and the overall cost structure; support the new product costing process as needed; and conduct product margin analysis
- Budget, forecast, and track capital investments, and report on percent complete, remaining spend, and any variances
- Build and maintain dimensional financial models (by region, product line, and channel) to evaluate business performance and growth initiatives
- Drive continuous improvement and financial excellence by leading planning and process enhancements, advancing operational effectiveness, and leveraging technology and AI-enabled solutions to improve planning, reporting, and decision support
- Serve as the FP&A team lead during the deployment of a new ERP platform, helping structure financial hierarchies, custom dimensions, and automated reporting workflows
- Work closely with the global accounting team to align on data structures and budget-to-actual tracking, while partnering with operational heads across subsidiaries to capture business drivers
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or financial modeling, working closely with executive leadership and/or CFOs
- Advanced skills in building dynamic, driver-based three-statement and dimensional financial models from scratch, along with experience integrating AI-powered finance/analytics tools to optimize workflows
- Experience analyzing multi-entity or international subsidiary financial performance and multi-currency operations
- Prior involvement in an ERP implementation or financial system enhancement project (e.g., NetSuite, Workday, Adaptive Planning, Anaplan)
- Experience with modern data and analytics platforms, Microsoft Fabric or Power BI preferred
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear and actionable insights
- Ability to collaborate seamlessly with accounting teams while staying focused on strategic finance and decision support
- MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or financial modeling
- Experience working closely with executive leadership and/or CFOs
- Advanced skills building dynamic, driver-based three-statement and dimensional financial models from scratch
- Experience integrating AI-powered finance or analytics tools
- Experience analyzing multi-entity or international subsidiary financial performance and multi-currency operations
- Prior involvement in an ERP implementation or financial system enhancement project
- Experience with modern data and analytics platforms
- Strong executive communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with accounting teams while focusing on strategic finance and decision support
- MBA, CFA, or CPA
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric or Power BI
What We Do
Meyer Sound designs and manufactures professional audio technologies, including self-powered loudspeakers, multichannel audio show-control systems, electroacoustic architecture, and audio analysis tools. Its products serve professional sound reinforcement, fixed installations, and sound recording, with systems also used in touring productions, performance venues, and cinemas. The company emphasizes scientific innovation and quality engineering in its mission to create high-quality sonic experiences for artists, audiences, and audio professionals.
