Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, CPA
Location: Champaign, Illinois (On-site)
Lead Financial Strategy for a Growing Manufacturing Company
Are you a CPA with strong Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience in manufacturing? Do you enjoy partnering with executive leadership to influence business strategy, profitability, and operational performance?
We're seeking an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (FP&A Manager) to join a rapidly growing, private equity-backed manufacturing company in Champaign, Illinois. Reporting directly to the CFO, you'll play a key leadership role driving financial performance, improving operational efficiency, and supporting strategic growth initiatives.
This is a highly visible position with direct exposure to senior leadership, board reporting, and business decision-making.
What You'll Do
- Lead the company's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning process
- Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives and capital investments
- Analyze manufacturing costs, product margins, inventory, labor, and operational performance
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability through cost analysis and financial insights
- Prepare executive, board, and lender reporting packages
- Partner with operations, sales, engineering, and leadership to support business decisions
- Oversee project estimating, pricing analysis, and costing to improve project profitability
- Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) across the business
- Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, forecasting accuracy, and business analytics
Qualifications
- CPA required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 5+ years of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience
- Manufacturing industry experience required
- Strong expertise in manufacturing costing, standard costing, variance analysis, and margin analysis
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills
- Experience partnering with executive leadership and operational teams
- Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills
- Experience with ERP systems and advanced Excel
- Experience working in a private equity (PE)-backed company is a plus
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
- High-impact leadership role reporting directly to the CFO
- Significant visibility with executive leadership and investors
- Opportunity to influence business strategy and company growth
- Broad exposure across finance, operations, pricing, and manufacturing
- Stable, growing manufacturing organization backed by private equity
- Career advancement opportunities as the company continues to expand
Skills Required
- CPA certification
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 5+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience
- Manufacturing industry experience
- Expertise in manufacturing costing, standard costing, variance analysis, and margin analysis
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills
- Experience partnering with executive leadership and operational teams
- Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills
- Experience with ERP systems and advanced Excel
- Experience working in a private equity-backed company
What We Do
Helping your business reach your hiring goals The business world changes constantly. For companies to remain competitive, they need to be more nimble than ever. But identifying and hiring talent is rarely easy. That's where our team of experts come in. Our philosophy Each situation (and company) is unique. One-size-fits-all approaches will never help your business reach its full potential. Custom solutions take advantage of opportunities that your competitors can't. That's what we deliver to you. Our commitment to results When we work with you, we roll up our sleeves and become your business partner. Our success is measured by the success of your company. That's why we invest whatever resources are needed to get and keep your business on the right track. Our experience We know the challenges businesses face today. Our recruiters have years of experience in identifying and intriguing talent. Access to specialized recruiters all over the globe LaBine and Associates is a member of NPA Worldwide, 60+ year old global network of highly specialized recruiters, enabling us to partner with experts to fill your roles. NPAworldwide membership is offered on a selective basis to recruitment firms with a proven track record of both experience and success. Trust, reliability, and integrity are hallmarks of our cooperative environment. • Successful placements made in all industries and occupations on a global basis • Access to a private network of recruiter-sourced candidates on a global basis • Whether you have a specialised local role to fill or need to find talent overseas, NPAworldwide members rely on their network connections to deliver results.
