Strategic Finance | Business Performance | Forecasting & Analytics
The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a senior individual contributor and key finance partner responsible for delivering financial insights, analytics, and decision support across ARS. This highly visible role partners with Finance, Procurement, and business leadership to evaluate performance, identify savings opportunities, strengthen capital-spend analytics, and support strategic and operational decision-making.
The Senior Manager will lead budgeting and forecasting activities, develop financial models and analyses, establish and enhance reporting disciplines in evolving areas of the business, and translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders. The role will support monthly, quarterly and annual executive and investor reporting and projections. This role also requires the ability to communicate financial insights effectively to internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities- Lead company and business-unit financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis.
- Partner with Procurement and business leaders to develop analytics that identify, quantify, and track savings opportunities and financial impact.
- Develop and enhance capital-spend analytics to improve visibility into investment decisions, utilization, and business outcomes (e.g., fleet/vehicle replacement, technology, software, and other major capital investments).
- Build financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate business performance, investment decisions, risks, and key drivers.
- Develop and monitor KPIs that connect financial and operational performance, explain variances versus plan/forecast, and identify opportunities to improve results.
- Deliver executive-level reporting and presentations that clearly communicate financial results, key drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Support monthly and quarterly reporting for executive leadership and external investor stakeholders.
- Partner across Finance and business leadership (including Procurement and divisional FP&A) to provide financial insight and decision support.
- Improve FP&A tools, reporting, data models, and processes to increase accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and insight in areas where disciplines are still maturing.
- Lead through influence across functions and help establish consistent financial and analytical practices without direct people-management responsibility.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience supporting business decision-making
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis skills
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with complex financial and operational data
- Ability to translate analysis into clear, actionable business insights and recommendations
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with ability to influence senior stakeholders and non-finance audiences
- Experience partnering with cross-functional and senior business leaders in a dynamic environment
Preferred:
- MBA, CPA, CMA, CFA, or other relevant advanced finance qualification
- Experience in multi-location, consumer services, or operationally complex environments, with exposure to procurement, cost savings, capital spend, and investment analysis
- Experience working with BI tools and datasets (Power BI) and ERP systems such as JD Edwards; familiarity with Power Query and/or DAX for Excel-based analysis
- Experience supporting executive, board, or private equity reporting
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience supporting business decision-making
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis skills
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with complex financial and operational data
- Ability to translate analysis into clear, actionable business insights and recommendations
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and non-finance audiences
- Experience partnering with cross-functional and senior business leaders in a dynamic environment
- MBA, CPA, CMA, CFA, or other relevant advanced finance qualification
- Experience in multi-location, consumer services, or operationally complex environments, including procurement, cost savings, capital spend, and investment analysis
- Experience with BI tools and datasets such as Power BI and ERP systems such as JD Edwards
- Familiarity with Power Query and/or DAX for Excel-based analysis
- Experience supporting executive, board, or private equity reporting
What We Do
ARS/Rescue Rooter, a leading brand of American Residential Services, provides heating, air conditioning, indoor air quality, plumbing, drain cleaning, and sewer-line services to residential and light-commercial customers through company-owned locations across the United States. Its careers operation describes a nationwide provider with more than 7,000 team members and over 80 locations in 23 states, supporting field trades, branch offices, call centers, and corporate operations.
