About the Role
We are seeking a Senior FP&A Manager to join our Finance team and help drive Blueland's next phase of growth. This role will own key components of the company's financial planning and forecasting processes while serving as a strategic financial partner to our DTC, Amazon, Marketing, and Operations teams. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building financial frameworks in a fast-paced environment, asking the right questions, surfacing business insights through analytics, and helping cross-functional teams make smarter, data-driven decisions. You'll partner closely with business leaders to evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions, and influence decisions that drive profitable, sustainable growth. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving business performance through data analysis and strategic financial planning.
This role requires strong business acumen and analytical capabilities, the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, exceptional financial modeling skills and attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex financial concepts in a simple, actionable way. This role reports to the VP of Finance.
Responsibilities
Own and consistently improve the company forecasting models, providing sensitivity analyses, challenging assumptions, and ensuring alignment with business goals.
Report on monthly financial results and forecasts, including variance analyses, key business trends, and actionable insights for the leadership team.
Develop and continuously improve reporting dashboards that track key performance indicators (KPIs) across financial and operating metrics, and provide regular analysis and communicate important takeaways to cross-functional partners.
Provide strategic financial insights and recommendations that influence executive decision-making and improve business performance.
Work cross-functionally with senior leaders across sales channels and departments to provide financial guidance and ad hoc analyses, ensuring alignment between business strategies and financial objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, helping optimize growth, profitability, and resource allocation.
Partner with cross-functional teams to gather inputs and ensure alignment throughout the annual budgeting and periodic reforecast processes.
Develop business cases and financial analyses to support new product launches, customer investments, marketing initiatives, operational improvements, and other strategic priorities.
Evaluate the financial impact and return on investment of strategic initiatives, helping leadership prioritize investments across the business.
Proactively identify risks and opportunities, recommend actions, and help leadership make timely, informed decisions.
Continuously improve financial planning processes, reporting automation, and decision-support capabilities to build a scalable Finance organization.
Qualifications
6–9 years of experience in Strategic Finance and/or FP&A, including experience in investment banking, management consulting, corporate FP&A, or strategic finance. Experience supporting a high-growth consumer products company is strongly preferred.
Exceptional financial modeling skills with strong attention to detail. Experience with NetSuite, Looker, or similar ERP and BI tools is a plus.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and automation tools to improve financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
Ownership mentality with a demonstrated ability to independently drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution.
Ability to think strategically while navigating ambiguity and balancing short-term execution with long-term priorities.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to tailor complex financial concepts to a wide range of audiences.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through thoughtful analysis, sound judgment, and clear recommendations.
Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to prioritize multiple competing priorities in a high-growth environment.
Practical approach to problem-solving, knowing when to dive deep into data versus make informed decisions using reasonable assumptions and back-of-the-envelope analysis.
Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems with incomplete data or evolving information.
Continuous improvement mindset with a desire to build scalable processes, challenge the status quo, and raise the bar.
Interested in and passionate about the environment, sustainability, and the Blueland mission.
Salary
The salary range for this position is $160,000-175,000 per year.
Skills Required
- 6-9 years of experience in Strategic Finance and/or FP&A, investment banking, management consulting, corporate FP&A, or strategic finance
- Experience supporting a high-growth consumer products company
- Exceptional financial modeling skills with strong attention to detail
- Experience with NetSuite, Looker, or similar ERP and BI tools
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and automation tools to improve financial planning, analysis, and reporting
- Ownership mentality with ability to independently drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution
- Strategic thinking and ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing short-term execution and long-term priorities
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to tailor complex financial concepts
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through analysis, sound judgment, and clear recommendations
- Ability to prioritize multiple competing priorities in a high-growth environment
- Practical problem-solving with incomplete data and ability to make informed decisions using reasonable assumptions
- Continuous improvement mindset and desire to build scalable processes
- Interest in and passion for the environment, sustainability, and the Blueland mission
What We Do
Blueland is revolutionizing conventional cleaning and personal care products to eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging, with our reusable, refillable products. We believe that we should be able to have a clean home without sacrificing a clean planet and that sustainable choices can be convenient, effective and affordable. We are a science-driven company with a pipeline of proprietary products that started with our cleaning sprays and hand soap. To date, we’ve already helped divert more than 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from landfills and waterways. We were the 2nd fastest growing direct-to-consumer in 2020, and have over 350K Instagram followers. We’re proud to be B Corporation Certified, recognized for meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Blueland was featured on the Season 11 premiere of Shark Tank, securing an investment by Kevin O’Leary. Blueland is well-funded by top tier venture capital firms as well as notable investors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Timberlake and founders of Sweetgreen, Thrive Market, Honest Company, Rent the Runway, and Bonobos. We’ve been featured across top tier outlets such as the New York Times, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VOGUE, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and more.
