Corporate FP&A Manager

Job Summary

The Corporate FP&A Manager leads the organization's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis functions, serving as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership and operating stakeholders. This role owns the annual operating budget, rolling forecast, and long-range plan; builds and maintains the financial models that drive decision-making; and delivers clear, actionable insights on performance, risks, and opportunities. The position partners cross-functionally with Accounting, FP&A Business Partners, and business unit leaders to translate financial data into operational decisions that support the organization's long-term financial objectives.

Job Duties

Budgeting, Forecasting & Long-Range Planning

• Lead the annual operating budget and multi-year long-range planning cycle, partnering with department heads to set targets aligned to strategic priorities.
• Own the monthly and quarterly rolling forecast process, including variance analysis against budget, prior forecast, and prior year.
• Build and maintain driver-based revenue, cost, backlog, headcount, capital allocation models that connect operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Develop and run scenario and sensitivity analyses (best/base/worst, pricing, hiring, M&A) to support executive decision-making.

Financial Analysis & Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted finance partner to assigned business units or functions; provide guidance on spend, ROI, and trade-off decisions.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages, board materials, and executive dashboards with concise narratives explaining results.
• Identify and track KPIs and operational metrics that signal business health; proactively flag over- or under-performance and root-cause drivers.
• Support ad hoc cross-functional strategic analyses, including pricing, investment cases, make-vs-buy, capital allocation, business development requests.

Modeling, Tools & Process Improvement

• Design, maintain, and continuously improve the financial models, templates, and planning tools used across FP&A.
• Drive modernization of the FP&A tech stack (e.g., Workiva, OneStream, Oracle/Hyperion, Mosaic, Workday Adaptive, or equivalent EPM platforms) and reporting layers (Power BI, Tableau, Workiva).
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve data quality, and shorten cycle times for close, forecast, and reporting.
• Partner with Accounting on the month-end close to ensure forecast-to-actual alignment and to maintain integrity of the chart of accounts and reporting dimensions.
• Leverage AI and automation tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, streamline reporting, and surface insights faster.

Controls, Compliance & Stakeholder Communication

• Ensure financial plans, forecasts, and analyses comply with internal controls, accounting policies, and audit requirements.
• Prepare and present complex financial information clearly to non-finance audiences, including C-suite and Board-level stakeholders.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive financial and strategic information.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field.
• Preferred: MBA, Master's in Finance, or equivalent advanced degree.

Experience

• Required: At least 6 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a closely related function, with demonstrated ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and executive-level reporting.
• Preferred: Experience in a fast-growth, Aerospace & Defense/Advanced manufacturing industry, or multi-business-unit environment; Experience supporting M&A, diligence, fundraising, or IPO readiness is a plus.

Certifications

• Preferred: CPA, CFA, CGMA, CIMA, FMVA, or equivalent professional certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Technical / Analytical: Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel — including development of financial databooks, complex formulas, pivot tables, and scenario analysis); strong grasp of GAAP, financial statements, and accounting flow; experience with EPM/FP&A platforms (e.g., Workiva, OneStream, Oracle/Hyperion, Mosaic, Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment) and BI/visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Workiva); familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, MS Dynamics, NetSuite, Epicor, Visibility).
• FP&A Craft: Driver-based forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analysis, variance analysis, KPI design, and long-range planning.
• Business Acumen: Ability to connect operational drivers to financial outcomes and translate strategy into financial plans; sound commercial and strategic judgment.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to executive and non-finance audiences.
• Execution: Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Mindset: Proactive, intellectually curious, and continuously-improvement oriented; comfortable with high autonomy and shifting priorities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as assigned, consistent with business needs and applicable law.

While this role is primarily remote, qualified applicants will only be considered if they are within a 50-mile commutable radius of one of Applied A&D's operating facilities as occasional in-office meetings are required.

Due to the nature of our work and applicable U.S. export control laws, this position requires International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) eligibility. Only individuals who qualify as a “U.S. person” as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, refugees, or asylees), unless specified otherwise within job description, are eligible for employment.

Applied Aerospace & Defense (“AA&D”) is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Applicants who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to disability, medical condition, or other protected reason may contact the Human Resources Department. Requests will be reviewed in accordance with applicable law.

Annual salary ranges from $121,400- 159,100. Actual offers are thoughtfully considered and determined by the final candidate’s directly related experience and their geographic location.