What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager position at Oregon Public Broadcasting?
The Opportunity
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is seeking a technically strong and detail‑oriented Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to manage core budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis functions that help ensure the long‑term financial health of the organization. This role plays a critical part in driving OPB’s annual budget process, building and maintaining budgeting templates, administering financial data within the ERP, and delivering accurate, timely financial reporting and analysis to the Senior Leadership Group (SLG) and organizational leadership.
Position Summary
The FP&A Manager is a key partner to the SLG and cost center managers across the organization, providing critical financial insights, variance analysis, and projections that support operational and strategic decision‑making. This role serves as one of OPB’s resident experts on ERP functionality, configuration, and reporting tools, ensuring the system is optimized for budget creation, financial analysis, and organizational transparency. OPB is in the process of modernizing our finance systems and implementing a new ERP, Workday. This role will play an essential part in designing and implementing new systems and tooling for the first 6-12 months of the job.
The OPB Finance team is entering a new era. Not only are we embarking upon a systems modernization project, but we are also expanding our scope from accounting and recordkeeping to serving as a decision-making partner to the rest of the organization through dynamic reporting, modeling, and analysis. The FP&A Manager is a new role for OPB and will be critical to ensuring the success of our vision and strategies across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
25% Budgeting & Financial Planning
- Manage OPB’s organization‑wide budgeting process, including the development of annual budgets, multi‑year financial plans, and periodic forecast updates.
- Build, maintain, and improve budgeting templates, models, and ERP‑based workflow tools to enable accurate and efficient budget creation.
- Input, configure, and validate budget data within the ERP system, ensuring alignment with OPB’s financial structure, reporting hierarchy, and accounting requirements.
- Partner with department leaders to develop accurate forecasts and provide financial insights that support operational decision‑making.
- Prepare and deliver clear budget reports, dashboards, projections, and variance analyses to senior leadership, including SLG, CFO, COO, and CEO.
25% Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Create and maintain financial reporting dashboards in the ERP for cost center managers, ensuring data is accurate, accessible, and intuitive.
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports that support transparency, accountability, and informed decision‑making.
- Conduct detailed variance analysis, identifying key drivers, trends, and operational implications.
- Respond to ad hoc reporting requests from the SLG, CFO, COO, CEO, and Director of Finance, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of information.
25% ERP Systems & Process Optimization
- Serve as one of OPB’s resident experts on ERP functionality, reporting tools, and configuration relevant to budgeting and forecasting.
- Develop and refine ERP‑based reporting structures, dashboards, and templates to enhance financial insight and system usability.
- Partner with the Director of Finance, IT, and system administrators to support system updates, troubleshoot issues, and implement enhancements.
- Maintain strong data integrity by ensuring consistent and accurate financial information throughout the ERP environment.
25% Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with department leaders, the SLG, and operational teams to support resource planning and financialdecision‑making.
- Assist the Director of Finance in presenting financial information to leadership committees and ensuring clarity and accuracy in all reporting materials.
- Support the finance team in fostering a culture of financial stewardship, transparency, and collaborativeproblem‑solving.
Working Conditions
- Primarilyoffice‑basedwith extensive computer use during OPB business hours.
- Hybrid work may be available in accordance with OPB policy.
Supervisory / Leadership Responsibilities
- Leadscross‑functionalandFinance‑ledprojects
- Development, documentation and communication of finance workflows, resources, and training
- Provide FP&A mentorship, guidance, training and coaching to accounting team members, members of the Senior Leadership Group and other cost center managers as needed.
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
- 5 years of progressive experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis.
- Strongproficiencyin budgeting methodologies, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
- Experience with ERP systems, including report creation, configuration, and data validation.
- Demonstrated success creating complex budgeting templates and administering budget workflows.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex financial information and communicate it clearly.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in nonprofit finance, media organizations, or public broadcasting environments.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with dashboard or reporting tools.
- Familiarity with fund accounting and nonprofit budgeting concepts.
- Experience implementing oroptimizingERP financial modules. Workday experience is a plus.
Equity, Inclusion & Organizational Values
- OPB is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, andequitableworkplace. The FP&A Manager is expected to contribute to a respectful and collaborative environment and to approach financial stewardship with integrity, transparency, and accountability.
Additional Information
- Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
- This role is Exempt, Salaried, and Unrepresented role– with an annual salary ranging from $86,000-$110,000 depending on qualifications.
- This position has access to highly sensitive data and therefore must pass a background check.
How to Apply
- Please navigate to OPB's careers page directly, at https://www.opb.org/careers.
- Once you have made it to the job posting via OPB's careers page, click the "Apply" button at the bottom. You will be asked to create an account, upload your resume and any other required materials, andasked a few required position-related questions.Once you click "Submit", you cannot make changes to your application.
- The application period for this position will close at 8:59pm Pacific Time on June 30th, 2026.
Salary : $86,000 - $110,000