Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

The role

You will serve as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership by translating operating data into actionable choices. You will own the company's planning, reporting, and performance-management architecture, including annual operating plans and rolling forecasts.

What you will do

• Lead the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasting cycles, and long-range financial planning process.
• Partner with functional leaders to translate priorities into headcount plans, budgets, and investment cases.
• Develop and maintain driver-based forecasts for revenue, margin, expenses, headcount, and cash flow.
• Establish variance-analysis routines to connect financial performance to operational drivers.
• Build and oversee sophisticated financial models for scenario planning, pricing, and M&A evaluation.
• Design and improve consolidated KPI dashboards and performance reporting.
• Prepare and lead monthly and quarterly business reviews.
• Synthesize complex datasets into narratives for senior leadership and the Board.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives such as pricing strategy and cost transformation.
• Mentor and develop analysts and emerging finance talent.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related analytical field
• 7 to 10 + years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, financial operations, investment banking, private equity, or public accounting
• Demonstrated experience leading annual planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and executive performance reporting
• Expert-level Excel and financial-modeling capabilities
• Strong command of integrated three-statement modeling, DCF and ROI analysis, scenario planning, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Experience with ERP and CPM platforms such as NetSuite, Planful, Anaplan, or comparable systems
• Ability to translate strategy into financial drivers and analysis into recommendations
• Executive presence and communication skills
• Ability to influence and build partnerships across the business
• Experience with PowerPoint and data-visualization or storytelling tools such as ThinkCell, Lucidchart, Tableau, or comparable platforms

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced coursework
• Understanding of database structures and planning-model design is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Unlimited PTO
• A purpose-driven career

About the company

BusPatrol is a technology company that uses AI, machine learning, and telematics to provide school bus stop-arm technology solutions. The company serves over 350 school districts to protect students and improve public safety.