- Senior
- Office in Omaha
Scoular is hiring a high‑potential Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to be a key strategic partner to the CFO and Executive Leadership Team. If you enjoy turning complex data into clear choices, driving continuous improvement, and partnering with the business to move the P&L, this is a great opportunity. You’ll own our enterprise planning & forecasting process, elevate decision quality with forward‑looking insights, and help shape the future of our growth.
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this position focuses on the consolidated reporting & operations, driving timelines, completing materials for the Senior Leadership Team, Board of Directors, and external stakeholders. The FP&A manager will analyze key business trends, actual versus plan variances, etc. This position will be a key member of the team responsible for achieving the finance mission of being business partners who proactively create and safeguard stakeholder value.
Delivering Decision-ready Analysis:
- Run Adaptive + Workday for FP&A, by owning the enterprise planning process, including forecasts, budgets, long-range plan (LRP), and driver‑based/scenario modeling.
- Produce timely, forward‑looking analysis that clarifies options, risks, and tradeoffs; translate complexity into concise recommendations for Senior Leadership Team and the Board.
- Build executive reporting packages that tell the story: results vs. plan, drivers, outlook, and required actions.
- Analyze financial data to identify trends, areas of opportunity and variances.
- Pressure‑test strategies (pricing, mix, volumes, costs) and quantify impact to EBITDA, cash flow, and the balance sheet.
- Prepare the financial model and materials for semi‑annual independent stock appraisal of the strategic plan; ensure assumptions are evidence‑based and aligned with strategy.
- Evaluate potential investments and capital deployment opportunities, mergers, acquisitions for strategic growth
- Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting as needed to support decision making
- Identify and lead change management for cost saving measures, growth opportunities and other improvements to increase profitability
Leading Continuous Improvement:
- Standardize methods, calendars, templates, and governance; institute clear handoffs and accountabilities.
- Become an expert in data capture and analytics, blending operational + financial data; partner with IT to improve lineage, quality, and governance.
- Deploy scalable models, standardized KPIs, and self‑service analytics that improve decision quality.
- Build robust, repeatable processes with clear documentation, change control, and audit trails across planning and reporting.
- Lead cross‑functional initiatives to streamline processes, eliminate low‑value work, and uplevel financial acumen enterprise‑wide.
Business Partnering:
- Collaborate with leaders to set business targets, design tactics against those targets, and track execution.
- Define business‑specific KPIs and dashboards; benchmark against peers and industry to surface insights and opportunities.
- Facilitate monthly reviews that focus on drivers, decisions, and next actions.
- Support the CEO, CFO, and SVPs with narratives and materials for SLT, Board, banking partners and external stakeholders.
