We are looking for an experienced FP& A Manager to provide interim leadership and analytical support for a Long-term Contract assignment based in Shawnee, Kansas. This role will help maintain steady financial planning, reporting, and performance analysis while the finance team navigates staffing changes, ensuring critical work continues without interruption. The ideal candidate can step into a fast-moving environment, establish an understanding of the business quickly, and deliver clear financial insights along with well-organized process documentation.
Responsibilities:
• Lead monthly financial reporting activities, including analysis of performance trends and explanations of key variances against plan and forecast.
• Prepare consolidated financial views across multiple business areas to support leadership decision-making and overall business visibility.
• Drive recurring forecasting, planning, and management reporting activities while maintaining accuracy and timeliness of deliverables.
• Produce ad hoc financial evaluations that help business leaders assess risks, opportunities, and operational decisions.
• Capture and document core FP& A workflows, dependencies, and procedures to support continuity, training, and future onboarding needs.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing efforts by organizing information from departing team members and translating it into practical reference materials.
• Review existing finance processes and reporting workflows, identify gaps or inefficiencies, and recommend scalable improvements.
• Develop executive-level presentations and reporting packages that translate financial results into concise, actionable business insights.
• Support financial systems usage and reporting enhancements to improve efficiency, consistency, and overall analytical capability.• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in financial planning and analysis roles.
• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build and refine models that support business planning and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to become effective quickly in a new environment with minimal ramp-up time.
• Clear communication skills with experience partnering across finance and operational teams.
• Proven capability in documenting processes, identifying control or workflow risks, and improving finance operations.
• Experience in manufacturing or pharmaceutical environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with enterprise financial systems and management reporting tools; prior exposure to NetSuite or similar platforms is a plus.