About the Company Our client is a leading construction company. They are looking for a Manager-FP&A who will be responsible for driving strategic decision-making. You will work in lockstep with the Director of FP&A and collaborate closely with the Division CFO to translate complex data into actionable business stories. Additionally, this role serves as a key bridge to the broader organization, partnering directly with Corporate FP&A and the Investor Relations (IR) teams to fulfill critical quarterly and annual reporting requirements. This is a high-visibility, fast-paced role that requires masterful financial modeling skills, rapid problem-solving abilities, and the confidence to present and defend data-driven insights directly to executive leadership.
Why Work Here - Travel Requirements: 20% travel within the US and Canada.
- Direct exposure to the CFO and senior leadership
- Opportunity to support over 130 P&L leaders across multiple business units.
- Exposure beyond FP&A through collaboration with Tax, M&A, and other finance functions.
- Opportunity to lead reporting transformation through SAP Analytics Cloud and AI-enabled reporting.
- Strong succession planning with a clear path toward a Director-level position.
- Ability to make a meaningful impact in a company undergoing significant financial and reporting transformation.
About the Opportunity - Complex Financial Modeling & Forecasting: Manage and maintain the critical, complex weekly forecasting models in Google Sheets/Excel. Execute intricate multi-hierarchy consolidations and complicated segment/region/market eliminations with flawless accuracy.
- Month-End, Quarter-End Execution: Anchor the heavy month-end close process, consistently delivering under tight deadlines without compromising data integrity.
- Agile Reporting & Data Architecture: Rapidly pivot and restructure reporting frameworks to align with shifting organizational needs. Design, build, and implement comprehensive reporting packages from scratch when legacy tools fall short.
- Analytics and Narrative Building: Look beyond the spreadsheets to find the "true story" behind business results. Constructively challenge and question results by analyzing reports and provide accurate narrative for monthly decks.
- Process Automation via AI & Tech: Proactively leverage AI tools to optimize existing reports, build automated validation checks, eliminate manual redundancies, and accelerate turnaround times.
- Collaborative Leadership and Finance Community: Act as a highly self-motivated individual contributor who remains a deeply committed team player. Willingly step forward to support peers and absorb workload gaps during peak operational periods to ensure overall team success.
- Team Support & Ad-Hoc Reporting: Provide nimble ad-hoc financial analysis and support for the overall FP&A team, contributing heavily to peak month-end reporting cycles.
- Corporate & Investor Relations Support: Act as the primary divisional touchpoint for Corporate FP&A and IR. Deliver rigorous financial data, variance analyses, and strategic commentary to support quarterly earnings releases, annual reports, and external stakeholder requirements.
- Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviours
About You - Education: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred. Field of study in Business preferred, with an emphasis in Accounting, Economics, and/or Finance.
- Required Work Experience: 5–7 years of experience in accounting or finance. Proven progressive experience in corporate FP&A, ideally within a complex matrixed environment (manufacturing, distribution, or building materials sectors are a strong asset). Experience supporting public company reporting cycles, corporate consolidations, or Investor Relations deliverables is highly valued.
- Required Training/Certifications: Professional designation (CPA, CFA) is highly preferred.
- Required Technical Skills: Expert-level Excel & Google Sheets proficiency with complex formulas, nested logic, multi-tiered data arrays, and heavy data sets. Strong experience with SAP is highly preferred, and direct experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is a major advantage. In lieu of SAC, a proven track record of creating robust reporting packages completely from scratch in any business reporting tool is required. Demonstrated experience utilizing modern AI tools to streamline reporting workflows, build error-checking mechanisms, and optimize data processing.
Salary Range $135,000 - $145,000/year
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
