Senior Finance Manager

Job Purpose

The Sr. FP&A Manager is responsible for leading the financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis activities for NIS. This role owns the NIS annual budget and monthly forecast processes, oversees the monthly Line of Business (LOB) finance reporting package, and delivers financial analysis and insights to support business decision-making.

The Sr. FP&A Manager will indirectly lead and support team of Financial Analysts while partnering closely with finance and business leadership. The role operates within a complex financial environment involving multiple legal entities, ERP systems, and data sources and requires the ability to consolidate financial information into accurate, consistent, and actionable management reporting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Reporting

• Own and lead the NIS annual budgeting and monthly forecast process, including development of timelines, coordination of inputs, consolidation, financial analysis, and management reviews.
• Own the preparation and coordination of the monthly LOB finance reporting packages
• Partner with business and finance leaders to develop, understand, and challenge forecast assumptions.
• Analyze performance against budget, prior forecast, and prior year and clearly communicate significant variances.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, complete, timely, and supported by meaningful financial commentary.
• Identify and communicate key business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Drive consistency, accuracy, and continuous improvement across budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve financial visibility, forecast accuracy, and accountability.
• Support initiatives focused on profitability, cost management, operational performance, and business growth.
• Champion appropriate adoption of AI-enabled tools within the FP&A team while maintaining appropriate review and validation of financial outputs.
• Support enhancements to financial reporting, planning tools, data processes, and management reporting.

Indirect Leadership

• Support and coach a team of Financial Analysts.
• Review forecasts, reporting packages, financial models, and analyses for accuracy, completeness, and quality.
• Work with finance management to develop the team's capabilities in financial analysis, business partnership, communication, financial systems, and emerging technologies.
• Effectively prioritize and allocate workload to meet recurring reporting, forecasting, and business-support requirements.
• Foster a culture of proactive communication, continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading, managing, and developing finance professionals (a plus but not required).
• Strong experience with annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial planning.
• Experience working in a complex financial environment involving multiple legal entities and ERP systems.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, including the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business insights.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with financial planning, ERP, and reporting technologies.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to improve analysis, reporting, automation, or productivity is preferred.
• Experience with SAP and/or OneStream is a plus, but not required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate financial results to senior business and finance leaders.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to financial accuracy and data integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables in a deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Finance, Accounting, Operations, and other business functions.

• Advanced Financial Modeling & Scenario Analysis
• Variance & Trend Analysis
• Business Partnership
• Indirect People Leadership & Development
• Process Improvement & Automation
• Executive Communication
• Accountability & Results Orientation

• Improved forecast accuracy and reduced variance
• Effective ownership of planning cycle
• High-quality management reporting
• Team development and accountability
• Reduced reporting cycle times