FP&A Manager

We are looking for an FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for a growing manufacturing business in Houston, Texas. This role combines hands-on model development with business partnership across plant operations and leadership, turning financial data into practical guidance for decision-making. The position also oversees an offshore analyst team while improving reporting quality, cash visibility, and margin insights across jobs, products, and facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full planning cycle by developing the annual budget, refreshing forecasts throughout the year, and preparing financial outlooks for leadership review.
• Create and maintain a 13-week cash projection that supports near-term planning, partnering with accounting and leadership to reflect expected inflows, outflows, and funding needs.
• Prepare monthly management reporting that explains performance trends, highlights meaningful variances, and outlines recommended actions.
• Build detailed financial models for capital expenditures, facility investments, and other strategic initiatives to support sound business decisions.
• Track approved project spending against budget, identify potential overruns early, and communicate risks before costs escalate.
• Guide the offshore analyst team by setting priorities, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring work is completed accurately and on schedule.
• Partner with operations, estimating, sales, and business excellence teams to expand profitability reporting at the job, product, customer, and plant levels as data quality improves.
• Improve finance processes by reducing manual reporting effort and introducing more efficient, automated approaches where possible.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related financial planning role.
• Strong capability in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience supporting cash flow planning and building short-term and long-range financial projections.
• Background working in a manufacturing or operationally intensive environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to build and maintain complex models independently.
• Ability to translate financial results into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with both finance and operational teams in a fast-paced setting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities independently while maintaining accuracy and responsiveness.