Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
newmans ownHartford (CT)
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Posted 5 days ago
newmans ownHartford (CT)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Newman’s Own® – the brand of great-tasting food made with great ingredients – has a greater purpose: helping kids in need. Our delicious, high-quality food and beverage products include salad dressings, frozen pizzas, cookies, pasta sauces, salsas, refrigerated lemonades, popcorn and olive oil – as well as dog treats. Newman’s Own Foundation uses 100% of the profits and royalties it receives from the sale of these products to help kids in need. Learn .
Job Summary:
The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is responsible for the execution backbone of the company’s FP&A function. This role owns the analytical engine that enables effective decision making by delivering accurate forecasts, detailed financial models, timely reporting, and clear variance analysis across the P&L.The Manager partners daily with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Accounting to ensure data integrity, analytical depth, and reliable insight. In a lean FP&A structure, this role is critical to maintaining financial control, visibility, and throughput—allowing the Director, FP&A to focus on enterprise decision support and strategic leadership. This role requires working in our Westport, CT office four days per week, Monday through Thursday. Candidates should apply only if they are able to meet this in-office requirement.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Execution
- Produce monthly forecasts, annual budget inputs, and rolling outlooks across revenue, trade, gross margin, operating expenses, and Profit
- Maintain and update driver-based planning models to reflect current business conditions and assumptions
- Consolidate cross functional inputs into accurate, timely financial forecasts
- Reporting & Variance Analysis
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly management reporting packages, dashboards, and board materials
- Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior year, clearly identifying volume, price, mix, trade, cost, and expense drivers
- Support Accounting during the close process to ensure consistency between financial results and management reporting
- Commercial, Cost & Profitability Analysis
- Support Sales with detailed analysis of customer, category, brand, and SKU level profitability
- Support Sales with trade spend analysis, promotional performance reviews, and customer investment visibility
- Support Supply Chain and Operations with cost of goods, freight, inventory, PPV, and productivity analysis
- Lead the assessment of return on marketing investments, trade spending, and productivity initiatives
- Cross Functional Business Support
- Partner daily with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Accounting to support forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis
- Translate financial data into clear insights for non-financial stakeholders
- Recommend and implement process improvements
- Data Integrity, Systems & Process Improvement
- Ensure integrity and accuracy of FP&A data, assumptions, and reporting outputs
- Continuously improve planning models, reporting tools, and analytical workflows to increase speed and reduce rework
- Support automation and system enhancements where applicable
- Special Projects & Execution
- Support the FP&A Director and CFO in ad hoc analysis
- Own assigned analytical workstreams and special projects from start to finish
- Balance recurring deliverables with ad hoc analysis in a fast-paced environment
- Qualifications & SkillsBA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics 5-7 years prior related experience in FP&A within the CPG industry
- Supply Chain Finance and Sales Finance Experience preferred
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel and business intelligence tools Experience in enterprise resource planning or manufacturing resource planning systems Excellent organizational skills, strong bias for action, ability to prioritize tasks and attention to detail Strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience working as a business partner in a collaborative environment Superior analytical and problem-solving skills Continuous improvement mindset
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