C2611 – Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
• Approximately 7+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant responsibility in FP&A, business finance, or decision support; prior people leadership strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, management reporting, financial modeling, and executive-level analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, management accounting, cash flow, profitability, and the connection between operational drivers and financial results.
• Experience with artificial intelligence, including process improvement and automation.
• Experience in manufacturing, food production, consumer products, or another operationally complex environment preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint capabilities; experience with ERP, planning, business intelligence, and data visualization tools.
• Experience improving planning, reporting, or analytics processes through system implementation, automation, or process redesign.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex analysis for senior leaders.
• Strong judgment, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, collaboration, and ability to lead change.

Bama is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

• Lead the annual operating plan, periodic forecasts, long-range planning, and scenario analysis processes across the company.
• Establish clear planning assumptions, calendars, templates, ownership, and review routines to improve accountability and forecast accuracy.
• Consolidate financial and operational inputs into an integrated outlook for revenue, volume, margin, operating expenses, capital, cash flow, and profitability.
• Identify emerging performance gaps, risks, and opportunities; recommend corrective actions and quantify expected financial impact.

• Own monthly and quarterly management reporting, including results versus plan, forecast, and prior periods.
• Analyze key drivers of business performance, including volume, price, mix, material and labor costs, operating efficiency, overhead, capital deployment, and customer/product profitability.
• Develop concise executive and board-level materials that communicate performance, outlook, key assumptions, and decisions required.
• Maintain a consistent set of financial and operational KPIs, definitions, and reporting standards across the enterprise.

• Partner with functional and operating leaders to evaluate strategic initiatives, customer opportunities, pricing decisions, productivity programs, capital requests, and other investments.
• Oversee pricing process and inputs to support sales opportunities.
• Build financial models, business cases, sensitivity analyses, and post-investment reviews to support fact-based decisions.
• Provide constructive challenge to assumptions and recommendations while maintaining strong, collaborative relationships.
• Help leaders connect operational decisions to financial outcomes and translate analysis into practical actions.

• Advance the FP&A reporting and analytical infrastructure, including standardized models, dashboards, driver-based forecasting, and self-service reporting.
• Improve the quality, accessibility, and governance of planning and performance data in partnership with Accounting and Technology.
• Simplify recurring processes, reduce manual effort, and improve cycle time through automation and standardization.
• Lead cross-functional projects that strengthen financial visibility, productivity, and enterprise decision-making.

• Lead, coach, and develop FP&A team members through clear expectations, regular feedback, meaningful development plans, and succession planning.
• Build a culture of ownership, curiosity, accuracy, responsiveness, continuous improvement, and service to internal customers.
• Allocate resources effectively, establish team priorities, and ensure high-quality work is delivered on time.
• Model Bama's mission of "People Helping People Be Successful" and reinforce an inclusive, respectful, and accountable work environment.

• VP Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and executive leadership
• Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Finance Operations
• Operations and facility leadership
• Commercial, Customer, and Pricing teams
• Supply Chain, Procurement, Human Resources, and Technology

• Planning and forecasting processes are timely, disciplined, and decision-oriented.
• Product pricing is accurate, inclusive of all inputs, and protects cash flow.
• Executive reporting clearly explains performance, outlook, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
• Financial models and recommendations are accurate, transparent, and trusted by business leaders.
• Leaders have improved visibility into the operational drivers of revenue, margin, cost, cash flow, and returns.
• FP&A processes become more standardized, automated, scalable, and efficient.
• The FP&A team demonstrates strong capability, engagement, accountability, and business partnership.