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ISACA® (www.isaca.org) champions the global workforce advancing trust in technology. For more than 55 years, ISACA has empowered its community of 195,000+ members with the knowledge, credentials, training and network they need to thrive in fields like information security, governance, assurance, risk management, data privacy and emerging tech. With a presence in more than 195 countries and with more than 230 chapters worldwide, ISACA offers resources tailored to every stage of members’ careers—helping them to thrive in a rapidly changing digital landscape, drive trusted innovation and ensure a more secure digital world. Through the ISACA Foundation, ISACA also expands IT and education career pathways, fostering opportunities to grow the next generation of technology professionals.
Overview
The Sr. FP&A Manager is a strategic finance leader responsible for driving business performance, enabling scalable financial planning, and delivering actionable insights to support organizational growth. This role partners closely with senior leadership across business lines to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and P&L management, ensuring financial outcomes are aligned with strategic objectives.
A key focus of this role is building and enhancing driver-based forecasting models, improving forecasting accuracy, and enabling data-driven decision-making through automation and scalable FP&A processes. The Sr. FP&A Manager will also play a critical role in developing executive-level reporting, analyzing revenue and expense performance, and identifying opportunities to optimize margins and operational efficiency.
This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration and the ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for executive stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring experience in advancing FP&A systems, improving reporting infrastructure, and supporting high-growth or evolving business environments.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Planning & Forecasting Leadership
- Lead enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across profit and cost centers. Develop and maintain driver-based financial models that enhance forecast accuracy, improve visibility into business performance, and proactively identify risks and opportunities. Partner with executive leadership to deliver actionable insights that inform strategic and operational decision-making.
P&L Ownership & Business Performance Management
- Own financial oversight for assigned business areas, including full P&L accountability and monthly business performance reviews with senior leaders. Analyze financial results, key business drivers, and trends (MoM/YoY), translating findings into clear recommendations that drive performance improvement. Evaluate business cases by assessing ROI, total cost of ownership, and strategic alignment; define success metrics; and partner with business and technology leaders to ensure investments deliver expected financial and operational outcomes.
International Revenue Reporting & Insight Delivery
- Lead international revenue reporting and analysis, synthesizing regional and country-level performance into executive-ready insights. Interpret growth trends, variance drivers, and forecast performance to support strategic decision-making across global leadership teams.
Strategic Investment & Capital Allocation Support
- Provide financial oversight for strategic investments, including operating expenses and capital expenditures. Monitor performance against plan, analyze variances, and partner with stakeholders to optimize investment outcomes and realign priorities as needed to maximize financial and operational impact.
FP&A Transformation & Tooling Enhancement
- Lead the ongoing evolution of FP&A capabilities by enhancing automation, reporting infrastructure, and planning systems. Drive improvements in scalability, efficiency, and data transparency across forecasting, reporting, and decision-support processes.
Financial Close & Cross-Functional Finance Partnership
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial results during monthly and annual close processes. Serve as a senior finance leader to strengthen cross-functional alignment, governance, and financial discipline across the organization.
Other Duties
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support to senior leadership, including special projects such as buy vs. build evaluations, partnership and M&A support, one-time scenario and sensitivity analyses, and cross-functional reporting requests. Deliver clear, data-driven insights to support timely and informed business decisions.
Qualifications
Required Field of Study:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
Minimum Years of Experience Required:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial roles with a minimum of 3 years in a senior FP&A, finance manager, or equivalent leadership role
Description of Minimum Experience Required:
- Strong background in:
- Budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Driver-based financial modeling and scenario analysis
- Executive reporting and KPI development
- Variance analysis (revenue, margin, operating expenses)
- Experience working in a matrixed or cross-functional environment, partnering with senior leaders/executives
- Proven track record of improving or scaling FP&A processes, ideally including automation, reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion, etc.)
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including driver-based forecasting and scenario planning.
- Experience with corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) systems and planning processes such as Netsuite, SAP, Workday, etc.
- Advanced Excel and strong data analysis skills; ability to build repeatable reporting/forecast models. Working knowledge of BI tools and SQL is a plus (see Preferred).
- Financial modeling and business case development (TCO/ROI, NPV/IRR, sensitivity analysis)
Preferred Field of Study:
- MBA or Master’s degree preferred
Preferred Years of Experience:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial roles with 5 years in a senior FP&A, finance manager, or equivalent leadership role
Description of Preferred Relevant Experience:
- FP&A/finance systems: CPM/EPM (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Workday, Sage Intact, etc.)
- BI and dashboarding (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker) with ability to communicate insights to executives
- Data fluency: SQL and data modeling concepts; experience automating recurring reporting/forecast processes (e.g., Power Query, scripting, or planning tool automation) and using AI-assisted tools with appropriate validation and controls.
Certification and Licensing Preferred:
Competencies/Skills Required:
- Strategic finance partner who translates enterprise priorities into measurable plans, resource trade-offs, and decision-ready recommendations for leaders across Finance, Technology, Product, and Marketing.
- Skilled in driver-based planning, forecasting, and variance analysis; comfortable building models from ambiguous inputs and documenting assumptions.
- Strong analytics and data fluency (BI and foundational SQL preferred); validates data quality and ensures consistent KPI definitions across stakeholders.
- Process improvement mindset: automates repeatable reporting/planning workflows, improves controls/documentation, and reduces cycle time.
- Strong command of corporate finance fundamentals, unit economics, and investment evaluation (TCO/ROI, NPV/IRR, payback) with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach.
- Systems mindset; experience partnering across ERP/CRM/CPM environments (e.g., Fonteva, Salesforce) and translating business needs into reporting and planning requirements.
- Executive communication and storytelling; synthesizes complex analysis into clear narratives, options, and recommendations for senior leaders.
- Influences without authority and builds strong cross-functional relationships; facilitates alignment on priorities, trade-offs, and accountability.
This role may require onsite presence, with occasional travel to attend company-sponsored events, internal meetings, and professional or industry conferences.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)
ISACA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. ISACA is committed to building an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, age, ancestry, disability, genetic information, citizenship, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, familial status, military discharge status, or any other characteristic or status protected by federal, state, or local law. We support an inclusive workplace where employees excel based on merit, qualifications, experience, and ability.
Posted Salary Range
USD $113,503.00 - USD $170,309.00 /Yr.
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