Senior Manager, FP&A - Strategic Projects

Position Summary

The Sr. Manager, FP&A, Strategic Projects reports directly to the VP, Finance and will partner closely with the Director, FP&A and VP of Finance of the Couplings and Gearing divisions, including additional functional leadership, to identify areas of focus for the business. This role will implement tools and processes to analyze, model and evaluate results for the vision, with a focus on strategic growth.

The position will have particular focus on commercial initiatives inclusive of price realization, backlog analysis, funnel sufficiency, revenue modelling and forecasting. In addition, this position will play a critical role in partnering with the commercial organization in driving growth aligned with the divisions' 3‑year Strategic Plan.

Success in this role requires the ability to cultivate strong relationships across the organization, actively engage with colleagues at every level, and leverage data and analytics to deliver actionable business insights and informed decision support. The ideal candidate will champion improvements, enhance efficiency, and promote harmonization throughout planning, reporting, and financial operations.

• Partner with the Commercial organization on funnel sufficiency and related financial modelling to drive growth and predictability of future performance.
• Responsible for key analyses and recommendations on both short‑term and long‑term strategic initiatives, as well as operational improvement projects.
• Ensuring effective financial management of topline growth, strategic planning, and key priorities as set forth by Division Leadership.
• Collaborate with the Divisional Pricing Team and Product Management to make informed pricing decisions in light of the ever‑changing tariff environment. Use data and analysis to drive informed decision making.
• Work with Product Management and Strategic Marketing in monitoring Annual Improvement Priorities, specifically around Sustained Market Growth in certain key accounts, verticals, and/or geographies.
• Implement financial modelling tools to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Conceptualize, design and iteratively build data‑driven analytical models.
• Drive strategic messaging in recurring monthly / quarterly business reviews with senior leaders.
• Partner with the business leadership to enhance visibility of the current Supply Chain and Materials Management processes and financial reporting practices to drive accountability and execution. Identify and correct data irregularities while proposing and implementing reporting enhancements.
• Partner and connect the supply chain processes with the commercial demand plan to ensure we have optimized inventory levels at all stages in the supply chain.
• Prepare forecasts and analyze trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, profitability and other related areas.
• Support M&A related financial requirements by creating comprehensive ROI models, support the business case creation for capital investments.
• Provide key analyses and recommendations on strategic and other executive projects, inclusive of ROI models and support of business case creation for capital investments.
• Routinely and proactively conduct detailed financial analysis (minimize surprises). Report on root causes, remediation plans, and updated status.
• Drive consistency and continuous improvements in processes, and financial tools across the business.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Advanced degree and/or a CPA is strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant and progressive accounting / finance experience including financial influence and leadership, including previous experience working within manufacturing.
• Ability to identify process or reporting irregularities and collaboratively work to influence and make changes to enhance data availability and/or accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to quickly establish a personal brand within the organization to drive cross‑functional collaboration and influence resources outside one's direct responsibility.
• Strong Excel skills, including Excel modeling…