Position: FP&A Operations Manager
Location: Onsite in Kentwood, MI
Salary: 100,000-115,000

The FP&A Operations Manager Opportunity

We are partnering with a client that is scaling revenue and professionalizing its finance organization. This is a newly created FP&A role with high visibility to executive leadership and ownership.

This individual will build the FP&A function from the ground up, owning forecasting, margin analytics, board‑level reporting, and operational finance support. The role is highly hands‑on and embedded with operations; regular plant‑floor engagement is expected.

This is not a maintenance role. The right candidate is energized by building structure, models, and reporting where little formal FP&A infrastructure exists today.

• Own and maintain a 13‑week rolling P&L forecast, refreshed weekly and used for cash management and lender/sponsor reporting
• Build and maintain customer‑level P&Ls and SKU‑level margin realization analysis, with defensible allocation methodologies
• Provide pricing and quote support, including margin floor enforcement and cost build‑ups for new commercial opportunities
• Lead monthly P&L variance analysis and commentary for executive and board reporting (drivers, not deltas)
• Design and run a bottom‑up annual budget process, including multiple scenarios (base, upside, downside)
• Partner with Operations on capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, and capital investment modeling
• Serve as a thought partner to the Controller, ensuring clean handoff from close to forecast and forward‑looking insights
• Produce sponsor‑ready analysis that stands on its own without heavy translation from leadership

• 5–8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A or operational finance within a manufacturing environment
• Strong preference for experience in contract manufacturing, co‑manufacturing, private label, or B2B industrial manufacturing
• Demonstrated success building driver‑based forecasts and financial models from scratch
• Hands‑on knowledge of standard costing, manufacturing variances, BOMs, labor/overhead absorption, yield, and throughput
• Experience working in or supporting a private‑equity‑backed business strongly preferred
• ERP experience required (NetSuite strongly preferred); plant‑floor data systems a plus
• Advanced Excel required; Power BI, Power Query, SQL, or Python are pluses