Senior FP&A Manager – North America
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Job Summary
The Senior FP&A Manager is a high-impact individual contributor and key finance business partner within the Valiantys North America organisation. Reporting into the Head of Finance, with a functional dotted line to the Head of FP&A this role owns the end-to-end financial planning, analysis, and reporting cycle for the North American business while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership – including the CFO, COO, and Regional General Manager.
This is a hands-on, process-ownership role that requires both technical rigour and strong commercial acumen. The Senior FP&A Manager will leverage modern data tools and AI-assisted capabilities to build sophisticated financial models, generate forward-looking insights, and support strategic decision-making across a growing, acquisition-driven business.
Things you’ll be working on:
• Leverage AI-powered tools and advanced analytics to automate model refreshes, identify patterns in large data sets, and enhance the speed and accuracy of financial analysis.
• Develop driver-based models to support revenue, headcount, margin, and cash flow planning in a professional services / consulting context.
• Translate complex data sets into clear, actionable financial insights that enable confident decision-making at all levels of the organisation.
• Monitor Federal vs. Commercial revenue splits and maintain reporting integrity across NOAM business streams.
• Build and maintain utilisation and billability models for NOAM delivery teams, linking headcount and capacity planning directly to margin outcomes.
• Lead rolling forecast refreshes across bookings, headcount, margins, and key cost drivers.
• Conduct deep-dive variance analysis (actuals vs. budget vs. forecast) and articulate key business drivers with clarity and confidence to senior stakeholders.
• Support territory and delivery planning, including sales pipeline inputs, utilisation tracking, backlog management, and margin analysis.
• Provide detailed analysis of cost centres and overheads, monitoring trends and flagging variances proactively.
• Support month-end close in partnership with the accounting team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
3. Business Partnering
• Serve as a finance thought partner to business leaders – challenging assumptions, flagging risks, and identifying growth opportunities with data-driven confidence.
• Act as the lead finance partner to the Regional GM, supporting performance discussions, budget reviews, and commercial decisions.
• Provide commercial support on pipeline analysis, pricing decisions, and deal reviews.
• Partner with functional heads to identify levers for margin improvement, cost optimisation, and cash flow enhancement.
• Support M&A integration analysis as Valiantys continues its acquisition strategy in North America, including financial due diligence inputs and post-merger performance tracking.
• Deliver structured NOAM financial inputs to group FP&A for the monthly management reporting pack and board preread, adhering to group templates, commentary standards, and submission deadlines.
4. Strategic & Ad Hoc Projects
• Build business cases to support strategic investments and other key business decisions, presenting findings clearly to senior leadership.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Valiantys’ financial planning tools, processes, and reporting infrastructure – including ERP (Oracle NetSuite) and BI tool development.
• Apply group data governance and master data policies to ensure accuracy, reliability, and consistency of financial data.
• Deliver ad hoc financial, economic, benchmarking, and competitive analyses as required by senior leadership.
5. Process Standardisation & Transformation
• Contribute to the standardisation of FP&A processes and methods in line with group policies, including adoption of AI-assisted financial analysis workflows.
• Represent the North America region in group-level transformation initiatives, ensuring regional requirements are captured and implemented effectively.
Who you'll be working with:
Internal Partners
Cross-Functional Partners
Do you have what it takes to be our next Senior FP&A Manager
• 7-10 years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally within a professional services, consulting, or technology environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead full-cycle forecast and planning processes end-to-end – including annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning – with minimal oversight.
• Strong financial modelling skills, including advanced Excel, driver-based model development, and scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Comfort engaging with and presenting to C-suite and executive leadership; able to translate complex financial data into clear, concise business narratives and actionable recommendations.
• Proven stakeholder management and influencing skills; able to build credibility and drive alignment across multiple functions and seniority levels without direct authority.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CFA designation an asset.
• Proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle NetSuite preferred) and BI/reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent.
• Experience operating within a matrixed, multinational organisation; exposure to M&A integration or post-merger financial reporting an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities.
• Experience with finance transformation and automation, including adoption of AI-assisted workflows, process redesign, and ERP/BI tool implementation or optimisation.
What We Offer – Employee Perks & Benefits
Comprehensive Health Insurance
401(k) with Company Match
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) – 4 weeks per year, plus public holidays
Flexible remote work policy (North America-based)
A multicultural and international team environment