Lead FP&A activities for assigned business areas including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, management reporting, KPI dashboards, scenario analysis, and decision support. Partner with business leaders, Accounting, IT, and operations to drive resource allocation, improve processes, and automate reporting to support strategic and operational decisions.
Blue Mantis is looking to hire a Financial Planning & Analysis manager (FP&A) to support our financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, management reporting, and decision-support processes. The role translates financial and operating data into clear insights, partners with leaders across the business, and helps drive profitable growth, accountability, and effective resource allocation.
Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, this position owns core planning and reporting activities for assigned business areas. The successful candidate combines strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities with practical business judgment, clear communication, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, this position owns core planning and reporting activities for assigned business areas. The successful candidate combines strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities with practical business judgment, clear communication, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting
- Lead monthly forecasting and annual budgeting activities for assigned business units or functional areas.
- Develop and maintain integrated models for revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, headcount, adn EBITDA.
- Partner with business leaders to identify and quantify risks, opportunities, trends, and key planning assumptions.
- Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate strategic and operational alternatives.
- Maintain disciplined forecast documentation, version control, and alignment with approved company targets.
Financial Analysis, & Management Reporting
- Prepare timely monthly management reporting packages, KPI dashboards, and executive-ready financial commentary.
- Analyze performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and other relevant benchmarks; clearly explain key drivers and implications.
- Evaluate revenue growth, gross margin, utilization, backlog, pipeline, bookings, operating leverage, and other business-specific performance indicators.
- Convert complex financial and operational information into concise recommendations for leadership.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close and reporting activities in partnership with Accounting.
Business Partnership & Decision Support
- Serve as a trusted finance partner to leaders across Managed Services, Professional Services, Staff Augmentation, CSP, Sales, Operations, and Corporate Functions, as assigned.
- Support investment, hiring, capacity, and resource-allocation decisions with fact-based financial analysis.
- Develop business cases for new offerings, strategic initiatives, partnerships, and operational investments.
- Participate in business reviews and leadership discussions, presenting conclusions, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Collaborate with Accounting and operational teams to improve the accuracy and consistency of financial and operating data.
Process Improvement, Systems & Data
- Improve FP&A processes, calendars, templates, models, controls, and reporting standards.
- Partner with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to enhance data quality, reporting automation, and system integration.
- Use Excel, ERP, CRM, planning, and automation tools to improve insight, speed, scalability, and repeatability.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Ten or more years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and management reporting.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with ERP and reporting systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
Preferred
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or another relevant advanced degree or professional certification.
- Experience in IT services, managed services, professional services, cloud, SaaS, or technology environments.
- Experience with NetSuite, CRM platforms, and enterprise planning tools.
- Experience in a private equity-backed or multi-business-line organization.
- Prior experience leading, coaching, or reviewing the work of finance professionals.
About
Blue Mantis is a leading strategic digital technology services provider with a 30+ year history of successfully helping clients achieve business modernization by applying next-generation technologies including managed services, cybersecurity and cloud. Headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the company provides digital technology services and strategic guidance to ensure clients quickly adapt and grow through automation and innovation. Blue Mantis partners with more than 1,200 leading mid-market and enterprise organizations in a multitude of vertical industries and is backed by leading private equity firm Recognize.
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