Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Come join our team at Crest Operations!

With companies located across the United States, Crest Industries is committed to bringing together the best people and the right resources to meet today’s challenges and deliver the innovations of tomorrow. With significant recent growth and company acquisitions, Crest more than ever is a catalyst for change, using a little grit and a lot of determination to drive a forward movement for our customers and our employees.

Crest Industries is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead enterprise financial planning and analysis while directly managing the Budget Analyst and Financial Analyst function. This role oversees and facilitates the annual budgeting process, multi-year financial planning, and recurring forecast cycles, while also overseeing credit analysis, lender reporting support, financial modeling, and ad hoc analysis performed by the Financial Analyst.

Core Responsibilities

FP&A Leadership & Budget Management

- Directly manage and prioritize work for budget analyst covering:

o Coordination of the annual budgeting process across all business units.

o Design and maintenance of budget calendars, templates, assumptions, and governance standards.

o Reforecasting cycles and quarterly budget updates.

o Preparation of consolidated budget and forecast materials for presentation to executive and business unit leadership.

- Partners with business unit leadership to develop operating budgets aligned with strategic and operational plans.

- Challenge assumptions and ensure consistency, accuracy, and accountability across submissions.

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

- Lead quarterly forecasting processes, including multi-year outlooks.

- Develop and maintain consolidated financial models covering income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow impacts.

- Analyze results versus budget and forecast, identifying key drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities.

- Facilitate preparation of executive-level financial dashboards, variance analyses, and presentation materials.

- Support capital planning, liquidity analysis, and scenario modeling in partnership with Treasury.

Management of Financial Analyst Function

- Directly manage and prioritize work for Financial Analyst(s) covering:

o Credit management and customer credit reviews.

o Lender reporting support.

o Long-range and recurring financial models.

o Portfolio, compliance, and recurring financial reporting.

- Review analyst work product for accuracy and executive readiness.

- Set performance expectations, provide coaching, and support professional development.

- Drive process improvements and automation.

Business Partnering & Executive Support

- Act as a finance partner to Director of Finance and business unit leaders.

- Translate complex financial data into actionable insights.

- Support strategic initiatives and ad hoc analysis.

- Participate in executive reviews, budget presentations, and strategic planning discussions

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

- 5 - 7+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience.

- Prior experience managing analysts and developing talent.

- Strong financial modeling and communication skills.

We know how difficult it is to manage change and solve problems. Continuous improvement is hard work. Founded in 1958, we’ve seen our share of struggles. We’ve failed. We’ve learned and we’ve adapted. We will continue to grow and evolve to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs. To do this, there are three forces that we leverage that will not change: Our Solid Foundation, Innovation, and The Right People. When we bring these three forces together, we get a forward movement. Our logo reflects our respect for the past and our legacy but also supports where our industries are going.

THE RIGHT PEOPLE

We hire people who share our values and we put the right people in the right seats, with the skill sets that fit our customers’ challenges and we work hard to develop our people. Our people come to work because it feels like home, no matter where they are from. We place each other above egos because, at Crest, our coworkers are like your family. And like family, we believe in honest and clear communication so that the path towards our customers’ success is a united effort.

Crest Operations is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Crest Operations is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Crest Operations will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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