FP&A Manager US

About this role

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Job Summary

The Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is a mid-level management role responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis activities that support strategic and operational decision‑making. This role manages FP&A professionals, partners closely with business leaders, and delivers insights that drive performance, resource allocation, and profitability. The Manager, FP&A has a direct impact on financial visibility, business outcomes, and long‑term value creation.

Job Description

Role Overview

The Manager, FP&A oversees financial planning and analysis for assigned business units, functions, or programs. The role balances people leadership, analytical rigor, and business partnership to ensure timely, accurate, and actionable financial insights.

This position serves as a trusted advisor to leadership, translating financial data into clear narratives that inform strategy, investment decisions, and operational execution.

The role typically reports to a Director of FP&A, Finance Director, or Senior Finance Leader, depending on organizational structure.

Key Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Team Management
• Lead, coach, and develop FP&A Analysts and Senior Analysts
• Set performance expectations focused on analytical quality, timeliness, and business impact
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching, and development planning
• Manage workload prioritization across planning cycles and ad‑hoc requests
• Support hiring, onboarding, and professional development
• Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
• Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long‑range planning processes
• Partner with business leaders to develop achievable and aligned financial plans
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and discipline in planning assumptions
• Identify risks and opportunities within plans and forecasts
• Performance Analysis & Insight
• Analyze financial performance versus budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Identify key drivers, trends, and variances affecting results
• Translate financial results into clear insights and recommendations
• Support development of performance dashboards and management reporting
• Business Partnership & Decision Support
• Serve as a strategic finance partner to functional or business leaders
• Support resource allocation, investment decisions, and business cases
• Provide scenario modeling and financial analysis for key initiatives
• Influence decisions through data, insight, and financial perspective
• Management Reporting & Communication
• Prepare and review executive‑level financial presentations and materials
• Ensure clear, consistent financial messaging to leadership teams
• Communicate implications of performance, risks, and trade‑offs effectively
• Support board or senior leadership reporting as required
• Process, Systems & Continuous Improvement
• Drive improvements in FP&A processes, tools, and data quality
• Support enhancements to ERP, planning, or reporting systems
• Standardize templates, models, and methodologies
• Improve efficiency and scalability of FP&A deliverables
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Accounting, Cost Accounting, Operations, HR, and Commercial teams
• Ensure alignment between operational plans and financial outcomes
• Support new initiatives, reorganizations, or transformations with financial insight
• Promote a strong connection between strategy, execution, and financial results
• Scope & Impact
• Manages an FP&A team supporting one or more business areas
• Impact is at the business‑unit or enterprise decision‑support level
• Decisions influence resource allocation, profitability, and strategic direction
• Ineffective analysis may lead to poor decision‑making or missed opportunities

Qualifications

• Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required
• MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred depending on role complexity
• Prior experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or business finance required
• People‑management experience preferred
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Strong understanding of financial planning, analysis, and modeling

Proven people‑leadership and stakeholder‑management skills

• Advanced analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capability
• Ability to synthesize complex financial data into actionable insights

Excellent written, verbal, and executive‑level communication skills

• Proficiency with financial systems, spreadsheets, and analytics tools
• Additional Job Details
• Management – M2
• Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct impact on departmental or job family results
• Delivers operational results that have impact on the immediate or short-term results (e.g., less than 1 year) for the department and/or job family group
• Plans and establishes goals and objectives for a team typically comprising of intermediate-level professionals and entry level professionals
• Communication & Influence
• Communicates with parties within and occasionally outside of own department or job family, which may include external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Requires ability to influence others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures
• Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making moderate improvements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of the job area
• Problems are difficult and moderately complex and typically impact multiple departments or job family
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues
• Leadership & Talent Management
• Manages a team typically comprising of intermediate-level professionals and entry level professionals
• Leads, directs and reviews the work of team members in order to accomplish operational plans and results
• Typically has hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval
• Knowledge & Experience
• Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one job area
• Typically has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization
• Typically has a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certification and 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: Open www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeocselfprint_poster.pdf

• Work Shift Schedule
• No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.