We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic FP&A / M&A Manager to lead financial planning, forecasting, corporate development, and transaction support activities. This role is ideal for a finance professional who combines strong operational finance expertise with experience evaluating acquisitions, conducting financial due diligence, and supporting executive-level strategic decisions.

Reporting to the VP of Finance, the FP&A / M&A Manager will play a key role in driving financial performance, identifying growth opportunities, and executing mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead the annual budgeting, long-range planning, and monthly forecasting processes.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packages for executive leadership.
• Analyze financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with business leaders to develop actionable recommendations that drive revenue growth, profitability, and cash flow improvements.
• Support Board, investor, and executive presentations with meaningful financial insights.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year results.
• Improve and automate financial reporting tools, dashboards, and planning processes.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Support acquisition strategy through target identification, financial analysis, and valuation modeling.
• Perform detailed financial modeling, including DCF, comparable company analysis, precedent transactions, ROI, and accretion/dilution analyses.
• Coordinate financial due diligence and work with external advisors, investment bankers, auditors, and legal counsel.
• Evaluate acquisition opportunities, strategic partnerships, and divestiture transactions.
• Develop investment memorandums and executive-level presentations supporting transaction recommendations.
• Assist with post-merger integration planning, synergy tracking, and performance measurement.
• Monitor industry trends, market activity, and competitive intelligence to support growth strategy.

Strategic Finance

• Serve as a trusted business partner to executive leadership.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to evaluate strategic alternatives.
• Support capital allocation decisions and business case development.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives including market expansion, product launches, and organizational investments.

Compensation range: $140-160k

Local Phoenix area candidates only.