Manager - FP&A - Reporting & Consolidation

The FP&A Manager (Reporting & Consolidation) role reports to the Senior Director, Finance – Reporting & Consolidation and is a key member of the Corporate Finance leadership team. The position partners with finance and business leaders across all ProAmpac divisions to coordinate enterprise-wide financial processes and drive consistent financial reporting and analysis.

As a key finance leader, this individual is responsible for managing the consolidation of financial results, overseeing financial performance reporting, and leading the company's planning processes, including rolling forecasts and budgeting activities. The role also owns the development and validation of financial bridges, establishes and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs), and provides insightful financial analysis to support executive decision-making, improve business performance, and measure the execution of strategic initiatives.

This position will be onsite/ hybrid out of our Chicago office.

Essential Duties and Tasks

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made, upon request, to ensure individuals with disabilities perform the essential functions.

• Lead the corporate month-end financial consolidation process, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete reporting of enterprise financial results.
• Own the month-end close reporting cadence, coordinating deliverables across business units and corporate finance.
• Develop, define, and validate financial bridges explaining month-over-month, year-over-year, forecast-to-actual performance.
• Perform detailed variance analysis to identify key operational and financial drivers impacting business performance.
• Ensure consistency and integrity of consolidated financial reporting across all reporting entities.
• Lead volume, mix, and price (VMP) analysis to quantify commercial and operational performance drivers.
• Develop and validate price calculations
• Prepare and analyze cost-out reporting, measuring operational productivity initiatives, manufacturing efficiencies, procurement savings, and margin improvement programs.
• Deliver executive-level financial insights and recommendations supporting operational and strategic decisions.
• Review/track synergies savings.
• Support profitability analysis across products, customers, plants, and business segments.
• Manage the enterprise 18-month rolling forecast process, coordinating inputs from finance and operational stakeholders.
• Maintain forecasting assumptions and ensure alignment between financial outlooks and operational plans.
• Interpret and validate financial models to ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency of forecast outputs.
• Continuously improve forecasting methodologies, planning accuracy, and reporting efficiency.
• Lead volume, mix, and price (VMP) analysis to quantify commercial and operational performance drivers.
• Develop and validate price calculations
• Prepare and analyze cost-out reporting, measuring operational productivity initiatives, manufacturing efficiencies, procurement savings, and margin improvement programs.
• Deliver executive-level financial insights and recommendations supporting operational and strategic decisions.
• Review/track synergies savings.
• Support profitability analysis across products, customers, plants, and business segments.
• Manage the enterprise 18-month rolling forecast process, coordinating inputs from finance and operational stakeholders.
• Maintain forecasting assumptions and ensure alignment between financial outlooks and operational plans.
• Interpret and validate financial models to ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency of forecast outputs.
• Continuously improve forecasting methodologies, planning accuracy, and reporting efficiency.
• Own enterprise financial data validation processes to ensure completeness, consistency, and reliability of reported information.
• Validate Power BI datasets, dashboards, and financial reporting outputs used by executive leadership and business teams.
• Partner with Finance Systems, IT, and Business Intelligence teams to improve reporting automation and data quality.
• Establish and maintain standardized definitions, KPIs, and reporting methodologies across the organization.
• Partner with Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing leadership to explain financial performance
• Support strategic initiatives through financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business case development.
• Present financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance FP&A processes, reporting capabilities, and decision support.

Qualifications, Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA and/or CPA/CMA preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Finance, or Controlling within a manufacturing environment; packaging industry experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing cost accounting, standard costing, productivity measurement, and operational finance.
• Demonstrated experience with corporate consolidations, rolling forecasts, financial modeling, and executive reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI preferred
• Experience with ERP systems and enterprise planning tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, financial modeling, and detail-oriented skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines in a fast-paced global organization.