Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

CooperCompanies • Trumbull, CT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is a key position within the Life Science Operations & Innovation FP&A organization, responsible for all aspects of consolidated Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) reporting across the Genomics, Stem Cell, Gamete businesses, and QA Life Sciences. The role reports directly to the Director of Life Science Operations & Innovation and collaborates closely with the Global FP&A team, the corporate accounting organization, and cross functional business partners throughout the company. The FP&A Manager, Life Science Operations helps lead the monthly and quarterly financial planning and forecasting processes for Life Science Operations. This role oversees the full planning lifecycle, including establishing calendars and milestones, developing and maintaining master templates, and delivering timely, high‑quality variance analysis and financial commentary for the annual operating plan, recurring forecasts, and actual results. Beyond core FP&A responsibilities, this position provides essential support for the Life Science Capital Expenditure (CapEx) process and lead the standard cost process for Stem Cell and Genomics. Success in this role requires strong proficiency in financial consolidation systems (e.g., HFM, Adaptive, or comparable tools) and a solid understanding of manufacturing cost structures, operational drivers, and how cost flows operate within a production environment.

Requirements

• Prior experience within a manufacturing environment is strongly desired.
• Strong acumen and experience with a Financial Consolidation system is a must have (HFM, Adaptive Planning or similar)
• Quickness of comprehension, ability to be self-sufficient and to understand a complex Global Chart of Accounts
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Teams skills (pivot tables, lookups, sumifs, graphs/charts, etc)
• Ability to work independently and proactively drive projects forward
• Ability to analyze actual vs. plan results and summarize underlying drivers of variances as well as providing clear and succinct interpretation of results to management
• Willingness to dig in to results and reconcile variances
• Prior experience with Microsoft Dynamics (D365) or a similar ERP system is a plus
• Ability to work with those at all levels of the organization
• Ability to participate in multi-cultural, global operating environment
• Understanding of accounting principles, including general working knowledge of US GAAP & SOX.
• Minimum 5 years FP&A experience within manufacturing operations.
• Related experience in or direct interaction with accounting function is a plus.
• B.S. Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Responsibilities

• Participate as a key member of the Global Operations Finance team responsible for managing the planning, forecast and monthly reporting cadences
• Ability to understand variances to actual results in the cost of goods sold area of the P&L and synthesize commentary to a higher level for reporting purposes
• Develop and implement process improvements to enable more efficient and accurate reporting
• Own the Life Science Operations master forecasting and reporting templates and serve as a subject matter expert in Adaptive Planning and HFM environments to support the broader Operations FP&A team
• Support of systems and process related to Capex approvals and transactional input to manage project results.
• Willingness to support adhoc projects as they arise partnering with other FP&A leaders in support of factory operations, Life Science operations or Supply Chain/Distribution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees