Financial Planning And Analysis Manager

Main areas of focus: Revenue Budgeting & Forecasting, Long-Range Planning, Financial Analytics

Location: Remote - U.S. only.

Eligibility: At this time, we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work in the United States without the need of company sponsorship now or in the future.

JOB HIGHLIGHT

You'll steward charity: water's financial health by overseeing the revenue budgeting and forecasting process, projecting cash inflows, supporting cross-functional long-range planning efforts, and performing financial analytics.

JOB SUMMARY

As Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, you'll work on the Strategic Finance team with a focus on financial performance. You'll own the revenue side of our budget and forecast, build the multi-year models behind our long-range plans, and translate financial data into insight that helps leadership make sharper, faster decisions.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategic Finance, you'll partner across teams to coordinate the many inputs that feed our financial picture and tie them together into a clear narrative of where we are and where we're headed. It's a role for someone who's equally comfortable deep in a forecast model and working with leadership to understand their strategic vision. With strong quantitative instincts, investigative rigor, and clear communication, you'll help drive the business forward.

YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR…

• Developing a deep understanding of how our revenue streams, donor restrictions, expenses, and business rules shape our broader strategy

• Overseeing the revenue side of the annual budget, monthly actuals reporting, and forecasts, using inputs from Revenue Operations and Accounting

• Reviewing and pressure-testing Revenue Operations’ bottoms-up revenue forecast by probing assumptions, securing the inputs Finance needs to report, and setting the risk-adjusted revenue figure used for financial planning

• Building and owning the integrated multi-year financial model as the organization’s single source of truth for long-range planning, integrating revenue, operating expense, and cash and reserves inputs from Strategic Finance, Revenue Operations and the Leadership Team

• Setting the input requirements, standards, and deadlines that departments follow to feed the multi-year model, ensuring leadership always has a current, coherent long-range picture 

• Leading financial performance analytics, including ROI reporting and ad hoc analyses that inform business decisions