FP&A Manager at GU Energy Labs in Berkeley, California

Job description

• The FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Manager is GU's financial advisor for growth and profitability, providing the analysis, modeling, and recommendations that guide strategic decisions.
• You'll partner with GU leadership to evaluate investments and opportunities, model scenarios, and track business performance. You'll own the numbers behind how GU plans and grows, including the annual budget, rolling forecasts, margin and profitability analysis, and the scenarios that shape where we invest next. You'll also help continue build our FP&A function, including leading the rollout of Adaptive Planning as we scale.
• This role is a hybrid-position and will be required to work from our Berkeley HQ Tuesdays-Thursdays.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering & Strategic Analysis
• Serve as a trusted financial thought partner to department heads and senior leadership - not just a source of numbers, but a source of recommendations
• Own gross margin and profitability analysis by product, channel, and customer, including co-manufactured vs. in-house cost trade-offs
• Partner with Sales and Marketing on ROI analysis
• Model new product launch economics, pricing scenarios, and innovation pipeline investment trade-offs
• Support inventory and working capital planning across GU’s manufacturing and co-man footprint
• Financial Planning, Forecasting & Scenario Modeling
• Lead the annual budgeting and planning process in collaboration with department heads and senior management
• Build rolling forecasts grounded in historical performance, market trends, and real-time business signals
• Develop scenario and sensitivity models to stress-test strategic decisions and quantify risk and upside
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization, revenue enhancement, and efficiency gains through detailed modeling and analysis.
• Monitor performance against plan, and go beyond variance reporting to explain the “so what” and recommend action
• Reporting & Storytelling
• Build and own the reporting and dashboards that senior leadership actually use to make decisions
• Translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for non-financial stakeholders
• Continuously simplify and sharpen how GU tells its financial story, internally and to the Board
• Systems & Process Ownership
• Own and evolve GU’s FP&A tech stack - launch Adaptive Planning, and leverage Domo and other related tools as we scale
• Identify and implement process improvements in modeling, forecasting, and reporting to increase speed and accuracy
• Ensure our models and reporting stay grounded in sound financial policy and accounting standards

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting; CPG/manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• BS in Finance, Economics, or related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus
• Ability to turn complex analysis or modeling into a compelling story for a varied audience
• Advanced Excel skills; understanding of Adaptive Planning preferred, experience with Domo or similar BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) preferred; familiarity with ERP systems (D365BC, NAV, or similar) a plus
• Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing decisions without direct authority
• A strategic, curious approach to the numbers - you dig into what’s driving performance and recommend where to go from there
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity
• Excited by the idea of building and improving systems and processes, not just operating within existing ones

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity

Preferred

• Understanding of Adaptive Planning

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off, mental health & company holidays
• Annual wellness benefit, athletic event entries, product & other perks
• Opportunities to give back to the planet we play on
• $152-165K