Lead FP&A
IT Solutions Consulting
Job Description
<h3>Description</h3><h3>About ITS:</h3><p>Do you have the <strong>CHOPS</strong>? IT Solutions lives its values: <strong>C</strong>lient Success is Our Success, <strong>H</strong>ungry for the Journey, <strong>O</strong>wnership Thinking, <strong>P</strong>assionate Problem Solving, and <strong>S</strong>urrender the Ego. If your values align, we want you to be a part of a fast-growing Managed Service Provider specializing in providing high-end technology solutions to small and mid-market businesses. IT Solutions is a nationally recognized leader in the IT space, with over 25 years of experience and thousands of satisfied clients. Join and grow with us, as we continue to innovate new ways to help businesses Experience Excellence. </p><h3>Job Summary: </h3><p><strong></strong>The Lead FP&A role is responsible for driving the organization’s short‑ and long‑term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes while ensuring strong alignment between corporate strategy and operational execution. This position develops and maintains advanced financial and analytical models, conducts in‑depth variance and profitability analyses, and evaluates capital allocation, investment opportunities, and overall financial health. The Lead FP&A professional provides strategic insights through comprehensive financial reporting, risk assessment, and performance analysis, supporting executive‑level decision‑making. </p><h3>Requirements</h3><h3>Responsibilities: </h3><p><em>FP&A</em></p><ul><li>Lead the organization’s short‑ and long‑term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. </li><li>Enhance the finance department's ability to manage performance by linking corporate strategy to execution. </li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information for financial analysis. </li><li>Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts, measuring potential impacts on financial growth. </li><li>Develop and maintain analytical models to forecast company performance, supporting budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning. </li><li>Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses and reports as needed to support decision-making. </li><li>Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts and perform variance analysis, explaining performance drivers and recommending improvements. </li><li>Collect, analyze, and interpret financial data to support business decisions, leveraging statistical techniques where applicable. </li><li>Gauge the organization’s financial health using key financial ratios (e.g., debt‑to‑equity, profitability metrics, variance reports, and financial statements). </li><li>Determine which products or product lines generate the largest portions of profit through profitability and margin analysis. </li><li>Perform financial analysis on cash flow, operating results, and business plans to determine rates of return and capital/cash flow requirements. </li><li>Perform variance and root-cause an