Kearney FP&A Manager

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join our global consulting firm. This role is integral to supporting executive decision-making by providing actionable financial insights, driving forecasting and budgeting processes, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting. The FP&A Manager will partner with leadership across regions and functions, ensuring alignment between financial performance, strategic priorities, and business outcomes.

We want to hear from you if you:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• Have 10-12 years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally in professional services, consulting, or multinational firms.
• Possess strong technical skills in financial modeling, Excel, and enterprise financial systems (e.g., SAP, Anaplan).
• Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills with the ability to distill complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Have excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Have people management experience is preferred.
• Exhibit strong project management skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Bring a collaborative mindset with experience working across global teams and functions.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Consolidate and analyze financial results, highlighting key drivers of performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual performance packages for senior leadership.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of global reporting across regions and business units.

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Lead the in-year forecasting and annual budgeting processes by collaborating with regional finance directors, practice leaders, and corporate finance.
• Develop models to assess sensitivity, conduct scenario planning, and provide long-term outlooks.
• Deliver variance analyses versus budget, prior periods, and forecasts.

Strategic Business Support

• Partner with regional and global leadership to provide insights that inform strategic decisions, resource allocation, and investments.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and track progress against business objectives.
• Support ad hoc analyses, including client profitability, pricing scenarios, and investment business cases.

Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive automation and process enhancements in reporting and forecasting.
• Maintain documentation of financial processes, deliverables, and timelines (e.g., monthly deck reminders, forecast cycles).
• Serve as a liaison with stakeholders including regional finance directors, accounting, global business units, and leadership teams.

Who You Are

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections—between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people. That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who don’t accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.

What We Can Offer You

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

• Generous retirement/pension savings contributions
• Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and their families
• Structured and on-the-job learning and development opportunities
• Personalized career journeys to pursue your personal and professional goals

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Lead compensation range: $135K-$150k. It is important to note that at Kearney, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role. Individual salaries within each range are determined through a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Kearney reviews compensation regularly and may adjust base salaries to reflect market competitiveness. In addition to salary, individuals may be eligible for a discretionary performance bonus. Our full suite of benefits includes paid time off, paid sick leave, 401(k) match and profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, healthcare concierge services, backup child/adult care, annual employer HSA contributions, a home office stipend, subsidized gym membership, an annual wellness program, and leaves of absence when needed to support employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being.