Financial Manager, Global FP&A – Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description

Finance Manager, FP&A | Tropicana Brands Group

The Tone:
This is a manager-level role at Tropicana Brands Group, located in Chicago, IL, operating on a hybrid work model. Tropicana Brands Group is a $3B startup, formed in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, aiming to revolutionize the beverage category with iconic brands like Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, and Izze. The Finance team provides critical financial insights, strategic guidance, and operational support to ensure efficient resource allocation, drive profitability, and foster growth. This role specifically supports global planning, forecasting, and performance analysis, partnering closely with business leaders to deliver actionable insights and improve financial processes that contribute to the company’s long-term success.

The TL;DR
• Role: Manager
• Location: Hybrid, Chicago, IL
• Pay: $90000–$120000 yearly
• Team: Global FP&A team
• Mission: This person will drive financial accountability and strategic decision-making by supporting global planning, forecasting, and performance analysis processes.
• Tech Stack: SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Process Execution: Support the execution of Tropicana’s global planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Financial Analysis: Partner with functional and regional finance leads to consolidate global financial results, providing variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Reporting & Presentation: Develop presentation materials for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reviews with the Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, and other executive leaders.
• Reporting Management: Maintain key reporting packages and supplemental schedules to support performance reviews, risk and opportunity evaluation, and other key processes.
• Process Improvement: Enhance financial processes and tools, ensuring standardization and automation where possible to drive efficiency and consistency globally.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, for a corporate finance or FP&A manager-level position.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in FP&A or corporate finance, preferably in CPG or manufacturing, with proven experience improving planning, reporting, and financial systems, and hands-on experience with financial modeling, performance tracking, and scenario analysis.
• Skills: Analytical mindset, high attention to detail, effective communication, collaboration skills across functions, and strong executive presence with confidence to challenge and influence.
• Bonus: Hands on Experience with SAP and/or SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) strongly preferred.