Fp&A Portfolio Manager

Description The Portfolio Manager will play a pivotal role in driving the financial performance across a portfolio of brands within the FP&A team at Continuum. This position is responsible for collaborating closely with brand executives to develop comprehensive annual budgets and strategic plans that align with our objectives for organic growth and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will analyze monthly financial results, generate reporting packages, and communicate insights to key stakeholders, ensuring that brands not only meet but exceed their financial targets. By working in tandem with Continuum's accounting team, the Portfolio Manager will uphold the integrity of our financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. In addition, this role will oversee cash flow management, implement effective cash management strategies, and optimize working capital to support operational needs and strategic investments. The Portfolio Manager will lead initiatives aimed at enhancing financial operations, from sales pipeline management to vendor oversight, while also spearheading organic and inorganic growth strategies, including product development and merger integration. To excel in this mission, the Portfolio Manager must demonstrate exceptional efficiency, integrity, and organizational skills, coupled with a proactive approach and strong analytical capabilities. The role requires a commitment to follow through on objectives, a high level of adaptability, and a willingness to collaborate and communicate openly. Ultimately, the Portfolio Manager will contribute significantly to Continuum's mission of delivering value and growth, ensuring our portfolio brands thrive in a competitive landscape. Responsibilities • Financial Performance Management : Collaborate with brand executives to develop and implement full-year budgets and mid-year proformas, targeting a sustainable year-over-year EBITDA growth of 10% by aligning financial objectives with strategic initiatives focused on organic growth and operational efficiency. • Monthly Performance Analysis : Analyze and report on monthly financial results, creating detailed reporting packages that communicate performance insights and action plans to brand executives, Continuum corporate leadership, and our private equity partner. Drive brands to meet or exceed budgeted financial targets each month. • Accurate Financial Reporting : Work alongside Continuum's accounting team to ensure the accurate generation of monthly financial statements by the 15th of each month, implementing and/or delivering process enhancement. • Operational Financial Analysis : Conduct ongoing analysis of key financial operations-including sales pipeline conversion, invoicing, collections, payroll utilization, job costing, vendor management, synergy realization, and earnout tracking-while identifying opportunities for operational improvements and cost savings. • Cash Flow Management : Optimize cash flow management to ensure the availability of funds for operational needs and investments, implementing effective cash management strategies to enhance working capital efficiency. • Strategic Initiative Leadership : Lead and drive strategic initiatives focused on organic growth, such as new product development, and inorganic strategies, including successful merger execution and integration, ensuring alignment with Continuum's overall strategic objectives. • Continuous Improvement and Innovation : Foster a culture of continuous improvement by implementing regular feedback mechanisms, encouraging innovative ideas, and adapting strategies based on performance analysis and stakeholder input. Qualifications • Analytical Skills: Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights. • Communication: Exhibits excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively drive decision-making, both internally and with key external stakeholders. • Flexibility/Adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change. • Efficiency: Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort • Follow-through on Commitments: Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost. • Intelligence : Learns quickly. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information. • Persistence: Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done. • Proactivity: Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company. • Work Ethic: Possess a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard. • Organization Planning: Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets in an efficient, productive manner. Focuses on key priorities. • Attention to Detail: Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project. • Openness to Criticism and Ideas: Often solicits and provides feedback and reacts calmly to constructive criticism or negative feedback. • Integrity: Does not cut corners unethically. Earns trust and maintains confidence. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully. •Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics preferred •Demonstrated excellence in Accounting, Financial Analysis, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint), Accounting, and Accounting ERPs (QuickBooks, NetSuite)