FP&A Manager

Locke Solutions is a premier provider of custom precast concrete solutions, recognized as a Top Workplace, an Aggie 100 honoree, an Inc. 5000 company, and a Houston Fast 50 company. Led by a two-time Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, we have grown from a single Houston plant to facilities in Houston and Alvarado, with plans to reach $100M by 2027 and $500M in the next 10 years.

Our purpose, ‘To make our customers’ lives easier and our employees’ lives better,’ drives everything we do through our core values: Responsiveness, Team-player, Get It Done Attitude, Taking Ownership, and Problem Solver. We’re a family-oriented company where high-performers thrive in our collaborative, high-energy environment.

The FP&A Manager at Locke Solutions owns how the company plans, forecasts, and understands its financial performance. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will build and run the annual budget, the rolling forecast, the 13-week cash forecast, and the monthly management reporting package, and you will turn that work into recommendations leadership can act on.

This is a hands-on role. You will build the models yourself. You will also direct the work of our offshore analyst team, setting priorities, reviewing output, and holding the standard for accuracy and timeliness.

Locke is a manufacturer, and the numbers that matter here are made on a plant floor and delivered on a truck. Our offices sit at the plant, so the operation is a short walk from your desk. Over time you will build the job-level and product-level margin visibility the business does not have today, working alongside Operations, Estimating, and Business Excellence as the underlying data improves. We are looking for someone who understands that a forecast is only as good as the operational reality behind it.

Locke Solutions is a rapidly expanding company, and we are looking for someone who is not only comfortable but looks forward to taking on the challenges that come from working in a fast-paced environment. Our commitment is that as Locke Solutions grows, you too will grow your own skills and career.

Successful Key Results for the FP&A Manager

· Deliver an annual budget and a rolling forecast that leadership trusts and uses

· Produce the monthly management reporting package on a committed date, with variance commentary that explains the drivers rather than restating the result

· Run a 13-week cash forecast the business can plan against

· Hold every capital project to an approved budget with visible spend against it

· Establish job, product, and plant level margin reporting as operational data capture matures

· Direct the offshore analyst team to consistent, accurate, on-time output

· Replace manual reporting steps with automated ones, measurably reducing the hours required each month

Attributes of a Successful FP&A Manager

· Responsive to internal and external customers.

· Ownership mentality on all tasks.

· Get it done attitude.

· Problem solver mindset.

· Builds the work themselves rather than only reviewing it.

· Walks out to the plant floor and asks operators how the work actually happens.

· Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Planning and Forecasting

· Own the annual budget process end to end, including assumptions, build, review cycles, and leadership presentation.

· Maintain a rolling forecast updated at each monthly close and reconciled to actual results.

· Own the 13-week direct method cash forecast, working with Accounting on receivable and payable inputs and with the CFO on treasury decisions.

· Build long-range plans and scenario and sensitivity analysis on revenue, margin, operating expense, and cash.

Capital Planning and Project Finance

· Build the business case and financial model for capital projects, facility investment, and equipment purchases.

· Hold the approved budget for each capital and internal project and report actual spend against it on a defined cadence.

· Flag projects trending over budget before the money is committed, not after the invoice arrives.

· Support acquisition analysis and integration modeling as opportunities arise.

Reporting and Insight

· Produce the monthly management reporting package and the financial content for leadership review.

· Deliver variance analysis that identifies the driver, quantifies it, and recommends an action.

· Develop dashboards and reporting tools that give leadership and plant management visibility without a manual build each month.

· Establish and monitor KPIs across both facilities.

Operational and Commercial Finance

· Partner with Operations, Estimating, and Sales to build job, product, and customer level profitability reporting.

· Analyze manufacturing cost performance, including standard versus actual, labor and overhead absorption, and delivery cost by job, and drive the cross functional conversation that resolves unexplained variance.

· Compare completed job cost against the original estimate and feed the result back to Estimating.

· Support pricing and bid analysis with cost data the business can rely on.

· Work with Business Excellence on the upstream data capture that job-level margin depends on.

Team and Process

· Direct and develop the offshore analyst team, setting priorities, reviewing work, and establishing clear standards and turnaround expectations.

· Identify and implement automation across planning and reporting, including the use of AI tools.

· Document the FP&A processes you build so they survive any one person.

· Assume ownership of the company incentive plan model and quarterly calculation as the role matures..

Job Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or another quantitative field.

· 5 to 7 years of progressive FP&A experience, including ownership of a budget or forecast cycle.

· Experience in manufacturing, building products, fabrication, or project-based construction, with direct exposure to job-level or product-level cost and margin.

· Advanced Excel, including the ability to build a financial model from raw data without a template.

· Demonstrated ability to turn financial data into a clear recommendation, in writing and in person, to senior leadership.

· Experience directing, coordinating, or reviewing the work of other analysts.

· Power BI experience strongly preferred.

· Experience using AI tools in a finance or analytical role strongly preferred.

· Onsite at our Houston headquarters and plant, located just north of Pearland, with occasional travel to our Alvarado facility.

This role reports to the CFO and has a clear path to Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis as the function and the analyst team grow.

Join our team at Locke Solutions and take your finance career to the next level. If you are a finance professional who wants to build, not just report, we invite you to apply. At Locke Solutions, we value integrity, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Apply now and become a key contributor to our financial success!