FP&A Manager, Product Development & Operations - Alphatec Spine
Carlsbad, CA
About the Job
As the FP&A Manager for Product Development & Operations, you will serve as the primary finance partner for the Chief Operating Officer’s organization, providing financial insights, strategic guidance, and operational support across both Product Development and Operations functions. This role is critical in driving business performance through financial analysis and aligning financial goals with operational strategies. You will play a dual role as both a hands-on finance leader and a mentor, managing a team of financial analysts. Your leadership will be key in developing talent, ensuring your team’s success while maintaining operational excellence in financial reporting and analysis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as the finance business partner for leaders across both Product Development and Operations, ensuring seamless and consistent financial collaboration. Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders to drive financial alignment and accountability.
- Team Leadership and Talent Development: Lead and mentor a team of financial analysts, serving as both a hands-on finance leader and a coach. Provide ongoing guidance to develop your team's technical skills, business acumen, and career growth. Foster an environment of continuous learning, where team members are challenged and supported in their professional development. Ensure high-quality work output by providing constructive feedback, performance evaluations, and encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.
- Financial Planning, Reporting & Planning Cycles: Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes, ensuring timely and accurate P&L performance. Oversee the consolidation of quarterly and annual planning cycles, ensuring alignment with corporate strategies and timely completion of financial plans.
- Financial Performance Analysis: Evaluate actual revenue and operating expenses versus operating plans and forecasts. Identify variances, assess key financial drivers, and collaborate with business leaders to optimize performance. Provide actionable insights into cost management, pricing targets, project planning, revenue recognition, and overall financial performance, supporting decision-making across the organization.
- Financial Close Process: Lead the monthly financial close process, working closely with the accounting team to prepare and present financial reporting packages to senior leadership.
Requirements
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills:
- Strong experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
- Expertise in financial modeling, variance analysis, and delivering actionable insights to senior management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and familiar with ERP systems (e.g., SAP).
- Ability to lead and manage a team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
Attributes:
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work autonomously.
- Strong leadership and team development skills, with a focus on fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
- High level of intellectual curiosity and a drive for continuous improvement.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in product development financial planning or managing operations in a global or cross-cultural environment.
- Familiarity with business intelligence tools or financial reporting systems.
- Experience in the medical device or healthcare industries is a plus.
Education and Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required. MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- Experience: 5+ years of progressively responsible finance experience, ideally within the medical manufacturing, distribution, or product development industries. Experience with financial modeling, business forecasting, and consolidation is highly desired.
For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).
ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.
Salary Range
Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate’s qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $130,000 to $155,000 Full-Time Annual Salary