Join Franklin Electric on our mission to empower communities with sustainable water management solutions, where your expertise will play a vital role in shaping a better future for generations to come. At Franklin Electric, the Corporate FP&A Manager plays a critical role in enabling enterprise decision-making through disciplined planning, forecasting, and operational finance support. Reporting into Corporate Finance, this role partners closely with Corporate and Business Segment functional FP&A teams, SIOP and Executive Leadership to translate operational plans and risks into a clear, actionable financial outlook.

The Corporate FP&A Manager serves as a central integrator across SIOP planning and enterprise reporting—ensuring financial alignment across regions, segments, and product lines. This role is particularly impactful during forecasting cycles, AOP development, and external reporting periods, providing both analytical depth and operational rigor to support executive and Board-level decisions. Franklin Electric is a diverse team of innovators making a positive global impact since 1944.

We offer innovative water solutions, ensuring access, treatment, and efficient management of this vital resource. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our innovative products, industry leading quality products, exceptional customer service, employee development, and passion for social responsibility. Join us to create a better future while growing professionally in a supportive environment!

Responsibilities

and Impact Enterprise Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Develops and implements consistent financial analysis tools and templates for internal and external reporting across the enterprise with data interpretation including sales growth, margin mix analysis, SG&A drivers, currency, and cost take out initiatives. Monitor and support monthly SIOP demand and supply plan executive reviews across US/CAN, LATAM, and EMEA in Weeks 2 & 3 for the Water (and Energy) Segments. Lead monthly financial support for the SIOP Finance Alignment review in Week 4, capturing risks and opportunities (R&O) and translating them into the enterprise financial forecast.

Prepare and deliver enterprise Operations Review analysis, providing insight into volume, mix, margin, cost, and working capital drivers. Manage the enterprise Forecast (PxF) process, including development, documentation, and governance of key assumptions. Partner with business leaders to ensure forecast accuracy, alignment to operational realities, and clear articulation of risks and upside opportunities.

Identify and build robust processes and ease of information sharing from and between process partners in Corporate Finance, Global Operations Accounting and Segment FP&A teams. Corporate Functions Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Primary financial support for Corporate Segment functional departments. Collaborate with the functional teams on variance reporting to prior year, forecasts and AOP.

Maintain headcount budgets and forecasts for comparison to actuals. Systems, Data & Reporting (GLBI) Own GLBI maintenance and governance, including:New account and entity setup Rolling of accounting and forecast periods Forecast version management FX forecast and budget rate files utilized by automation tools (Robot) Serve as a core contributor to standard enterprise reporting, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and timeliness. Drive continuous improvement in data quality, automation, and reporting efficiency across FP&A processes.

g. Ops Review, Board, Street Consensus) to investigate gaps to targeted results and help develop mitigation actions as needed.