Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The FP&A director acts as the "eyes and ears" of the organization and is a central liaison between the corporate and operations teams. As such, the director interfaces with the CEO as well as the CFO. The task of forecasting a company\'s financials requires both an understanding of the company\'s historical performance as well as an understanding of the key assumptions and trends that may impact future performance. This requires a broad understand of both accounting and business operations. As a result, FP&A teams are in frequent contact with all areas of the enterprise including operations, sales, marketing, treasury and accounting.

FP&A\'s job is to develop the operating and financial plan required to achieve management\'s strategic plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 10+ years of direct experience
• 5+ years in leadership position
• Develop and lead budgets, forecasts and long range planning processes
• Prepare budget to actual analysis and financial review
• Manage managers with monthly, quarterly analytics to support decision making and strategy formulation
• Drive forecast accuracy through collaboration with cost centers owners, business decision makers and accounting team.
• Consolidate management financial statements
• Superb analytics
• Advanced financial modeling skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop KPIs to measure monthly results
• Support all business leaders in ROI and sensitivity analysis relating to business opportunities
• Provide sound analysis of sales, margin and expense
• Deliver high-quality financial planning, analysis, and business decision support to commercial leaders of multiple business units
• Create strategic value-added analyses around growth opportunities, expense optimization and core business metrics to drive better decisions and results
• Lead preparation of monthly and quarterly financial management packages and quarterly business reviews in support of business partners
• Participate in a wide variety of special projects and compile a variety of special reports
• Help establish and maintain systems and controls and data

• Strong analytical, prioritization and communication skills
• Time management skills, flexibility and responsiveness
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and with senior business leaders
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• SAP and/or BPC and Tableau experience preferred
• BS Finance or equivalent
• Five years of progressive finance experience including leading a team.

• M&A and valuation experience preferred
• MBA or CPA
• Eight years of progressive finance leadership including FP&A experience
• Skillful and effective written and verbal communications at the executive level

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