Director - Financial Planning and Analysis.

Director Financial Planning & Analysis $ 140,000 - $ 180,000. + Bonus SUMMARY : As the FP&A Director you will be hands-on and responsible for supporting the company’s forecasting and modelling responsibilities.

Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will lead various parts of the budgeting and forecasting processes, building rapport with all business units within the company.

You will contribute to the financial modelling of the long-term strategic plan, support M&A transactions and be a business analyst for joint ventures, downstream and upstream activities, and projects.

Always looking for continuous improvement, you will be working to automate reporting and focus on bringing actionable analysis to all areas of the business (Commercial, SIOP, Operations, Inventory, CAPEX, Finance).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : Including but not limited to the following

• Direct compilation of the monthly and annual forecasting process.
• Direct compilation of 5-year Strategic Plan forecast.
• Direct compilation of the annual operating budget.
• Direct compilation of weekly forecast of monthly costs vs budget.
• Develop strong relationships with Commercial and Supply Chains teams to provide guidance, data, and input on key decisions and processes.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve forecast models. Utilize financial modelling tools providing information for decision-making, and offering recommendations based on analysis.
• Coordinate and drive improvements in the monthly financial reporting process to provide support to various business partners, staff members, and executive team.
• Participate in the monthly SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) process by providing the necessary financial information.
• Partner with the broader finance and leadership team to provide input and guidance to ensure reports are accurate and efficiently created to ensure clarity and transparency across the business.
• Drive a Continuous Improvement culture.
• Assist in the improvement of profitability through in-depth analysis of operations, identifying areas of weakness and opportunity.
• Support corporate financial requirements as needed for tax, audit, financial closing, and reporting.
• Supervise Cost Manager role.
• Support Planful EPM tool and provide enhancements to optimize budgeting process.
• Support M & A activity as needed.
• Analyse financial impact of union contract negotiations

QUALIFICATIONS : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

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 function

• A four-year college degree in Finance or Accounting
• A minimum 8 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Experience with developing short and long-term financial models and annual budgeting process.
• Comfortable working within an ERP application or other EPM applications
• Experience with business intelligence & analytics platforms such as Power BI to drive analysis, decision-making, and reporting.
• Demonstrated capability of independently leading hands-on processes and projects to completion.
• Manufacturing experience, controllership or costing experience.
• Skilled Microsoft Office user (especially Microsoft Excel)
• Experience in data analysis; extracting, manipulating, and interpreting data for decision making.
• Business Controller mindset, focusing on analysing and data / process improvements for joint ventures, downstream and upstream operations.
• Experience building board presentations, management presentations and competitor / market analysis with new insights.
• Possess solid process and project management skills combined with exceptional interpersonal skills to build cross organizational relationships.
• Possess ability to understand and work independently with all areas of the company and be recognized as a subject matter expert within these areas to support various projects.
• Pricing / Profitability / Volume Analysis (supporting Commercial)
• Cost Analysis (supporting Operations and S&OP)
• Location / Operational Analysis (supporting mills, metals fabrication and / or metal melt operations)
• Working Capital Analysis (supporting Inventory management, Credit & Accounts Payable)
• Location CAPEX Analysis (supporting Engineering)
30+ days ago