Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Description

• Drive consolidation of management financials for company ownership and executive leadership, including monthly financial reports, monthly forecasts, and annual budgets
• Lead development and execution of annual budgets and monthly forecasts, focusing on underlying business drivers, key financial and operating metrics, and sensitivity analysis
• Develop long-term P&L and cash flow forecasts, preparing views for the senior management team and the broader finance and treasury teams
• Develop and manage trend reporting dashboards to be used for forecasting and analysis of monthly financial results, and present findings and insights to senior management
• Take large quantities of financial data and analytic results and condense them into a coherent story with clear, easy-to-understand conclusions and implications
• Create P&L views for key cross-sections of the business, including brand, channel, and product
• Provide guidance to direct report on analyst responsibilities, including preparation of monthly close and journal entries, monthly department-level financials with variance explanations, department-level forecasting and budgeting, and assessment of key business metrics
• Collaborate with cost and revenue center managers to monitor budget adherence and ensure good financial decision-making
• Understand financial operations of the business and educate others inside and outside the Finance / Accounting group about the financial performance of their respective area
• Focus on key performance indicators and / or ongoing process improvement opportunities
• Assist with ad-hoc analytical projects

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in FP&A or related field
• Robust and meticulous analytics and strategic thinking capability, with a keen eye for continuous improvement
• Adjusts to new situations and environments quickly; is comfortable with changing priorities and able to manage self effectively amidst change;

is resilient and learns from challenging situations

Builds trust through truth, integrity, and accountability; ability to build and maintain internal customer relationships;

works well with others, collaborative and cooperative

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills required; knowledge of Oracle, and / or Microsoft Power BI is a plus
• Experience managing and developing direct reports
• Ability to perform financial and operational analysis, including ability to effectively communicate findings and recommendations.
• Ability to interact regularly with department leadership and senior executives, and must be able to do so in a confident and professional manner
• Self-starter with ability to work independently; high sense of urgency and entrepreneurial spirit to meet all deadlines / deliverables.

We are a fast-paced environment with strict timetables to ensure we complete all assigned work

• Hands-on / Roll up your sleeves approach, working with the team to produce high quality work products; we are a detail-oriented organization and will drill to invoice-level data when needed
• Outstanding verbal / written communication, presentation, organizational and teamwork skills are required
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics or a related field
4 days ago