Title: Director FP&A
Description
The Director, Governance and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is responsible for directing all of the financial planning aspects of the company and for modeling all M&A activities. The Governance component of the role is more consultative in nature. This part of the role will operate as a consultant to newly acquired organizations to communicate and implement best practices, standardized process and shared services where appropriate while identifying areas of operational and financial efficiencies. It will also lead internal audits/reviews to ensure the adequacy, compliance and effectiveness of operational and financial controls, and manage projects related to M&A activities by performing due diligence, analyzing strategy, executing transitions, and reporting on pending and historical activity.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the execution of weekly / monthly / quarterly/ ad hoc analysis of volumes, gross margin, expenses and yield
- Identifying cost drivers, performing program/project financial reviews and reporting results for weekly, monthly and quarterly management updates
- Lead the implementation of a dynamic forecasting model
- Manage the coordination, preparation, compiling and reporting of the financial performance of the company and its capital expenditure plans
- Manage the Company's monthly/ quarterly financial and operating review / variance process including quarterly cross-departmental meeting for presentation to CEO and CFO
- Support monthly closing effort. Prepare presentations in support monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company
- Provide personnel and systems to support all functional departments in preparing ad hoc financial analysis on revenue/volume/cost impacts of changes, build vs buy, capital project ROI and cost reduction initiatives
- Direct group efforts in financial review of long-term program profitability, including profitability/cash flows, cost structure/ trends, market price/ volume trends.
- Identify and initiate opportunities to improve Business Unit and Product Line profitability by working with functional areas.
- Provide value added financial analysis to assist management in strategic planning and decision making. Identify and assemble KPI’s that matter to the business;
Management
- Lead, manage and improve all aspects of the company’s Financial Planning and Analysis group
- Management responsibilities include working with recruitment, directing, evaluating and mentoring staff to ensure appropriate organizational development, teamwork, performance management, succession planning and implementation of company’s goals and objectives
- Develop a coaching strategy for team members to achieve or exceed goals and objectives
- Provide critical financial analysis, partner with multiple operational leaders across the organization to assist in driving business decisions through fact?based, financial data and analytics.
Business Process
- Partner with leaders across the organization and in business units to gain a deep understanding of operational and financial processes currently being followed
- Consult with newly acquired businesses and existing business units on best practices in the areas of risk, inventory, monthly reporting, treasury, asset management, P&L management, etc.
- Identify efficiencies across business units to leverage scalability and assist leaders in facilitating process improvements
- Identify and communicate risks and opportunities and generate plans to address each
- Develop, analyze, and communicate business models to guide business decisions, promoting data-driven strategic change
Education & Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- MBA Preferred
- CIA, CFA and/or CPA preferred
Experience
- 15+ Years of Financial Analysis and Modeling Experience
- 10+ Years of Managerial/Supervisory Experience
- 5+ Years of Public Accounting Audit Experience
- Advanced Excel skill set, along with strong, deep financial modeling and data mining expertise from multiple databases and proficient in PowerPoint
Qualifications
- In-depth understanding of accounting methods and modeling;
- Strong and broad experience in accounting and finance and the ability to apply strong GAAP knowledge to business scenarios.
- Ability to solve complex problems through solution-oriented analysis and cost effective solutions
- A high level of initiative and drive. Natural sense of ownership for projects and duties.
- Ability to work with C-levels for exchange of information and formation/monitoring of goals including professional interpersonal and articulate/diplomatic communication skills.
- Comfortable working with very sensitive data and able to maintain a high degree of discretion.
- Demonstrated bias towards process improvement and automation
- High degree of Emotional Intelligence
- Great Critical Thinker with a natural curiosity to analyze and improve business results and processes
- A Partner with the Business Unit Leaders
