FP&A Manager (Closed)

Lucas Group is representing one of Georgia's premier manufacturers in their search for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager. This will be a highly visible role in this company. If you are seeking a unique opportunity to have an impact on an established company - this could be the role for you!  Please review the requirements below and reach out for more details.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly financial reporting processes
• Issue timely and complete financial statements and MD&A
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs, drive top line growth and improve financial performance
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts
• Manage the strategic financial planning and multi-year outlook processes
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
• Debt reporting
• Complete cash positioning and cash forecasting analyses
• Assist in the development of Board of Directors’ materials and PE owner’s requests
• Provide financial analyses as needed, for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
• Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
• Develop financial models, conduct bench marking, and process analysis
• Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
• Identify trends, advise company, and recommend actions to a senior management based on sound analysis
• Track and determine financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with forecasts
• Develop tools and dashboards that enable the organization to manage business analytics activities more efficiently through financial modeling
• Identify and interpret trends and patterns in market and competitive dynamics that highlight both opportunities and threats to the business.
• Build accurate forecasting (bottoms-up)/budgeting tools and monitor performance relative to plan
• Identify key opportunities and risks with financial models
• Prepare businesses cases and build “what if” scenario models
• Effectively manage core FP&A processes for the CFO 
• Develop strong relationships with key cross-functional partners to ensure organizational alignment and the ability to quickly capitalize on opportunities and resolve operational issues

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance 
• Advanced analytical skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to work independently to drive implementation of small and large-scale process improvements
• Basic knowledge of foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives and hedging strategies
• Competency in legal/credit documentation
• Minimum of 4 to 7-years Financial Analysis experience 
• Effective analytical skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required, including pivot