Primary Responsibilities:
Long Range & Strategic Planning
* Report, track and assist in developing strategic objectives including growth, profitability, product and service mix, and geographic presence. Participates and assists Corporate FP&A on approach and best practices
* Ability to participate in Corporate Development projects to support various M&A activity
Management Reporting & Insights
* Ability to identify the top KPIs that drive results, ability to isolate, measure, track and influence results, including variance analysis to prior year, budget, and reforecast
* Play an active role in presenting monthly results and providing explanations of drivers
Budgeting & Forecasting
* Supports the development of annual capital spend through strategic prioritization and ROI goals
* Execute annual budgets for the Business Unit based on inputs from Operations and Corporate FP&A
* Manage recurring forecasts on a timely basis to support decision analysis that drive internal action and inform external expectations
* Play active role in preparing budgets and reforecasts, for divisions, regions, countries, plants or cost centers
* Support capital forecasting to improve cashflow forecasting and investment decisions
Net Working Capital, Capital Project, and Lease Analysis
* Develop insights, raise concerns, and report appropriate actions to respective owners to optimize net working capital improvement
* Identifies and challenges key assumptions and risk-related capital projects and conducts post-capital reviews
* Challenge and ensure completeness, reasonable assumptions, and financial viability of capital project analysis as part of capital approval routings
Performance Management & Decision Support
* Partner with Business Unit and operational leaders to provide insight, analysis, and financial acumen to support business decisions, challenge base assumptions, and identify potential opportunities and strategies
* Enhance the capabilities, tools, techniques, and models to enable Finance to influence and drive better decision making in the organization
Knowledge & Skills Required:
Business
* Strong analytical, critical thinking, and business case development skills
* Ability to connect business decisions with impacts on financial results
* Ability to understand operational processes to be able to challenge base assumptions and look at potential opportunities
Communication:
* Ability to clearly and concisely explain drivers of results, competently answer questions regarding performance and results, influencing and encouraging actions
* Ability to present business leadership relative to the role, i.e. budgets and monthly results, MBR/QBR, capial analysis, and PCAs
Technical:
* Deep technical knowledge and understanding of FP&A activities, specifically management reporting, financial analysis, and pricing/competitive analysis activities
* Proficiency and understanding of financial statements and financial ratios
* Ability to create financial models and perform complex calculations
* Strong understanding of financial analysis, industry and competitive landscape,, cash generation management, and risk management
* Ability to complete FP&A activities with a strong attention to detail
* Strong knowledge in general principles of manufacturing or costs accounting and analysis
* Ability to transform large data sets to provide actionable insights
* Strong knowledge of ERP and consolidation systems
* Proficient with Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel and Power Point
Relational:
* Strong collaboration and relationship management skills
* Ability to actively engage and communicate in in-person, virtual, and remote environments
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Coachable and a willingness to learn
* Ability to provide linkage between Controllership Accounting team and BU FP&A team
* Ability to manage deliverables independently as well as perform under pressure
* Ability to work in cross-functional team environment across multiple levels of management
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity
Education Required:
Bachelor’s/First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics Business or related disciplines
Education Preferred:
Master's Degree and/or professional certification (CPA, CMA, CFA, etc)
Experience:
Relevant experience working in FP&A required, other Finance experience/role beneficial