Manager – FP&a – Corporate

Manager – FP&a – Corporate

Requirements

• Minimum 6- 8 years of Financial Planning & Analysis experience
• MBA degree a plus but not required
• Proven ability to lead and direct subordinate Financial Planning and Analysis employees
• Extensive financial modeling and forecasting experience
• Must possess exceptional analytical skills, a high level of attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in Oracle EPM, preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivated, well organized
• Professional and polished presence
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent report writing skills
• Strong work ethic with a high degree of flexibility to work in an every-changing environment

Responsibilities

• Participate as a key thought leader of the executive finance team, influencing decision making, identifying finance priorities, managing finance staff directly and indirectly
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance
• Routinely communicate business unit and company consolidated financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications.
• Analyze and report on all aspects of internal technology investments across our business, including service costs, trend analysis and other KPI’s and benchmarks.
• Coordinate ROI centric multi-year financial analysis and modeling of capital projects, primarily IT, to support reporting of the operating and capital spend. Including assistance in business case preparation.
• Partner with Procurement organization to review contracts for cost optimization opportunities and to ensure contracts are appropriately accounted for within budgets and forecasts
• Influence the accuracy and effectiveness of the corporate accounting consolidation and closing process through analytical review and trend analysis.
• Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance, leveraging business unit analytical resources and tools.
• Lead the strategic aspects of the annual operating plan and budget process for the company.
• Prepare presentations in support of board meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company.
• Support the strategic business planning process.
• Compare corporate financial performance against benchmarks.
• Analyze capital spending projects and make recommendations.
• Preparation of the metrics packages as indicated (weekly, monthly, quarterly).
• Maintain and enhance financial forecasting, budgeting, and operational models.
• Liaise with various divisions to create budgets and forecasts which meet established goals.
• Analyze actuals, forecasts, and budgets, and prepare analyses for finance executives and upper management
• Generate reporting and presentations for executive staff meetings and Board presentations
• Streamline financial planning and analysis processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in Oracle EPM, preferred