Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Global, publicly-traded manufacturing company has retained our firm to assist with the hiring of a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. This is a fully in office position.

Summary

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for providing direction throughout the organization on the overall planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the organizational financial performance.

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will have solid business judgment, strong analytical strength, and will provide actionable financial & business inputs, to maximize revenue and profitability. The role works closely with the CEO, CFO & Business Unit Leaders on commercialization of growth ideas and managing financial performance. This position coordinates the budgeting and forecasting processes at the corporate level as well as with the business unit finance teams.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead the planning cycle across 2 complex, global business units.

· Manage a team of financial analysts to ensure timely and accurate completion of finance deliverables.

· Work with business unit leadership; define, create, and deliver other key performance metrics as well as help drive ownership of metrics and performance.

· Lead the budget preparation and forecasting and processes.

· Monitor, analyze and advise senior leadership in key financial results and metrics across cost, budgeting, trend analysis to support decision making and strategy.

· Provide effective, timely and detailed analysis, reporting to senior leadership to ensure the organization is effectively meeting the company’s strategic operating plan.

· Serve as the primary point of contact with outside firm on all investor relations activities.

· Provide financial and business leadership and mentorship within the planning team and cross-functionally to business partners across the organization.

· Manage and monitor KPIs and accompanying detailed financial information, trends and explain any variances.

· Monitor and analyze operating results against budget and forecast through the preparation and presentation of monthly reporting packages that include P&L and operational metrics.

· Analyze organizational financial results, internal KPIs and benchmarks including detailed analysis of working capital and cash flow.

· Provide insight, analysis, and guidance related to pricing and margins and advise and recommend action for the continued long - term growth of the organization.

· Work cross - functionally with other departments and functional areas on analysis related to expenses.

· Preparation, review and presentation of detailed financial data and reporting across multiple service and product lines.

Qualifications

· A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, General Business or Economics is required. An MBA is highly preferred.

· A minimum of 15 years of corporate finance experience is required, including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership/management capacity.

· Experience in the manufacturing industry is required as is experience in a global organization.

· Experience in a publicly-traded company is highly preferred.

· Strong communication skills are essential as is the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines, demonstrate confidence and initiative, and ability to work effectively within time constraints.

· Advanced Excel skills are required.

· Experience with SAP and Hyperion HFM are highly preferred.

· Must be a strong communicator and influencer; communicate freely and easily internally and externally verbally and in writing.

· Strong business acumen and decision-making skills are essential along with extreme attention to detail paired with big-picture thinking.