Senior Director, Financial Planning And Analysis

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Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis
Buckman is a privately-held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman works proactively and collaboratively with its worldwide customers in pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment to deliver exceptional service and innovative specialty chemical and digital solutions to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. Buckman is in the midst of a digital transformation and is keenly focused on building the capabilities and tools to support it.
Location

• Memphis, Tennessee

Language

• English

Travel

• <5%
  

Position Summary
The Sr Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will establish and lead a high-performing FP&A organization that is aligned with Buckman’s strategic objectives. This role will be responsible for establishing and implementing various financial planning and analysis processes to support the organization's strategic goals and objectives. This will require collaboration with various stakeholders, as well as a strong understanding of financial principles and best practices.
The Sr Director role works closely with senior management to increase Buckman’s efficiency and profitability by assisting with the formulation of both medium and long-term financial plan. The Sr Director will be responsible for financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, budgeting and reporting to ensure efficient financial operations. The Sr Director, FP&A will prepare and maintain metric-driven financial models used to forecast and evaluate Company profitability and perform additional analysis as requested.
As part of Buckman’s leadership team, this role will drive a culture of accountability and performance, and collaborate with other departments to ensure that the organization's efforts are aligned with the company's overall strategy.
Essential Job Responsibilities

• Conduct and deliver competitor analysis, market trends and associated commentary to the leadership team.
• Perform quantitative analysis required for strategic planning, special projects, and reports for management and communicate results to the management team.
• Create and Structure a FP&A team and determine what additional resources are needed to support the company’s financial goals.
• Review analysis results, develop insightful suggestions for investment, sourcing, cost reduction, and lead strategic business decisions.
• Develop and implement FP&A processes.
• Review existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts.
• Work Closely with other departments, such as accounting, sales, and operations to ensure that financial planning and analysis processes are aligned with the company’s overall strategy.
• Oversee the regional finance managers, coordinate and help execute FP&A and controllership in the field.
• Conduct cost analyses (analyzing various cost drivers such as labor, materials and overhead) to identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve profitability.
• Produce models to project long term growth and determine impacting business factors.
• Work with leaders of business units to build annual budgets and forecasts.
• Educate stakeholders on FP&A and how to leverage financial planning.
• Work closely with leadership team to formulate the business’s medium to long term financial and strategic plan.
• Establish KPI’s to measure the organizations financial performance and track progress against strategic goals; analyze financial statements and other data to identify trends and insights into the organization’s financial health.
• Analyze market trends, Buckman’s financial operational results, assess organization’s strengths and opportunities, and identify strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability.

Essential Job Requirements

• 10+ years of experience
• MBA/Master’s degree in a business field preferred
• Prior experience managing a FP&A function
• Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, or CFA
• Knowledge of financial information systems software such as SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation), BI (Business Intelligence), Qlik etc
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration from four-year college or university
• Exposure to International Business Environments
• Advanced computer/software skills, including writing macros in Excel and other accounting packages and working with a large ERP/Financial System
• Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and management principles
• Experience in financial modeling, along with understanding of financial reporting and cash flow
• Proficient knowledge of US GAAP, FASB ASC