Senior Director Financial Planning

Title : Senior Director, Financial Planning

Location: Memphis TN

Onsite/Fulltime Permanent

Essential Job Responsibilities

· Create and Structure a FP&A team and determine what additional resources are needed to support the company’s financial goals.

· Educate stakeholders on FP&A and how to leverage financial planning.

· 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.

· Work closely with leadership team to formulate the business’s medium to long term financial and strategic plan.

· Analyze market trends, Buckman’s financial operational results, assess organization’s strengths and opportunities, and identify strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability.

· Work with leaders of business units to build annual budgets and forecasts.

· Produce models to project long term growth and determine impacting business factors.

· Develop and implement FP&A processes.

· Conduct and deliver competitor analysis, market trends and associated commentary to the leadership team.

· Review analysis results, develop insightful suggestions for investment, sourcing, cost reduction, and lead strategic business decisions.

· 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.

· Perform quantitative analysis required for strategic planning, special projects, and reports for management and communicate results to the management team.

· Review existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts.

· Conduct cost analyses (analyzing various cost drivers such as labor, materials and overhead) to identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve profitability.

Essential Job Requirements

· Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration from four-year college or university

· MBA/Master’s degree in a business field preferred

· Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, or CFA

· 10+ years of experience

· Prior experience managing a FP&A function

· Proficient knowledge of US GAAP, FASB ASC

· Experience in financial modeling, along with understanding of financial reporting and cash flow

· Knowledge of financial information systems software such as SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation), BI (Business Intelligence), Qlik etc

· Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and management principles

· Advanced computer/software skills, including writing macros in Excel and other accounting packages and working with a large ERP/Financial System

· Exposure to International Business Environments