Vice President, Fp&A

Our client is seeking an energetic, experienced VP of FP&A for a PE-backed leading manufacturing company. The VP of FP&A will report directly to the CFO and will be responsible for leading the financial analysis function and partnering with the executives and board members to set strategies, drive financial reporting, and support functional leaders with real-time, actionable business insights. The VP of FP&A will also drive key initiative analysis, including lead build out of supplementary financial and operational KPI tracking to inform business strategy and support M&A. This is an opportunity to have a visible impact on the organization and will require strong project management skills, clear communication, and the ability to bring various contributors together to achieve a combined goal. The position can be based in Greenville, SC or Beechwood, OH.

Support the company’s CFO with an emphasis on:

• Managing and directing day-to-day financial reporting systems, and develops or implements systems to position the business for scalability.
• Conducting financial cost/benefit analyses to help evaluate and prioritize growth and other strategic initiatives and support timely decision making by the business.
• Partnering with Information Technology team to ensure state-of-the-art systems and tools are implemented and functioning for corporate and segment analysts and business leaders.
• Researching and investigating financial and operational performance variance issues and assisting business leaders in taking appropriate corrective actions.
• Leading annual budgeting, semi-annual reforecasting and ongoing cash flow forecasting processes to provide visibility into near to long-term financial performance. Collaborates with corporate and company management to develop budget with buy in across the Company.
• Assisting the CFO with strategic and tactical financial planning to enable continued growth across the organization.
• Monitoring the company’s performance in context of external market benchmarks and comparables, as well as internally tracked KPI targets.
• Maintaining and updating the company’s regular lender reporting packages.
• Collaborating with corporate and segment managers, operations team, and other key constituents to enhance the operational efficiency of the organization.
• Helping to build a best-in-class organization related to budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and pricing in an industry leading company.
• Analyzing cash flow, cost control and expenses, as well as collaborating with the various business and functional leaders to suggest and implement improvements.
• Developing and reporting the key financial and operational data/metrics in dashboards and forecasts, driving automation and systems optimization.
• Performing economic and industry analyses to identify and recommend response strategies to trends impacting the business.
• Managing monthly financial and KPI reporting activities for presentation to the board, executive leadership team, financial sponsors and segment heads.
• Assisting in acquisition financial diligence work streams and leads financial integration of acquired practices

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Has spent significant time in prior roles building and automating finance functions and processes.
• Proficient in SAP, OneStream, Hyperion or other planning systems; Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience and ability to model and synthesize complex financial analysis, operational, and KPI data into concise presentations and decision framework, on a regular basis.
• Experience in building financial planning, analysis and reporting models and processes to facilitate company growth with a world class FP&A function.
• Strong analytical skills, with extreme attention to detail, accuracy and accountability balanced with sound business judgment.

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Proven ability to be flexible and work hard, both independently and in a team environment, in a high pressure on-call environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to manage several projects of varying complexity at one time.
• Trusted liaison to, and relationships with, senior management and board members.

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in FP&A roles.
• Manufacturing industry background preferred but not required.
• An undergraduate degree in finance or accounting. An MBA is highly desirable.
• 2-5 years of management experience, with experience developing others.