Corporate FP&A Manager

Manager Of Fp&A

The Manager of FP&A serves as a trusted partner through the company's planning processes, including forecasting and budgeting. The position will be responsible for supporting financial planning and analysis processes, conducting ad hoc analysis, and strategic analysis for Business Partners. This position will be responsible in assisting key financial processes including quarterly forecasts, the annual operating plan, long range planning, and presentation for executive consumption. Responsibilities include assembling and reviewing Executive level reports and analysis on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Additional responsibilities include maintaining and driving collaborative partnerships between FP&A and Accounting by helping create streamlined and repeatable processes and outputs for stakeholders.

- Drive global financial activities, enabling data driven business decisions for the organization

- Support the quarter end internal and external review process including investor calls and board meetings. Additionally providing relevant analysis during planning processes including forecasting and budgeting.

- Provide reporting on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to tell the story and provide meaningful analytics to support

- Continually provide input for opportunities for improvement and align with global approach/processes when feasible. Simplify approach where possible.

- Responsible for development of executive level and BOD materials covering monthly and quarterly financial performance and a consolidated review of planning events including: forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans.

- Provide standardized content related to board and executive level reporting, quarterly business reviews, month end reporting, budget, and forecast review materials.

- Drive automation through enablement of new technologies

- Global function business partnership, providing meaningful partnerships to help business partners manage their costs.

- Responsible for overseeing the company's planning processes, including forecasts and budgets. Responsibilities include process executive and explanation of results.

Education

• Bachelor's degree (BS) in accounting, finance, or engineering with MBA preferred

Required Minimum Number of Years of Relevant Experience

• 10+ years progressive, related experience in global finance functions, with specific focus on FP&A, analysis and global FP&A compilation, analysis and reporting. Knowledge of planning processes required. Knowledge of chemicals, steel and metalworking industry and automotive industry preferred. Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred

Required Skills and Competencies

• Communication skills - Demonstrated ability to articulate analyses from the interpretation of financial reports and legal documents. Strong executive presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior executives and finance partners. Experience presenting complex materials in a succinct manner to senior executives to drive effective decision making.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor as well as experience resolving complex business problems with well-structured analytics.
• Reasoning and judgement - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Team skills - Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with demonstrated ability to articulate and drive a team towards designed outcomes. Demonstrated ability to be decisive and action-oriented regarding decisions affecting the team and committed to developing a team, including key talent, and build a strong succession pipeline for the future. Must be able to lead across and through the matrix organization to ensure effective and efficient decision making.
• Business partnering skills: Demonstrated success in engaging leadership in effective decision making including strong project management skills and a demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders.
• Systems skills: - Word processing, spreadsheets, accounting software, general ledger, internet software, e-mail, database software – various ERP, business intelligence and business analytics software