Position Overview

The FP&A Manager is the global FP&A business partner for Automotive holding regional and global financial, commercial and strategy responsibilities, coordinating sales plan, RFA process and R&D projects development. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting the development of Segment Profitability analyses and optimization of global capacity for the Automotive Value Stream

The FP&A Manager is responsible for connecting and leading with regional teams to provide the operational business partners with financial support: development of planning assumptions, analyses of the different initiatives with preparation and communication of the RFAs, enrichment of the data collection and systems. Develop the consistency and automation of the models and reporting tools.
Responsibilities & Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Follow commercial projects through stages of development
  • Work with the business partners to assess the financial viability of key projects at various stages of development to help prioritize the projects for resource allocation and stage gate review (especially for innovative products and their potential commercial applications)
• Financial evaluation of projects
  • Work in collaboration with a wide array of functional areas, including technical communities, operations, and commercial teams, to build holistic financial models, incorporating risk assessments from all relevant subject matter experts
• Link operational applications of projects to potential market impact
  • Incorporate market-technology trend analysis, innovation project type assessments and portfolio structure along with valuations to build business cases in support of the projects
• Commercial KPIs reporting
  • Support the compilation and communication of the key commercial metrics (volume, price, profitability, etc.) and support the explanation of variances to Annual Plan, Forecast and Prior Year.
• Commercial Plan and Strategic Plan
  • Support the preparation, consolidation and communication of the commercial Plan and Strategic Plan (next 5 years). Ensure alignment with RFAs and investment projects; support explanation of variances versus prior Strategic Plan
• RFA preparation and documentation
  • Develop written procedures and financial models for RFA preparations and define the standard calculations for global financial metrics for use in assessing and presenting the benefits of an RFA. Ensure alignment between the RFA process and the Plan / Strategic Plan development
• Post-RFA procedures and documentation
  • Develop a procedure for on-going post completion analysis of commercial projects and provide analysis as to the benefits achieved vs. target

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Materials or Mechanical Engineering, Finance, Math, Economics and/or a related field. MBA preferred
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant operations / finance experience
• Experience with Commercial based projects preferred
• Strong management and leadership skills with a proactive participative management style, demonstrating curiosity and passion about Novelis business while staying well organized and structured
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including facilitation of groups toward deliverables
• Advanced Excel skills preferred
• Good presentation skills to present valuation assessment results to key stakeholders, including projects leads, CEO, regional presidents, and C-level
• Ability to travel, including internationally (10%)

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Location Profile

Novelis' Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis' North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis' corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups. Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws. Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

DISCLAIMER: In alignment with current Novelis policy and procedures, all Atlanta based employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to qualify for new employment at Novelis. Fully vaccinated means you have received the last recommended dose of any vaccine that has been approved by the CDC or World Health Organization. As the COVID-19 landscape is continuously evolving, this requirement is subject to change. Proof of vaccination status will be required to qualify for new employment at Novelis.