GPO Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Lead

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Fluence Energy Global Production Operation (“GPO”) FP&A Sr. Lead is an important role in the success of the team. This role will partner with the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement staff to provide project centric financial analysis (budget, forecast, and ad-hoc analysis) to influence decisions that enable GPO to efficiently plan and deliver results.

Key Responsibilities

·Manage financial planning and analysis, incl. budgeting, actual-to-budget variance analysis, monthly and weekly forecast updates as defined by the FP&A calendar.

·Report out to managers regarding where they are tracking against the plan & work with them to develop actions to address variances from the plan.

·Understand and identify risks and potential problem areas and propose potential solutions and operational improvements to issues or problems.

·Provide cross-functional support and actively participate in specific business initiatives/projects to help ensure financial goals are met.

·Works with business partners to build financial models to support the decision-making process as vitally necessary.

·Provide month-end accounting and financial support as vital including forecast to actual analysis & reporting and develop schedules to help explain variances.

·Provide day-to-day financial support by providing approvals for personnel requisition requests and purchase requisitions and ensure they are supported by the budget.

·Apply strong systems (Anaplan, SAP) and excel skills to drive efficiencies, improve reporting and automate tasks applying sophisticated formulas and functions. 

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

· Bachelor’s degree with a major in finance, accounting, business administration or equivalent training.

· Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in financial analysis and demonstrated knowledge in complex financial modeling. Background in industrial manufacturing, energy or energy storage business knowledge is an advantage.

·Proven leadership and persuasive communication skills.

·You enjoy working in a high growth environment and evolving commercial business models.

·You contribute to building a sustainable business of global scale.

·Strong organizational and attention to detail.

·Ability to analyze and translate outcomes of financial models and data into insights to drive the business.

·System experience with SAP and Anaplan or similar financial systems

·Strong understanding of Finance/Accounting concepts and a general understanding of US GAAP accounting principles.