Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

The position will lead the implementation of process improvements in financial reporting and close activities. The position will also engage with the VP, Controller & Treasurer to provide best-in-class financial reporting and analysis to the organization, including the development and mentoring of a high-performing team.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills; acumen for data analytics and identifying trends; ability to design and maintain organized databases; high level of accuracy and attention to detail; desire to improve processes and implement change; and experience in leading project teams to improve functional reliability and performance. The position will work directly with a wide span of functional leaders and executives. As such, the candidate will need to have demonstrated capabilities in effectively partnering on a cross-functional basis and engaging with executives in a manner that aligns financial analysis with the company’s strategies and objectives.

Examples of Typical Activities:

• Provide strong financial business partnership support to functions including Product Development, Marketing, Commercial Insights, etc. and support strategic decision making with data & analytics
• Establish process, timeline and mechanisms to support New Product Introduction (NPI) business models and working closely with sales, marketing, and operations to incorporate expectations for volume and margins by customer and category
• Enhance the forecasting process and manage business partners to improve forecast timeliness and accuracy
• Develop and improve key management reports and gain user input and acceptance to templates for business management reporting, including consistent and accurate reporting of profitability by customer, product category, and key initiatives
• Prepare analysis, materials, and charts for senior executives to use with the company’s investors
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis, including modeling outcomes of various business scenarios
• Direct and manage the activities of analysts to provide pricing desk support and margin analysis to commercial teams
• Produce investment analysis templates and financial tracking models to drive accountability in the product development and commercial launch cycles

Required Behavioral Competencies

• Personal Leadership – Leads by envisioning the future, engaging others, energizing people and enabling self and others to develop and execute plans to deliver strategy.

• Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or develops appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Energy - Consistently maintains high levels of activity or productivity; sustains long working hours when necessary; operates with vigor, effectiveness, and determination over extended periods of time.
• Plans and organizes -Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Stress tolerance–Maintains a stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); handles stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organization.
• Work standards - Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
• Strategic Decision Making - Obtaining information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; committing to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.

Qualifications Education Required Bachelors or better. Bachelors or better. Experience Required Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance • MBA and CPA preferred • Requires 8+ years of progressively responsible experience to include: financial reporting and analysis; budgeting and planning; ERP systems; Data mining & Analytics and managing information in databases • Experience in large corporations with FP&A management responsibilities, reporting to a business unit general manager or finance director • Experience in consumer products industry a plus Preferred Requirements Requires 8+ years of progressively responsible experience to include: financial reporting and analysis; budgeting and planning; ERP systems; Data mining & Analytics and managing information in databases • Experience in large corporations with FP&A management responsibilities, reporting to a business unit general manager or finance director • Experience in consumer products industry a plus Equal Opportunity Employer
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