Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst, Senior

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Role Summary: The FP&A Senior works closely with the Director, Finance Business Partner and leadership team in driving key initiatives and helping the company to achieve its goals and maximize returns on investment. The Senior Financial Analyst will use data as a strategic asset to provide decision support, accurate planning and forecasting, and operational productivity and efficiency analysis. Further, this position will ensure accuracy and completeness in income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement planning and forecasting as well as timely variance analysis.

Role Responsibilities:

• Analyze financial results and identify and communicate deviations to plan and forecast. Make recommendations for potential solutions and improvements. Promote the active use of financial data to drive business success and continuously identify and make visible all potential risks and opportunities.

• Actively support and challenge/drive plant(s) manager / plant management team to grow enterprise value (growth > market, > margins, > ROIC, > FCF). Work alongside business partners to achieve outcomes.

• Provide trusted finance decision support, including regular and ad hoc analysis to key stakeholders. Deliver insight into trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Actively collaborate with accounting, shared service, treasury, and tax peers to ensure finance & accounting processes are executed and the function achieves its objectives. Seek out ambiguity and clarify. Identify areas lacking role clarity and provide solutions, escalate where required.

• Identify / highlight performance trends, high & low performing products. Recommend and target actions and projects in collaboration with management team to improve product volumes and profitability.

• Support quarterly / 90 day forecast and monthly outlook processes.

• Ensure forecast output is timely and thoroughly delivered.

• Identify and develop key actions in partnership with management team required to achieve forecast (addressing gaps in performance).

• Strike a pragmatic balance between risk and opportunity, ensuring an acceptable variance to forecast in actual.

• In collaboration with the management team, ensure actions are clearly identified, continuous improvement projects are executed and delivered to meet objectives. Provide regular updates on performance and actions to achieve objectives.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience / Skills:

• BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 5-7 years relevant experience

• Finance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment

• Experience working for multinational companies

• US GAAP experience

• Experience in operational finance

• Strong analytical skills

• Strong computer skills in MS platforms

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience / Skills:

• CPA, CMA and/or MBA preferred

• Experience with integrated ERP and BPC is desirable

Benefits Starting from Day 1:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance (including FSA and HSA options)

• Life Insurance + Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance

• Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Retirement Planning, 401(k) plan, & Financial Wellness Resources

• Educational Assistance Program

• Time off Policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid vacation)

• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment

Req ID : R-15407

Job Family Group : Finance & Accounting

Job Family : FA Financial Planning & Analysis