Finance Manager, FP&A

Job Description Manages the daily financial activities and functions for an organization including accounting, budget, credit, insurance, tax, and treasury. Ensures all financial operations are in compliance with governmental rules and regulations. Forecasts and manages a cash flow that meets the needs of the company. Provides guidance to managers in financial reporting objectives and standards to ensure accurate, compliant and useful financial reporting is produced. Oversees the budget process and works with managers to produce and manage effective budgets. Acts as an advisor to management on regulations and other matters that may impact the financial activities of the company, engaging with outside consultants if applicable. Summary: This role will be a business partner to the SVP of the Commercial business, providing financial business support for key strategic, tactical and operational decisions. He/she will work closely with the commercial business leadership team and other areas of business including peer managers to anticipate issues and proactively provide analytical perspective and recommendations to grow the business profitably with integrity. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include, but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be: Lead the development of business/financial case for specific initiatives and/or capital investments. Examples might include partnering with business leads and other to develop the business case for systems capabilities/IT investments Create required proforma and profitability analysis in support of the strategic and national business opportunities. Create linkages between the operational and financial KPI’s to allow for real time understanding of the business performance Possibly lead a team of financial analysts to develop operational and financial reports for business performance managements, helping create a performance based culture Perform post mortem of key investments and strategies to help identify new ideas and or required changes to enable financially sound decisions Perform ad-hoc analyses and project support on special projects and initiatives Proactively identify tactical opportunities for business units to improve financial results through data analysis and operational insights Assists the commercial business and the leadership teams by providing the necessary financial analysis in identifying cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies. Conducts financial training to raise the financial acumen of the team members within the merchandising/marketing and retail operation divisions. Provides support and assistance where necessary in the design and development of reports on Hyperion, Essbase Add-In, or Microsoft Excel. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint skills Strong analytical, organizational, conflict solving and negotiation skills. Must be able to work with and apply mathematical concepts to practical situations such as probability and statistical inference. Must be able to present information and respond to questions from groups of senior management, department heads, managers, clients and customers. Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited four year college or university is required. Three to five years of retail financial analysis experience required. #LI-GG1 California Residents click below for Privacy Notice: https://jobs.advanceautoparts.com/us/en/disclosures Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider that serves both professional installers and do-it-yourself customers. As of October 5, 2024, Advance operated 4,781 stores primarily within the United States, with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company also served 1,125 independently owned Carquest branded stores across these locations in addition to Mexico and various Caribbean islands. Additional information about Advance, including employment opportunities, customer services and online shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.