What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Financial Planning & Analysis position at Hoya Vision Care?
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Reporting
- Own the full regional FP&A cycle: annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial plans including auditing.
- Deliver clear, direct, and actionable reporting packages to senior management, with focus on performance against targets, risks, and opportunities.
- Drive consistency and transparency in financial results across commercial, Rx, and distribution operations.
Business Accountability & Decision Support
- Actively challenge business leaders on assumptions, variances, and performance gaps — ensuring accountability for delivering financial results.
- Partner with commercial and operations leaders to drive actions that improve profitability, cash flow, and ROI.
- Provide clear, fact-based recommendations to guide decisions on pricing, customer profitability, capital investment, and resource allocation.
Working Capital & Financial Discipline
- Drive strong working capital management, with focus on receivables, payables, and inventory efficiency.
- Ensure visibility and accountability for cash flow and balance sheet impacts, not just P&L results.
- Establish clear KPIs and governance to reinforce financial discipline across the business.
Month-End Close & Accounting Partnership
- Partner with Accounting on month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment of financial reporting.
- Review results in detail, validate variances, and challenge unexplained or inconsistent outcomes.
- Ensure insights from close reviews translate into forward-looking actions and accountability.
Leadership & Process Excellence
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performance FP&A team that combines strong analytical rigor with business partnership skills.
- Standardize and improve planning, forecasting, and reporting processes to increase accuracy, speed, and credibility.
- Serve as a cultural driver for accountability, transparency, and performance focus throughout the finance function.
Strategic Impact
- Support strategic projects including market expansion, new product launches, and M&A analysis.
- Lead financial modeling and scenario analysis for key initiatives and C-level discussions.
- Play a visible role in shaping business priorities through fact-based financial insights.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA and CPA preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 - 10 years leading FP&A or commercial finance teams.
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or healthcare/medical device industries strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to challenge senior leaders, enforce accountability, and drive execution on financial targets.
- Deep expertise in financial modeling, planning processes, working capital management, and month-end reporting.
- Strong systems knowledge (ERP, BI tools such as Power BI, Hyperion, JD Edwards).
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, and influencing skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear, actionable direction.
- Travel up to 20%
Key Competencies
- Business Partner Mindset – strategic and commercial acumen with operational grounding, applying knowledge of business and marketplace to advance organizational goals.
- Financial Acumen - Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Communicates Effectively - Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Proactive Leadership – drives results, doesn’t wait for direction.
- Accountability Enforcer – Holds self, team and business leaders accountable to meet commitments.
- Organizational Savvy- Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
- Analytical Rigor – challenges assumptions and identifies root causes, applying learning to enhance strategy.
- Change Agent – elevates the role of finance as a catalyst for performance.
Financial Planning & Reporting
- Own the full regional FP&A cycle: annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial plans including auditing.
- Deliver clear, direct, and actionable reporting packages to senior management, with focus on performance against targets, risks, and opportunities.
- Drive consistency and transparency in financial results across commercial, Rx, and distribution operations.
Business Accountability & Decision Support
- Actively challenge business leaders on assumptions, variances, and performance gaps — ensuring accountability for delivering financial results.
- Partner with commercial and operations leaders to drive actions that improve profitability, cash flow, and ROI.
- Provide clear, fact-based recommendations to guide decisions on pricing, customer profitability, capital investment, and resource allocation.
Working Capital & Financial Discipline
- Drive strong working capital management, with focus on receivables, payables, and inventory efficiency.
- Ensure visibility and accountability for cash flow and balance sheet impacts, not just P&L results.
- Establish clear KPIs and governance to reinforce financial discipline across the business.
Month-End Close & Accounting Partnership
- Partner with Accounting on month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment of financial reporting.
- Review results in detail, validate variances, and challenge unexplained or inconsistent outcomes.
- Ensure insights from close reviews translate into forward-looking actions and accountability.
Leadership & Process Excellence
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performance FP&A team that combines strong analytical rigor with business partnership skills.
- Standardize and improve planning, forecasting, and reporting processes to increase accuracy, speed, and credibility.
- Serve as a cultural driver for accountability, transparency, and performance focus throughout the finance function.
Strategic Impact
- Support strategic projects including market expansion, new product launches, and M&A analysis.
- Lead financial modeling and scenario analysis for key initiatives and C-level discussions.
- Play a visible role in shaping business priorities through fact-based financial insights.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA and CPA preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 - 10 years leading FP&A or commercial finance teams.
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or healthcare/medical device industries strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to challenge senior leaders, enforce accountability, and drive execution on financial targets.
- Deep expertise in financial modeling, planning processes, working capital management, and month-end reporting.
- Strong systems knowledge (ERP, BI tools such as Power BI, Hyperion, JD Edwards).
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, and influencing skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear, actionable direction.
- Travel up to 20%
Key Competencies
- Business Partner Mindset – strategic and commercial acumen with operational grounding, applying knowledge of business and marketplace to advance organizational goals.
- Financial Acumen - Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Communicates Effectively - Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Proactive Leadership – drives results, doesn’t wait for direction.
- Accountability Enforcer – Holds self, team and business leaders accountable to meet commitments.
- Organizational Savvy- Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
- Analytical Rigor – challenges assumptions and identifies root causes, applying learning to enhance strategy.
- Change Agent – elevates the role of finance as a catalyst for performance.
