What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager position at STIHL USA?
About Us
As a family-owned company, it’s the people who continue to make STIHL a successful, world-class brand. Since revolutionizing the forestry industry in Germany with the first electric chainsaw in 1926, the STIHL name has remained synonymous with outstanding innovations, high-quality products and comprehensive service.
With competitive compensation, excellent benefits and exciting growth potential, it is a great time to join the STIHL team!
Why You’ll Love Working at STIHL:
- Competitive pay with multiple bonus opportunities and potential for annual merit increases
- Excellent health benefits including Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Onsite Health & Wellness Center for employees and eligible family members
- Company-paid Life Insurance and Short & Long-Term Disability
- Robust retirement offerings including:
- A fully vested Pension Plan after 5 years
- A 401(k) with generous employer match
- Paid time off in addition to 11 Paid Holidays
- A strong culture of stability, community, and innovation
About You
STIHL is a seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join our Virginia Beach team! We are looking for an experienced FP&A leader who combines deep finance expertise with strong communication skills and a track record of developing talent while driving insights in a dynamic, evolving business.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Manages the financial planning process for responsible business units.
- Supervises a team of financial analysts that are responsible for analyzing and reporting financial information.
- Analyzes cost and operational results to better understand business unit performance and communicates to management the reasons behind the results.
- Reviewing existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts.
- Leads special projects as needed to provide analytical and decision support on new initiatives.
- Assists with company-wide reporting to senior management and corporate headquarters both on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
- Performs work with some degree of latitude. Handles issues and problems and refers only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
Specifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related discipline required
- 7 years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience required
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office required
- Experience partnering with senior business leaders required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills required
- Prior people leadership required, proven experience developing talent a plus
- Manufacturing experience and comfortability in a transformational environment preferred
- SAP and/or SAP 4/HANA experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to build forecasting models or exposure to automation (Power BI or SAP SAC) is preferred