Sr. Director of FP&A

Job Description

Director of FP&A leads corporate or operations finance functions and works with various departments for budgeting forecasting, month-end reporting and analysis, operational and management reporting, business analytics, trend analysis and ad hoc analysis to support management decision making for new and existing business initiatives.

Duties & Responsibilities:

· Directs and coordinates financial planning and budget functions for the entire organization and the departments within the organization

· Assists in establishing benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance and make recommendations to key stakeholders

· Monitors and analyze monthly operating results against budget and forecast, including variance analysis

· Manages the preparation of financial reports/analysis

· Manages the preparation of financial forecasts and projections

· Prepares financial analysis for critical business decisions

· Collaborates with department managers to develop five-year business plans

· Collaborates with department managers to develop short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures

· Provides recommendations for process, systems and procedural improvements

· Prepares and presents quarterly and annual performance reports for executives, Board of Directors and external analysts, including earnings call information and management

· Develops, maintains and presents executive dashboards and scorecards

· Manages a team of managers and financial analysts

Job Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business with strong financial analytical and accounting experience required; MBA strongly preferred

· Minimum 10 years’ experience plus 5 years of financial management experience

· Experience managing and driving finance, budgeting, and cost reduction principles and processes

· Strong knowledge of product/service margin analyses, investment return analysis and capital planning and management

· Expert knowledge of financial modeling and constructing models in MS Excel

· Expert knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems