What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager position at Westminster Pet Products?
Job Summary:
Reporting directly to the CFO, the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis will lead financial forecasting, planning, and analysis. This is a highly visible role in the organization responsible for a wide range of financial activities and decision support.
Duties & Responsibilities:
· Partnering with the Corporate Controller, the Manager of FP&A will be responsible for month end variance analysis and reporting with an emphasis on providing actionable insights
· The Manager of FP&A will lead the quarterly reforecasting and annual budget process for the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
· Identify and assess risks and opportunities, establish rolling reforecasting metrics
· He/she will be responsible for board, investor, and other third party materials
· Lead the companies treasury activities including weekly cash flow forecasting and reconciliation, preparing bank covenant materials, and debt management
· Develop competitive benchmarks
· Build and maintain margin models by customer, by channel and by SKU.
· Act as a key leader on new business integrations
· Provide insights for capital optimization, including SKU level DIO.
· Own the companies risk management and insurance activities
· Serve as a key point of contact for investors and owners
· Influence change across the organization to support increasingly complex operations
Required Skills & Abilities:
· Lives the company values of integrity, efficiency, accountability, collective intelligence and transparency
· Comfortable collaborating across the organization as well as interacting with senior management
· The candidate should be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, highly team-oriented, inquisitive, enjoy problem solving and focused on driving towards results
· Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, able to communicate complex concepts and risk factors
· High proficiency with ERP systems
· Expert in Microsoft Excel
· Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools desired.
· Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced, high performing environment
Education & Experience:
· Minimum of five years of relevant experience, ideally across accounting and financial analysis
· Bachelors in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar degree. MBA highly desirable
· Consumer goods experience preferable
Physical Requirements:
· Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
· Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
· Occasional travel required