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This role has overall responsibility for business forecasts and evaluation of current & future business activities/opportunities.
The Financial Planning and Reporting Manager works closely with:
Work as a FP&A Business Partner to sales teams and internal areas. This position is the first point of contact for business forecasting, financial performance analysis and commercial profit reporting;Financial Controllers as an interface between the actual and forecast results as well as support with monthly close/reporting activity;
Management Reporting
Co-ordinates and manages in-territory annual and monthly management review process vs budget & forecast for P&L and balance-sheet items.Assess the organizational performance against budget and strategy and provide challenge and insight into financial performance to enable appropriate decisions to be made on future performance and growthProvides commentaries, analysis and insight on key trends , initiatives and risks and opportunities at Territory level for input to the Management pack.Provides title P&L analysis and participants reporting
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
Manage the forecast and plan review and approval process with hub and corporateCoordinate and prepare the draft annual budget (revenue, cost and overhead), and additionally for the quarterly forecastCo-ordinate timely input of financial and business drivers into the global 3 year planIdentify and agree KPIs which track performance against Business Plans.Translates market conditions into the financial forecastTests alternative high level business scenarios and run sensitivity analysis and assess risks and opportunities with the territories and hub management teamPartner with the Sales/Mktg/Operations teams to provide financial insightPrepare and review the cash forecastPrepare the supporting analysis of the flash reporting and monthly forecastsLiaise with Sales to develop customer level budgets and forecastsSupport managers to develop tactical, operational and capital plans and initiatives to deliver targets
Projects, Analysis and Continuous Improvement
Optimize tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information and make actionable recommendations on strategy and operationsIdentify and ensure implementation of process improvements to continually improve performanceAnalyses commercial proposals to support decision-making, including discount structures, promotions analysis, customer profitability analysisActively participate as part of ad-hoc global teams to develop enhanced tools & processes followed by tactical implementation locally
Global Finance team
Works with, supports, and is supported by FP&A Managers, Financial Controllers, Business Analysts, Finance Directors and Home Office members of the global teamBuilds an environment based on trust, respect, teamwork, initiative and innovation
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong knowledge of:
US GAAP,and how to apply it, and when applicable to business results and forecasts.Tools, approaches, roles, techniques, processes and/or procedures needed to:Establish and monitor budgets.Explore and evaluate alternative financial scenarios and results.Analyze a product, customer, process, or project in terms of cost and benefits.Create and maintain accurate and thorough financial reports.Recognize, anticipate, and resolve organization, operations or process problems.
Strong ability to:
Effectively communicate across the Business and Finance organization with strong English oral and written skillsCo-ordinate and own a complex process through clear communication and organization of disparate participants to deliver a timely and effective outputAnalysis of underlying financial and non financial data to provide an insight into the performance to enable the appropriate decisions to be madeProvide clear, understandable and meaningful insights in to the business to support the management to making informed business decisionsWork in a fast moving and changing environment, and manage multiple priorities.Establish collaborative and productive relationships with clients, vendors and peers to facilitate excellent business support.Read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.Work with and manipulate multiple data sources to generate useful and insightful data.Create, implement, evaluate and enhance internal control processes.
Requirement:
Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling and others. MBA is a plusFluent English (oral and written), Spanish is desirableThis is an individual contributor position