Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Essential Functions:

• Lead financial forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis
• Own relationship with Madison Air FP&A and deliver on all required Corporate requests
• Participate and lead select areas of the strategic plan, annual budget, and rolling forecasts
• Ensure appropriate tools and processes in place to effectively prepare forecasts
• Communicate results and forecasts effectively inside and outside of the finance team
• Understand business drivers behind financial variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Make recommendations on potential actions to accelerate growth or resolve business issues identified through FP&A work
• Partner with the site accounting teams to facilitate period-closing processes
• Prepare ad hoc analysis to evaluate business cases, scenarios, capex requests, etc.
• Lead and participate in strategic initiatives identified as part of strategic planning process
• Support monthly financial, operational, and commercial analysis

Competencies:

• Intense curiosity and a desire to deeply understand how the business works and how operations impact our financial results
• Continuous improvement / entrepreneurial mindset
• Bias for action to make changes that improve efficiency, allow for more time to be spent on value added work, and help the business grow
• Proven leadership skills including ability to think strategically, solve problems, and anticipate needs of the business
• Strong communication skills to explain monthly, quarterly, and annual results, and to get buy in from the organization on new strategies, processes, and requests.
• Well versed in the inter-workings of the income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements
• Ability plan ahead, set deadlines, and hold teams accountable to deliver on-time
• Desire to support site finance teams “in the weeds” and foster teamwork across the organization
• Proven ability to develop and promote talent
• Integrity, transparency, and recognized for treating others with respect

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance. MBA preferred
• Minimum of 7+ years in Finance/FP&A in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry and company products and services
• Strong communication (verbal, written, presentations)
• Excellent team leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to persuade, communicate vision and motivate people at every level, cooperative working style, and developer of people
• A leader with a bias for action, driving a culture of accountability
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to communicate recommendations with sound reasoning
• Technologically savvy with the ability to leverage IT systems to streamline and mechanize processes, eliminate waste, and use information to effectively manage the business
• High level of proficiency in MS office, experience working with Excel, Powerpoint, and other databases and ERP systems
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects efficiently and independently through changing priorities while meeting non-negotiable deadlines