Manager Financial Planning - Muskegon, United States - Renk

Description

The Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) will support the budgeting, forecasting, and the long-term planning process for the company.

The Manager of FP&A also conducts financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and reporting efforts to ensure efficient financial operations.

The Manager reviews and analyzes results, develops insightful suggestions for sourcing, cost reduction and helps to drive strategic business decisions.

The Manager will also assist the Director of FP&A and the CFO with special projects such as M&A, implementation SAP S4 Hana, and other strategic decisions.

Working with the CFO, VP's, and Department Directors, this role will help support transformation initiatives identifying and implementing department and operating related process and system improvements to simplify, standardize and streamline financial reporting activities.

The expectation is that this role will drive and support innovative approaches and improvements to methodologies, procedures and systems related to financial planning, forecasting, analysis, reporting of key information for decision making and recommendations for similar improvements throughout the organization.

The Manager of FP&A will be a hands-on financial management professional, comfortable playing a lead role in the management reporting and analysis of the organization.

This includes gathering and analyzing financial data from multiple sources to create financial models, reports, and presentations.

The Manager of FP&A must develop a strong working relationship with all the various teams spanning multiple business divisions/geographies, while keeping up to date with daily/weekly/monthly business reviews to be in sync with current business and industry trends.

Essential Functions:
Budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.

Prepare a monthly financial reporting package that includes full financial statements, comprehensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, actual versus budget variances and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.

Strong analytical skills with confirmed proficiency in financial modelling and experience manipulating large data sets from various sources, interpreting data trends, and extracting business insights.

Develop a strong working relationship with all the various teams spanning multiple business divisions/geographies.

Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish, and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility.

Drive innovative approaches and improvements to methodologies, procedures and systems related to financial planning, forecasting, analysis.
Hands-on financial management professional, comfortable playing a lead role in the management reporting and analysis of the organization.

The role requires a candidate that can learn quickly, think & communicate clearly, and provide positive influence throughout the organization.

The Manager of FP&A will report to the Director of FP&A and oversee two analysts.

Additional success factors include demonstrating strong intellectual curiosity, a passion for achieving practical business impact, exceptional interpersonal skills, and integrity.

Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.

3 years experience leading a team.


Additional Skills:
Strong/Expert excel capabilities
Experience with Power BI preferred
Experience with Infor Visual
Experience with SAP

RENK America is an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V