Sr. Finance Manager; FP&A

Summary:

As Senior Manager, FP&A – Depots, you will support the decision-making process by providing financial information, deep-dive analysis, performance management and financial planning. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with key stakeholders to start up a new product line, Depots, in NAM Warehousing & Distribution. You will develop financial processes that will set the operation up for success and then manage the business as it grows to ensure it is profitable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the ongoing forecasting and annual budgeting process for the full P&L of the profit centers under your scope.
• Analyze actual results and provide variance analysis for leadership teams as well as recommending action plans.
• Drive the monthly close process in collaboration with accounting to ensure the accuracy of financial results.
• Lead periodic business reviews with operations and product management teams.
• Own scoping, stakeholder engagement, and approval of new investment proposals in North America for their Depot portfolio of products.
• Collaborating with corporate, regional, and local functions such as operations, IT, safety, FP&A and the investment committee to drive the investment process.
• Preparing documentation, investment write-up and financial modeling of investment proposals.
• Analyzing the strategy, operational effectiveness, commercial viability, risks and opportunities of investments.
• Provide support for ongoing customer pricing opportunities.
• Understanding and clearly articulating the present and future state of the Business to enable data-based decision making.
• Being accountable for timely, high quality and fit-for-purpose financial reporting and analysis to key stakeholders.
• Possible analyst direct report.
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis as required.

Qualifications:

• BA or BS (MBA a plus) with at least 5-10 years in a similar FP&A role with business partnering experience.
• The ideal candidate for the role will have a strong background in high-impact finance roles, with a proven track record of driving business results through financial insights.
• You have a thorough understanding of finance and a sincere interest in working with the business to drive performance and generate value.
• We expect you to have an 'analytic mindset' - being able to zoom in on the relevant details, while never losing sight of the big picture.
• You are a relationship-oriented team player with strong communication skills, enabling you to engage and influence multiple stakeholders.
• Logistics Industry experience a huge plus.

Skills: 

• Have deep understanding of financial modeling techniques and metrics, such as ROI calculations, internal rate of return, NPV and payback periods.
• Strong Excel skills and extensive experience in using business intelligence platforms.
• Experience with Netsuite and Anaplan a plus.
• You have excellent analytical skills.