Gowan Company

FP&A Global Assets Finance Partner and M&A

Gowan Company • $100K — $120K *
Yuma, AZ 85364In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Yesterday
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; MBA preferred.
  • 5+ years of financial and data analysis experience.
  • Expert in Microsoft Excel; experience with Power BI and Power Query is a plus.
  • Strong analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills to interface with all organizational levels.
  • Ability to operate autonomously as a problem solver in a high-energy environment.
  • Experience in a remote working setting and willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and analyze historical and projected financial data.
  • Understand key business drivers including strategic considerations and risks.
  • Create pro forma models to assess M&A opportunities through financial data analysis.
  • Collaborate with finance and operations leaders to validate key assumptions in models.
  • Conduct rigorous valuation and quantitative analyses related to M&A activities.
  • Timely delivery of analyses to address potential conflicts ahead of deadlines.
  • Act as a strategic finance partner, providing insights to facilitate decision-making.

Benefits

  • Full-time position in Yuma, AZ.
  • Exempt salaried role with potential for responsibilities in a dynamic environment.
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a collaborative setting across departments.
  • Engagement with senior leadership in critical business decision making.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

The Role will require experience in managing finance projects for Mergers and Acquisitions, and highly effective finance business partner. Understand our business model, build dynamic financial models, accurately report results, and deliver insights to the leadership team and others in the organization. These models will assist the leadership team in managing the company and will support key business decision making. This role works with teams across the company to develop data-driven models that help us evaluate risks and opportunities, recommend changes that drive company improvement and profitable growth. Finally, the position will facilitate planning, develop forecasts, analyze, and explain variances from expectations.

Job Status:

  • Full-Time / Yuma, AZ
  • Salaried
  • Exempt
  • Reports to: Global FP&A Director


Role Responsibilities:

  • Prepare, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information.
  • Understand the key drivers of the target business (strategic considerations, business model, spend structures, assets, and key risks)
  • Analyze financial data to create pro forma financial models for evaluating M&A opportunities.
  • Work with Finance and Operational leaders to confirm key assumptions in the pro forma financial model and evaluate synergies.
  • Perform rigorous valuation and quantitative analyses including tax impact and purchase price allocation.
  • Deliver analysis in a timely manner to meet agreed upon deadlines or raise attention to potential conflicts and challenges with sufficient lead time to address concerns.
  • Strong business partner with the ability to deliver top-tier results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Strategic finance partner to the Commercial organization by providing guidance, strategic insight and information to facilitate decision-making.
  • Work closely with accounting and finance partners to ensure accurate data and information gathering and will support the build-out of the company's operating model.
  • Stay abreast of industry trends, market dynamics, and economic factors that could impact the company's financial performance, providing insightful analysis and recommendations to mitigate risks and leverage opportunities.
  • Generate metrics for the business to measure growth, profitability, expenses, efficiency, and productivity.
  • Help drive the company's bottom-up budgeting process, collaborating with department heads to ensure accountability to the budget.
  • Deliver monthly financials and report on variances vs budget and forecast, ability to tell the story behind the numbers.


Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or related field, MBA is a plus.


Experience / Skills / Abilities:
  • 5+ years of financial and data analysis experience.
  • Expert in Microsoft Excel
  • Experience with Power BI and Power Query a plus
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Leadership skills
  • Creative and resourceful problem solvers who can work autonomously.
  • High energy, self-starter, and ambitious.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
  • Experience and comfort operating in a remote working environment.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10%

Job Expectations / Working Conditions:

  • Work in office environment at a desk for extended periods using computer.
  • Light filing and Occasional travel.
  • Occasional overtime may be required.
  • No direct reports

About Gowan Company

Gowan Company is a family-owned agricultural solutions provider that has been in business for over 50 years. The company specializes in developing and distributing crop protection products, including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, to growers around the world. Gowan Company's products are used in a variety of crops, including fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals. The company is headquartered in Yuma, Arizona, and has operations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Gowan Company was founded in 1963 by Gary Gowan and is still owned and operated by the Gowan family.
Learn more about Gowan Company
Size
500 employees
Industry
Food & Beverages
Founded
1963
* Ladders Estimates

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