Head of FP&A and Fixed Costs at Dyson in Chicago, IL

Executive Reporting and Presentation:

• Creation and coordination of all Americas submissions into Dyson headquarters, including forecasts, working capital reporting, performance commentary, ad hoc inquiries, etc.
• Advanced presentation skills to create executive presentations for the Americas President and Dyson Global Leadership Team, including annual budget / business reviews
• Partner with Dyson headquarters to convey Americas performance / results and implement global initiatives

Regional System and Process Improvement:

• Partnership with market Finance Directors to help drive market performance and growth
• Americas long range modelling and annual target setting
• Work with Regional Finance Directors to identify opportunities to improve and streamline planned reporting and ad hoc reporting requests across the region

Team Leadership:

• Lead a team of 5 focused in the aforementioned areas
• Provide coaching, mentorship and career development opportunities for all team members
• Clearly communicate organizational objectives and tasks to the team and provide support needed for the team to successfully complete their goals and responsibilities

Americas Fixed Cost Management:

• Oversight of Americas cost structure – customer care costs, overheads, depreciation, other costs, including the planning, forecasting and reporting of results and explanation of variances to plans and to prior years
• Partnership with Americas leadership team members to understand, plan and maintain costs in their respective areas
• Partnership with market finance directors and cross-functional business partners to identify and implement cost savings opportunities
• Management and oversight over the Americas zero-based-budgeting, reporting, and analytics

Americas FP&A:

• Ownership of the Americas finance monthly close, forecast and annual budget calendar
• Leadership and coordination over the Americas monthly forecasting and annual budget processes
• Standardize, streamline and simplify Americas financial forecasting and reporting across all 3 Americas markets
• Review of Americas performance and summarization of results for Americas leadership team and Dyson board

About you

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a finance role, with a minimum of 5 years of team leadership experience
• Experience with financial consolidation tools such as OneStream or Oracle Hyperon is a plus
• SAP experience is desired
• Advanced skills in MS Excel and PowerPoint are required
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to understand business models and their financial implications​
• Ability to understand, audit and apply key accounting principles​
• Strong communication skills, with ability to influence and interpret financial information to provide insight to senior management​
• Global / Regional commercial FP&A with financial modelling know-how​
• Process and system improvement capabilities, particularly in the areas of forecasting and reporting
• Experience driving a team of people to deliver defined and agreed objectives to schedule​
• Experience in developing new ways of working and aligning commercial strategy & actions against financial objectives​
• Experience collaborating with multi-functional and diverse stakeholders, with the willingness to work across global time-zones if required​
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance is required, an MBA a plus