5+ years of experience in financial reporting and analysis
Proficient in budgeting and planning
Experience with ERP systems and data analytics
Leadership experience in FP&A within large corporations
Consumer products industry experience is advantageous
Responsibilities
Provide financial partnership support to various business functions
Establish processes and timelines for New Product Introductions
Enhance the forecasting process for better accuracy
Develop and improve management reporting templates
Conduct ad hoc financial analysis for business scenarios
Oversee analysts providing support for pricing and margin analysis
Create financial tracking models for product development accountability
Benefits
Innovative work environment
Opportunity to influence strategic decisions
Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Ongoing professional development opportunities
Exposure to diverse business functions and processes
Full Job Description
Examples of Typical Activities:
Provide strong financial business partnership support to functions including Product Development, Marketing, Commercial Insights, etc. and support strategic decision making with data & analytics
Establish process, timeline and mechanisms to support New Product Introduction (NPI) business models and working closely with sales, marketing, and operations to incorporate expectations for volume and margins by customer and category
Enhance the forecasting process and manage business partners to improve forecast timeliness and accuracy
Develop and improve key management reports and gain user input and acceptance to templates for business management reporting, including consistent and accurate reporting of profitability by customer, product category, and key initiatives
Perform ad hoc financial analysis, including modeling outcomes of various business scenarios
Direct and manage the activities of analysts to provide pricing desk support and margin analysis to commercial teams
Produce investment analysis templates and financial tracking models to drive accountability in the product development and commercial launch cycles
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
MBA and CPA preferred
Requires 5+ years of progressively responsible experience to include: financial reporting and analysis; budgeting and planning; ERP systems; Data mining & Analytics and managing information in databases
Experience in large corporations with FP&A management responsibilities, reporting to a business unit general manager or finance director