Director, FP&A

Position Summary

Serve as a key member of the Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems financial planning and analysis team providing analysis to drive financial performance and achieve business objectives.

• Responsible for driving and monitoring financial performance, analyzing and interpreting operating results, investigating variances and unusual items, and evaluating their effect on operations.
• Drive the financial planning process for monthly forecast, annual budgeting, and five‑year strategic plan.
• Assist with decision‑making for various business processes including budgeting, forecasting, and cost reductions.
• Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration between central finance, business units, and plants on Budget, forecasting, and related financial processes to ensure alignment and drive operational success.
• Proactively identify and coach teams on potential issues before they escalated, ensuring timely resolution and maintaining smooth operations.
• Spearhead process optimization initiatives to elevate efficiency and streamline financial planning and analysis operations.
• Foster dynamic, two‑way communication within different areas of the organization to ensure alignment and drive informed financial decisions.
• Proactively ensure that Strategic Planning and Budget are aligned with robust, forward‑thinking plans to drive strategic financial performance.
• Develop and implement standardized tools, templates, and calendars for conducting comprehensive meeting reviews, ensuring streamlined financial planning and analysis processes.
• Deliver precise and timely financial insights and services to the business, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
• Deliver precise summaries that ensure accuracy and clarity in financial reporting and decision‑making.
• Provide leadership accurate and timely financial and operational recommendations.
• Drive effective collaboration between Munich and the business, ensuring alignment and clear communication on financial strategies and goals.>
• Ensure the precise integration of Budget data into the KB system, maintaining accuracy and consistency for reliable financial analysis and reporting.
• Prepare various monthly presentation packages for management reviews.
• Responsible for monitoring financial performance, analyzing and interpreting operating results, investigating variances and unusual items; and evaluating their effect on operations.
• Report results to Operations and Functional leadership along with recommendations for action.
• Drive the Operations/functional financial planning process for monthly forecast, annual budgeting, and five‑year strategic.
• Lead the financial review of plant operations and make recommendations on methods to increase profits through cost and expense reductions and other improvements and improve financial performance.

• Extensive understanding of financial concepts including financial statement analysis, accounting, budgeting, profitability analysis, and standard costing methodologies.
• Solid understanding of the drivers of the business (i.e. industry volume patterns, specific customer products, customer/market mix, etc.).

• Comprehensive financial analysis skills that enable development and evaluation of business transactions and models.
• Advanced Excel modeling and programming skills required.
• Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills, working across multiple locations, management levels and functions within a sales corporate environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple, complex, and ambiguous tasks in order to meet stringent deadlines.
• Motivated and proactive self‑starter with a sense of urgency and results oriented.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to initiate, lead, and mentor projects/teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Ability to influence both KB and Bendix management.
• Ability to deal tactfully and confidently with customers/personnel at all organizational levels in independent and often stressful and ambiguous situations.
• Ability to build and utilize teams to resolve complex problems.
• Ability to effectively manage a team.
• Strong decision‑making skills; the ability to…