Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis

Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Category
:
Finance

Requisition Number
: MANAG
008663

• Full-Time
• On-site

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45 Glover Ave
Norwalk, CT 06850, USA

Position Overview

The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) provides critical support and guidance through the development, analysis and presentation of strategic business initiatives. This high impact role will partner with key stakeholders across the organization including Finance, Marketing, Account Management, Operations, HVAC, and IT. The FP&A team is responsible for delivering value-added business analysis, strategic guidance and accurate predictive forecasts and insights to senior management.

The role requires in-depth understanding of all key business drivers and sophisticated financial models. Key components of the role include developing and managing the core finance processes for annual operating plan, driver-based budget process, five-year financial model, and monthly business reviews.

The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing and communicating financial information including variance analysis, scenario planning and company metrics while ensuring operating initiatives align with the achievement of short-term and long-term goals. This person will have strong business and financial acumen and demonstrated capabilities to work collaboratively with others, and will have experience working in a complex and fast paced environment with accuracy under time constraints.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key business owners to prepare annual budget presentations, quarterly strategic plans, monthly forecasts, and weekly reporting including comprehensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, operational dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, actual vs. budget variances and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences
• Support the company’s annual budget and monthly forecast processes utilizing Hyperion Planning tools and ensuring budgets are accurate, comprehensive, and completed on time
• Provide monthly forecast reporting and analysis to Brookfield and adjust processes and formats as needed to support Brookfield requirements
• Support the company’s five-year financial model and targets and provide inputs through EBITDA
• Complete ad-hoc and special projects to support business growth, operational improvements, and senior leader decision support as needed
• Effectively communicate with business stakeholders and influence potential outcomes based on supported analysis ensuring the integrity, accuracy and validity of information being reported
• Support on-going initiatives to automate, improve and streamline the analysis and reporting process; develop exception reporting, build quality controls, and offer insights and improvements on data discrepancies.

Essential Functions

% of Time on Function

Support annual budget process

20%

Prepare quarterly and monthly business reviews for senior management

20%

Lead renewal price forecasting and unit analysis

20%

Manager M  reporting, analysis and management presentation

20%

Month-end support and variance analysis

20%

Total

100%

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Finance related field (MBA Preferred)
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant business analytics experience
• Expert in MS Excel and financial modeling with exposure to reporting tools such as Brio, Tableau, Alteryx and Hyperion Planning
• Demonstrated success building, maintaining and governing analytical models
• Able to communicate effectively across all functions and levels, including presenting ideas and analysis to senior management
• Well organized, detail oriented with ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while managing multiple concurrent tasks
• Able to work effectively in a…