Global FP&A Manager, Financial, Planning, Analysis & Reporting

Global FP&A Manager, Financial, Planning, Analysis & Reporting

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• In this individual contributor role, you will review and perform vs. prior period and vs. forecast variance analysis, support Investor Relations and Executive Management, provide training and support to global business units, and perform ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Review and perform monthly and quarterly year‑on‑year and sequential sales, operating profit and cost variance analysis to ensure accuracy and understand all drivers to explain trends.
• Perform group consolidation for forecasting processes, as well as drive forecasting processes for non‑OP items including interest expense, income taxes, JV income and cash flow.
• Drive data reconciliation efforts between Hyperion Planning and Accounting modules during the monthly close process, ensuring consistency across the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows.
• Assist in the preparation of presentation materials for senior management, highlighting the trends of each business and areas of risk and opportunity.
• Perform research and prepare presentations used for quarterly earnings calls and investor & board of director meetings.
• Monitor, compare/analyze and report on relevant macroeconomic, key customer/industry and competitor information.
• Provide guidance on corporate policy for reporting, including categorization, proper accounting and best practices for forecasting and estimating.
• Drive consistency, accuracy and transparency of internal/external reporting throughout the organization.
• Perform ad hoc business analysis as needed, including benchmarking, research, presenting alternative strategies to current plans and modelling the impact of various business decisions.
• Help maintain, improve and build budget and forecast models, templates and analytical tools for FTEs, sales by end market, FX impacts, forecast changes, etc.
• Prepare financial templates and presentations for all elements of the financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow) and execute relevant analysis.

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance is required; CPA and/or MBA is preferred.
• 5‑7 years of finance experience is required.
• Strong communication skills.
• Industrial gas industry experience is desired but not required.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (incl. Power Query), Microsoft PowerPoint and knowledge of Hyperion Planning preferred.
• Ability to travel periodically, as necessary.
• Excellent problem‑solving, process management and time‑management skills.
• Ability to act with high integrity and trust.
• Ability to work comfortably in a fast‑paced environment.
• Must be open to relocation outside of Danbury within 3 years.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high‑quality solutions, technologies and services that help customers succeed while sustaining, decarbonizing and protecting our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including clean hydrogen production, carbon capture, life‑saving medical oxygen and high‑purity specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state‑of‑the‑art gas‑processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

Linde employees learn and abide the Linde Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct by demonstrating honesty, integrity, professionalism in all communications, actions and decisions.

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

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