Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

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The Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a senior finance leader responsible for driving enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and strategic decision support for a multinational manufacturing organization. This role serves as a trusted business partner to the CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and regional leadership, providing insight, rigor, and forward-looking analysis to support profitable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

• Partner with the CFO and Executive Leadership Team to drive enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, and performance management in support of strategic and operational decision-making.
• Lead development of the Company's long-range strategic plan, annual operating plan, and periodic forecasts, ensuring alignment with business objectives, capital priorities, and value creation goals.
• Serve as the primary finance partner to global business, manufacturing, supply chain, and functional leadership, providing forward-looking insights on performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and tradeoffs.
• Provide leadership for management reporting, executive analytics, and Board-level financial materials, ensuring clear, well-structured, and timely communication of financial performance and outlook.
• Drive enterprise performance management through robust financial modeling, scenario analysis, and KPI frameworks that enhance transparency, accountability, and decision quality across regions and functions.
• Collaborate closely with the VP Accounting & Corporate Controller to ensure alignment between management reporting and statutory results, while maintaining clear separation of responsibilities for accounting policy, compliance, and external reporting.
• Lead continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tools, and systems, including planning platforms, forecasting methodologies, and analytical capabilities, to improve accuracy, efficiency, and insight quality.
• Sponsor and lead cross-functional financial, operational, and systems improvement initiatives, particularly those impacting forecasting accuracy, cost structure visibility, productivity, and working capital performance.
• Perform a leadership role in ad-hoc commercial projects, M&A activity and partnering with the business on transformation work streams for key countries or product lines.
• Provide financial leadership and guidance on major business initiatives, including investments, restructuring actions, footprint decisions, and growth strategies, through rigorous financial evaluation and scenario planning.
• Oversee FP&A involvement in ERP and financial systems implementations, ensuring planning, forecasting, and management reporting requirements are appropriately reflected in system design, data structures, and hierarchies.
• Apply deep understanding of global manufacturing economics and international business environments to inform planning assumptions and performance analysis, while relying on accounting leadership for statutory, tax, and regulatory execution.
• Lead, develop and enhance a high-performing global FP&A organization, fostering strong analytical capability, business acumen, and a culture of partnership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Operate with independence, sound judgment, and executive presence, balancing strategic perspective with disciplined execution in a complex, global operating environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA or other advanced business degree strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant senior leadership experience in Financial Planning & Analysis within a multinational manufacturing or industrial organization.
• Proven track record leading enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management processes in complex, global environments.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and accounting principles sufficient to interpret results, assess performance drivers, and ensure alignment between management reporting and statutory outcomes, in partnership with Accounting leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership and Boards of Directors.
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis skills, with the ability to assess strategic alternatives, risks, and opportunities.
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, ERP, and financial modeling skills.
• Experience partnering with manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial leaders to evaluate cost structures, productivity initiatives, working capital performance, and investment decisions.
• Strong systems orientation with experience leveraging enterprise planning, reporting, and analytics tools (e.g., ERP and FP&A platforms); experience supporting ERP or finance systems implementations preferred.
• Solid understanding of global business operations and…