Finance Manager - Ventrac

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Ventrac, located in Orrville, Ohio, is a division of The Toro Company. Ventrac is a premier innovator of equipment for turf and landscape grounds management, sidewalk snow removal, and specialty grounds care maintenance. Built for performance with quality to last, Ventrac equipment is ideal for golf course turf management, sports fields, collegiate campuses, residential and commercial property maintenance, and public green spaces.

A senior member of the Divisional executive management team, this role understands the direction of the enterprise, collaborates with the rest of the management team to develop and execute short and long term divisional business strategies. This leader is a broad thinker who works directly with senior management, corporate functions and divisional personnel to drive continued growth and success of the Division and Enterprise.

As a senior finance leader, this position creates an environment of engagement and inclusion, directs all Divisional Financial Planning & Analysis activities to meet core business objectives and drive business strategy, as well as leads and manages to Corporate financial management and planning requirements. Receives direction from Division General Manager/VP and Group FP&A Director.

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for the following responsibilities:

• Creates a finance environment that provides excellent service to its customers, is easy to do business with, has a sense of urgency, continuously improves, and quickly adapts to change.
• Works seamlessly with the FP&A Center of Excellence (COE) to coordinate analytical and reporting processes to effectively enable sound business decision-making.
• Leads the Division's annual and long-term strategic financial planning process, setting strategic objectives, and developing specific action plans to deliver on strategy.
• Analyzes and outlines recommendations and alternatives for senior management on a wide variety of business opportunities, including the areas of capital expenditures, asset/liability management, product pricing, lease vs. buy analysis, new product development and product/customer profitability.
• Utilizes existing Business Intelligence (BI) tools to provide meaningful analysis around actual Division financial results as compared to budgets, forecasts and prior year results.
• Implements, and manages an integrated plan for the accounting and financial control of the Division that is consistent with corporate policies, procedures, and directives, and assures that generally accepted accounting principles are consistently applied.
• Responsible for accurate and timely general ledger accounting close for the entity.
• Implements and manages a system of internal controls to ensure the safeguarding of assets, the integrity of financial results, SOX internal control compliance and the efficient functioning of the Finance department.
• Provides matrixed leadership to coordinate the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process for production, shipping and inventory management.
• Oversees projection process to meet divisional and corporate management requirements. Projection process includes development of current forecasts of Revenue, Gross Margin, SG&A spending, allocations, product costs as well as balance sheet metrics.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key functional areas in Corporate, Operations and other Divisions.
• Engages with others across the organization to develop the best possible solutions for the Enterprise (breaks down silos).
• Performs other required duties as needed in addition to the essential duties and responsibilities described above, to meet the changing needs of the organization.

• Bachelors of Arts or Science in Accounting, Finance or Business. MBA, CPA or CMA desirable.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in financial and cost management, business planning and analysis with increasing scope and responsibility.
• Minimum 3 years of direct leadership experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of financial and accounting principles and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively to end users of all experience levels, in both oral and written communications.
• Able to efficiently and effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
• Critical thinker, with sound business judgment and exceptional business acumen.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proven business and financial strategist.
• Able to maintain composure in stressful situations, in a highly interactive role.
• Customer-focused and results-oriented individual with a bias for action that permeates to the entire group.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills vital to anticipating, investigating and resolving…