FP&A Manager

Position Summary

This position is responsible for providing financial planning and analysis for a specific division or department. This individual is responsible for delivering value-added business analysis and establishing meaningful operational metrics that lead to accurate business decision making. The role prepares and analyzes reports and dashboards reflecting earnings, profits, cash flow, and other financial and operational results and makes recommendations to improve financial results.

It develops forecasts using latest tools, measures performance against business plans and budgets, interprets data, and makes recommendations for operational improvements and increasing division profitability.

• Participate in leading and developing monthly and annual forecasts for income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Analyze actual vs. forecast variances and provide insights into key drivers for variances.
• Analyze and investigate margin variances; provide insight into drivers on margin increases or decreases.
• Develop ad hoc models utilizing Excel or other tools to determine the impact of contemplated business decisions such as adding a new warehouse or exiting a line of business.
• Identify and develop Power
  
  BI reports for finance and business users to either visualize the data or enhance financial operations.
• Support Accounting and Finance Operations teams in advanced use of tools to automate and streamline processes.
• Be an expert on data manipulation – able to write SQL queries, advanced Excel techniques, Power Query and other data tools.
• Lead preparation of internal financial reports and dashboards; continuously automate and improve reporting to provide data in an intuitive, automated way.
• Understand financials (accounts, transactions, reporting tree) and analyze and explain variances, providing ideas to enhance profitability.
• Develop metrics to measure business operations and identify areas for improvement.
• Lead development of customer, segment and channel profitability and cash flow analysis – identify actionable opportunities to enhance business performance.
• Supervise FP&A staff and seniors when applicable, as well as Data Analysts in the Finance Department.
• Interact with functional teams; have some exposure to external parties.

• 4-year degree in accounting or finance required;
  Master’s degree a plus.
• Relevant certifications such as CMA, CFA, or CPA preferred.
• 5-7 years of broad accounting or FP&A experience.
• A highly metrics-driven individual with strong analytical abilities.
• A working manager, capable of operating in a fast-paced environment, handling pressure well, and being self-motivated.
• A player-coach who can manage as well as dig into the details to drive results and exhibits high emotional intelligence.
• Strategic decision maker with strong problem-solving skills (critical thinking, creativity, innovation) who is naturally curious.
• Proven leader with high professional ethics and unquestionable integrity who is well organized and can prioritize and plan ahead.
• Excellent communicator and listener who is assertive yet personable and collaborative; has a point of view and can clearly interpret and summarize data.
• Passionate leader driven to find opportunities to improve business operations and profitability.
• Advanced knowledge of information technology – proficient in Microsoft Excel and strong knowledge in Power
  
  BI; SQL knowledge a plus.
• Supervisory skills and demonstrated ability to work with a diverse organization where group interaction, communication, and human relations are critical.
• Above-average written and verbal communication skills.
• A team player and effective communicator.
• Strong attention to detail.

U.S. Auto Force

U.S. Venture will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, E-3, F1, CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require U.S. Venture’s sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

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