Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Overview

The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager will provide critical business decision support by generating timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis and reporting to business leaders and budget owners. This role will work with the global FP&A team in supporting functional leaders across the organization in managing and forecasting revenue, margin, spend, analyzing complex financial and operational data to understand trends, develop root cause analysis on business challenges and propose solutions for maximizing revenue and profitability goals.

• Work with Sales Leaders and Supply Chain to develop and maintain robust and accurate revenue forecasts, at least bi-weekly, for both demand and shipments.
• Ensure real-time visibility to revenue reporting to support forecast process.
• Analyze and forecast gross margin based on revenue forecast.
• Analyzing contribution margins on customer groups and product groups, partnering with Product Management in directing product rationalization and commercial channel optimization
• Partner closely with functional leaders in developing financial plans (budget, forecasts, and multi-year strategies)

The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager will be a truly collaborative partner for the Company’s global leadership team. You will bring your informed point of view, experience, and passion for the work to your team and internal clients. In Finance, you will be an integral voice in discussions that lead to Safeguard’s growth plans. Your input and work product will be directly applied to critical business decisions from sales to operations across the global businesses.

Your financial expertise will contribute and guide the Company’s growth strategy, both organic and through further acquisitions. Above all, the work is meaningful, as it moves the Company forward in its mission to ensure first responders of every skill level in every environment have the products and tools to preserve life.

The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager will provide critical business decision support by generating timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis and reporting to business leaders and budget owners. This role will work with the global FP&A team in supporting functional leaders across the organization in managing and forecasting revenue, margin, spend, analyzing complex financial and operational data to understand trends, develop root cause analysis on business challenges and propose solutions for maximizing revenue and profitability goals.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Work with Sales Leaders and Supply Chain to develop and maintain robust and accurate revenue forecasts, at least bi-weekly, for both demand and shipments.
• Ensure real-time visibility to revenue reporting to support forecast process.
• Analyze and forecast gross margin based on revenue forecast.
• Analyzing contribution margins on customer groups and product groups, partnering with Product Management in directing product rationalization and commercial channel optimization
• Partner closely with functional leaders in developing financial plans (budget, forecasts, and multi-year strategies)

The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager will be a truly collaborative partner for the Company’s global leadership team. You will bring your informed point of view, experience, and passion for the work to your team and internal clients. In Finance, you will be an integral voice in discussions that lead to Safeguard’s growth plans. Your input and work product will be directly applied to critical business decisions from sales to operations across the global businesses.

Your financial expertise will contribute and guide the Company’s growth strategy, both organic and through further acquisitions. Above all, the work is meaningful, as it moves the Company forward in its mission to ensure first responders of every skill level in every environment have the products and tools to preserve life.

• Analyze monthly financial results at the functional level, meeting with global leadership team in providing data-based decision-making support,…