Director of FPNA - Accounting/Finance/Tax

Director Financial Planning and Analysis

As part of PLM’s finance and accounting team, the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (“FPNA Manager”) will provide accurate and data driven information about the company’s profitability, solvency, stability and liquidity to management and the company’s stakeholders. The FPNA Manager must possess strong technical skills, including the ability to extract and manipulate both financial and operational data from ERP systems or databases to prepare routine reports and presentations; conduct data mining and in-depth analyses to help the organization make well-informed decisions to affect the company’s growth strategy.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate, prepare, and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement, forecasts, etc.) considering company’s goals and financial position.
• Support CFO in treasury management and funding of the business
• Manage the Companies strategic planning processes and models
• Manage the preparation of monthly results for the Company’s different business units and product lines, and conduct variance analysis.
• Manage the annual planning and budgeting process throughout the organization.
• Manage both short-term and long-term forecasting.
• Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks.
• Track and determine financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with forecasts.
• Support cross functional projects or initiatives with meaningful analytics. Provide creative alternatives and/or recommendations to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve overall financial performance.
• Conduct business studies, analyze historic performance, identify trends, advise company, and recommend actions to the executive team based on sound analysis.
• Assess the effectiveness of the existing tools, models and reports and drive continuous automation and improvement of processes.
• Support financial analysis support to Senior Leadership and the Company Shareholders
• Ad hoc projects as identified.
• Manage staff of 3.
  
  

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Detail Oriented – Pay great attention to details; has the ability to spot errors and abnormalities when conducting research and data analysis; complete all assignments with high level of accuracy.
• Action Oriented – Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others. Able to perform within tight timeframes and meet deadlines.
• Customer Focused – Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and when appropriate, external customers. Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Functional/Technical Skills – Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high-performance level, with accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Learning on the Fly - Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Presentation Skills - Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics; commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something isn’t working.
• Problem Solving – Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
• Technical Learning – Picks up on technical things quickly; can learn new skills and knowledge; is good at learning new industry, company, product, or technical knowledge; does well in technical courses and seminars.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree – Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics, Mathematics, or related area of study. (MBA a plus.)
• 7 years related work experience including analysis, reporting, and financial modeling, proven knowledge of financial forecasting and corporate finance.
• Advanced Excel skills a must and high proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and other MS Office applications.
• Experience with Power BI and Tableau required
• Experience with SQL and databases (SSMS) preferred.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to learn software quickly.
• Strong analytical and strategic/critical thinking abilities.
• Strong communications/presentation skills.
• Leasing or fleet management industry experience a plus.
  
  

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