What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager position at CEC COMPANIES?
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Position Summary
CEC seeks a FP&A Manager to spearhead growth initiatives through financial analysis and strategic insight. This role is ideal for a finance professional eager to make an impact within a fast-paced, high-stakes environment. You’ll lead efforts in developing and optimizing financial models, conducting in-depth business analyses, supporting mergers and acquisitions, and crafting strategic presentations that guide key executive decisions. We’re looking for candidates from top-tier backgrounds in management consulting, investment banking, or advanced FP&A, with a strong business acumen, a results-driven mindset, and the ability to excel in dynamic settings.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Lead the financial forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning processes.
- Develop and maintain detailed financial models to provide insights for business decisions.
- Prepare and present financial reports, identifying trends and offering recommendations for senior leadership.
- Analyze financial performance and variances from forecasts, providing actionable strategies to optimize results.
- Corporate Development & M&A:
- Lead financial analysis and valuation assessments for M&A opportunities.
- Support the due diligence process, evaluating risks and opportunities with internal and external teams.
- Support post-acquisition integration, ensuring new acquisitions align with company goals.
- Leadership & Collaboration:
- Act as a trusted advisor to the C-suite, providing data-driven insights that guide high-impact decision-making.
- Lead cross-functional projects, driving collaboration and ensuring excellence.
- Develop and present high-impact quick-turnaround presentations that clearly communicate complex data and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective processes, completion of projects and smooth operation of department
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- 3 years of relevant experience. Industries considered include investment banking, management consulting, FP&A, or related fields, with a strong capability in financial analysis and financial modeling.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or a related field required; MBA preferred.
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Proven success in fast-paced, high-turnaround environments, delivering high-quality results under tight deadlines.
- Expertise in building and maintaining detailed financial models, integrating historical financials with projections.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering actionable business insights.
- Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to communicate financial and strategic data to senior executives.
- Experience in M&A a plus; including deal evaluation, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration.
- Leadership abilities with a focus on collaboration, team growth, and accountability.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Requires mobility within an office environment.
- Regularly required to talk and hear. Effectively communicate with others both written and orally, including using the telephone.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- The employee may be required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and bend.
- May be required to stoop, kneel, and crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Possess good hearing, normal or corrected.
- The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- The employee may be required to climb stairs.
- Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night or weekend shifts, as needed.
CEC Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in our workforce. It is our policy to attract and retain the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, status as a military veteran, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
