What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning & Analysis position at Producto Group?
Job Description
Job Description
DEPARTMENT : FP&A AND FINANCE
Analyzes operational, commercial, strategic and financial data / metrics in order to provide insightful analysis to drive management actions and initiatives and the planning process. Manages business forecasting and budgets. Performs financial analyses in line with corporate goals and allocates capital to its most efficient place. Becomes a trusted advisor to the supported unit.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS & ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Engage business partners to create detailed financial plans and influence investment decisions.
- Own and build on current models to forecast financials and operational KPIs.
- Analyze performance, identify areas of risk and opportunity and make recommendations to finance and operations leadership for improvements.
- Participate in the development of the FP&A and finance departments’ plans and programs; provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision-making.
- Consolidate the business units’ forecast / plans into the overall corporate reporting to build a composite view of the company.
- Assist accounting with month-end closing (allocations) and valuation, as required.
- Prepare and maintain financial models and tools; learn and master the budget forecast model, making enhancements for accuracy, relevance, changing business, changing markets, etc.
- Formulate questions and analyses for the team to research.
- Gather, manage and manipulate data from multiple sources for analysis; identify trends, extract insights and deliver actionable presentations of findings.
- Monitor and report on market changes including macroeconomics and peers / competitors.
- Perform other ad hoc analyses.
- Support an investment decisioning process to review business cases.
- Apply financial and economic concepts including financial modeling, economic analysis, cash flow (DCF), profitability, earnings, balance sheet, taxes, financial ratios and alignment to KPIs.
- Leverage analytical tools and methodologies including visualizations to present findings.
- Collaborate on processes and projects while representing the goals of the finance group.
- Demonstrate finance, business and industry expertise; learn the strategy, drivers, metrics and data elements of the company.
- Identify and solve complex data integrity issues and collaborate with stakeholders.
- Establish credibility through respectful, thoughtful interactions, attention to detail, professional integrity, and excellent financial insight.
- Actively upgrade the department through professional development, coaching, feedback, mentoring and creating career paths for team members.
- Create, promote and sustain a high-performance culture; continuously raise the performance bar for the finance organization.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, team members or potentially leading the effort.
- Identify opportunities to resolve finance issues.
- Prepare analyses, forward-looking financials and pro-forma financials for the investor community.
- Demonstrate appropriate understanding of accounting principles and internal controls.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS POSITION REPORTS TO : CFO
POSITION(S) SUPERVISED : 0 now, this may change QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
RELEVANT CERTIFICATION(S) Preferred
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
7 to 10 years of professional experience with a track record of increased responsibilities and proven success of financial analysis capabilities.
SKILLS & ABILITIES