What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis position at SolomonEdwards?
A Global Manufacturing Company located in the Greater Akron area is looking to hire a Director of FP&A to lead the finance function for the organization. This high exposure role that will work closely with Senior Leadership, Private Equity Sponsors, Sales, and Operations to execute on the following:
- Build enhanced reporting and analysis for business performance, KPIs, and business drivers
- Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting process
- Perform scenario and "what-if" analysis to guide business decision-making
- Support sales by creating pricing models, volume analysis, and customer incentive structures
- Prepare detailed reporting and analysis to senior leadership and private equity firm monthly
- Work with procurement to evaluate cost drivers and identify areas of opportunity
- Manipulate large amounts of data to identify relationships and trends, with the goal of reporting more useful data and analysis
- Identify ways to streamline processes and create efficiencies across the manufacturing finance area
- Utilize SAP and Power BI to increase visibility into the costing function and create automated reports
- Train, mentor, and lead the finance team
The Director of FP&A must possess the following:
- BS in Accounting or Finance; MBA a plus
- 10 years of progressive FP&A experience
- Manufacturing industry background required
- Experience working for a mid-market company required
- Prior experience dealing with private equity ownership strongly preferred
- SAP and Power BI knowledge preferred
- Excellent Excel skills
