Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Ferreri Search often has clients pursuing talent in the area of Financial Planning & Analysis. These people are typically responsible for budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, capital investment analysis, certain treasury functions and financial decision support and analysis. This position provides financial oversight, leadership and support to all departments across the company.
General Responsibilities:
- Develops and updates the annual budget and plans
- Produces monthly budget to actual MD&A style reports and analyzes variances within the time schedule of the Accounting month-end close process
- Investigates variances in the budgets and reports findings and recommendations to management
- Analyzes operating expenses and makes recommendations for cost savings opportunities
- Maintains and analyzes a suite of company metric reports monthly, quarterly, and annually to identify trends and key drivers of the business and presents these results to senior management
- Assists the CFO in articulating the business model to management, the Board and financial institutions
- Reviews the cash position of the Company; plans for maintenance of adequate funds through preparation of the weekly cash and other financial forecasts to meet outstanding and planned commitments
- Manages debt compliance reporting. Prepares and monitors debt compliance forecast, alerting the CFO to any potential events of default
Preferred Experience & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA preferred
- 5+ years combined finance experience, with significant experience in financial analysis and a working knowledge of accounting concepts, practices, and procedures
- Judgment to plan, prioritize and accomplish goals; ability to think ahead and be proactive; able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Cash management and cash forecasting skills
- Excellent verbal, written and board-level presentation skills; communication of business plans, strategies, financial results and action plans
- Previous experience working for a private equity held company preferred; experience working with lending institutions in a leveraged capital structure preferred
- Capital restructuring and M&A experienced preferred
- Expert level MS Excel skills. Experience with MS Access and JD Edwards preferred
