Director Financial Planning & Analysis - North America

Genuine Parts Company; Alabama; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries seeks a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to partner with Group VPs, delivering proactive insights into financial performance and driving world-class leadership. The role mentors the FP&A team, develops metric-driven analyses, and guides strategic initiatives for efficiency and growth.

Leading the preparation of group monthly/quarterly/year-end statements, you will collaborate across Finance to optimize processes and support acquisitions, with a focus on improving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required; master's preferred.
• 7+ years in managerial finance and/or financial reporting, with 5+ years leading people.
• Experience managing multiple ERP systems consolidated into one financial reporting platform.
• Experience managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, and evaluate the FP&A team; set goals and priorities.
• Establish performance objectives and drive process improvements.
• Partner with operational leaders to support strategy and decision-making.
• Lead development of metric-driven financial analysis.
• Oversee timely communication of insights and variances vs plan/forecast.
• Lead preparation of monthly, quarterly, and year-end statements.
• Identify opportunities to increase business knowledge and visibility.
• Lead strategic initiatives for efficiency and improvements.
• Benchmark against peers and identify improvement opportunities.
• Oversee review of reconciliations, journals, and significant estimates.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes; collaborate on analysis and modeling.
• Work with Treasury, SSC, IT to develop/maintain processes and solutions.
• Support Acquisition Integration in analytics and onboarding.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Executive presence

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Master's degree preferred

7+ years managerial finance / financial reporting

5+ years leading people

ERP systems experience

Tools

PeopleSoft General Ledger

Blackline

ERP systems experience

Financial reporting software

Job description

SUMMARY:

The Director Financial Planning & Analysis - N.A.'s principal responsibilities are to partner with, and support, Group Vice Presidents by providing proactive, thought-provoking, value-adding insight into Group financial performance; and contribute world class financial leadership and resources to drive the achievement of both Motion Industries and individual Group goals. The Director Financial Planning & Analysis identifies opportunities and drives decision-making by collecting, managing, analyzing, and disseminating financial information and analyses. This role drives positive change, contributing to increases in market share, margins and productivity; while improving efficiencies to reduce costs and manage assets.

• Mentors, coaches, and evaluates N.A. Financial Planning & Analysis team. Sets goals and related priorities; coach and develop team members
• Establishes and monitors appropriate employee performance objectives, introduce best practices and process improvements.
• Establishes strong partnerships with operational leaders to support the strategy and business decision-making.
• Leads the development of metric-driven financial analysis.
• Oversees the provision of timely communication of actionable insights and understanding of variations versus plan and forecast on all financial metrics and key performance indicators.
• Leads the preparation of Group level monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial Statements.
• Proactively seeks out opportunities to increase business knowledge and create visibility within the organization.
• Leads strategic initiatives focusing on operational efficiency and improvements.
• Benchmarks against industry peers and provide insights for improvement opportunities.
• Oversees review of account reconciliations, analyses and related journal entries. Approves significant non-standard journal entries posted to Group financials.
• Reviews quarterly adjustments and other significant estimates.
• Supports Finance Leadership in the design, maintenance and presentation of budgeting & forecasting process; collaborate with leadership in all aspects of financial support, project analysis and modeling.
• Partners with other Finance leaders in developing and/or improving accounting processes & documentation, recommending changes that lead to the adoption of world class processes. Partners both internal and external business partners such as with Treasury, Financial Shared Services, IT, and others to develop, optimize and maintain processes and solutions.
• Supports Acquisition Integration team with the analysis and onboarding of distribution acquisitions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. A master's degree is preferred. Typically requires seven (7) or more years of managerial finance and/or financial reporting experience with five (5) or more years of experience in leading people. Requires experience managing multiple ERP systems consolidated into one financial reporting platform. Experience with managing multiple projects.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Professional, executive presence with excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with management at corporate and field levels
• Strong negotiation and partnership skills, across all levels of management, with ability to influence and challenge decisions and processes
• Forward-thinking in implementing tools and techniques to improve analytics, driving better business decisions
• Self-motivated and able to independently manage multiple responsibilities concurrently
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to propose positive business solutions to problems
• Excellent leadership skills - driver of results, developer and coach of people, influencer of peers
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to collaborate within a team, managing the team dynamics and relationships
• Ability to manage data between multiple systems
• Experience with PeopleSoft General Ledger or similar ERP and Blackline

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:

Yes

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.