FPA Manager, Data Centers

Trane Technologies; Davidson (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Trane Technologies is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager for Data Centers, with responsibility for long- and short-term planning, forecasting, and management reporting. You will partner with the Data Centers BU Finance Leader and senior leadership to drive financial insights, consolidate results, and improve planning processes.

The role requires leading the development of the long-range plan, annual operating plan, and monthly forecasts, while building tools to visualize performance

Qualifications

• 7+ years diversified Finance experience; proven leadership in forecasting, reporting, and analytics.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience transforming Finance processes and driving excellence in a manufacturing/industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in short- and long-term financial objectives evaluation for LRPs and AOPs.
• Lead development of Long-Range Plan, Annual Operating Plan, and quarterly forecast updates with cross-functional alignment.
• Oversee month-end close, financial reporting, and variance analysis with clear executive communication.
• Support MOR and QBR reviews and coordinate financial analyses across the BU.
• Lead investment processes and business case development for Data Center operations.
• Collaborate with BU finance leaders to establish cadence and deliverables.
• Develop dashboards and analytics to identify financial risks and opportunities.
• Drive monthly close process improvements and data analytics tooling enhancements.
• Perform ad hoc analyses and support other finance functions as needed.

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Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

Job Summary:

FP&A Manager, Data Centers

The FP&A Manager - Data Centers is responsible for long-term and short-term financial planning, forecasting, management reporting and analysis, and the creation of tools to help drive business insights. The candidate will serve as a key partner to the Data Centers BU Finance Leader and SLT. The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is responsible for all aspects of the financial reporting and analysis. This includes period ending analysis, coordination of the monthly forecast process, and leading the development of the long range and annual operating plan. This role requires productive working relationships will all levels of leadership and many different functions. The candidate will demonstrate solid understanding of business fundamentals and have strong financial analysis skills. The candidate should be able to effectively synthesize and consolidate business results from multiple information sources and have strong data management competency. A critical component of this leadership will include driving financial process improvements initiatives, enabling improvement in ease of doing business across Data Centers Finance. In addition, this role will play a critical role in sustaining a strong control mindset in the BU.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the evaluation of short and long-term financial objectives; evaluate and advise on financial implications of long-range (LRP) and annual (AOP) planning
• Lead the development of Long-Range Plan (LRP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and quarterly forecast updates including socializing and aligning across the cross-functional teams
• Lead the month-end reporting and analysis, including communicating financial results in monthly reviews, risks and opportunity consolidation, weekly pulse coordination, and financial bridge development and analysis
• Support operational reviews including the Monthly Operating Review (MOR) and the Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
• Lead the investment process for the business including coordinating building business cases across all Data Center businesses to understand operational expense, capital expense and financial benefit of investments
• Collaborate with all finance leaders across the BU to establish timeline and deliverables cadence
• Analyze financial and market data, and provide recommendations to executive leadership to drive business performance and achieve financial goals
• Develop tools for early identification of financial problems, including development of financial dashboards to visualize financial results and trends, and make recommendations for resolution of problems
• Lead process improvement initiatives, including monthly close process, forecast process, and improved data analytics and reporting tools.
• Perform frequent and complex ad hoc analytical and financial modeling assignments and assist in other finance functions and responsibilities as needed

Qualifications:

• The successful candidate will have diversified Finance experience (7+ years) and proven leadership skills with a strong desire to transform Finance processes and drive Finance Excellence. The candidate will have demonstrated success across forecasting, financial reporting, and process improvement roles. Strong collaboration and influencing skills will be critical enablers to the candidate's success. The ideal candidate will have balanced experience across Accounting & Finance roles with experience in manufacturing/industrial companies.
• Forward thinking mindset with proven ability to forecast & plan effectively
• Understanding of performance drivers across the P&L, cash flow and balance sheet
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Strong collaborator who is highly effective working across organization/functions
• Strong interest & capability to advance analytics enabled work processes
• Change leader with ability to lead transformation (particularly with respect to analytically enabling processes & reducing process complexity)
• Effective presentation skills, which include the ability to explain and communicate forecast rationale, financial results, and opportunities in an