Manager Finance

vallenext; Belmont (NC); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallen is seeking an FP&A Manager to partner with leadership on budgeting, forecasting, reporting and strategic analysis. You will build financial models to drive growth and improve profitability across the organization.

The role demands strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, experience with manufacturing/distribution, and the ability to communicate clearly with executives. You'll lead monthly packages and contribute to 3-5 year plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• MBA or CMA is preferred.
• Experience with distribution companies and/or manufacturing is advantageous.
• Strong communication and executive presence to interact with all levels.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze and report actual performance against budget/forecast.
• Develop reports and matrices for operations and regions.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages for leadership.
• Provide proactive support to business leaders after monthly results.
• Assist leadership with 3-5 year EBIT-focused strategy.
• Develop analytics to improve gross margin and drive growth.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes at the company level.
• Perform special project analyses as required.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Communication skills

Executive presence

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

MBA

CMA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Position Summary:

Vallen's FP&A Manager is an individual contributor responsible for performing financial budgeting, forecasting/planning, reporting and analysis to support impactful decisions of the leadership teams. They fulfil a key role in creating financial models to help improve the company's financial performance, accelerate its growth, and drive decision making processes.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitor, analyze and report actual performance against budget/forecast/PY.
• Develop and prepare thoughtful matrices and reports for operations and regions.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages.
• Provide pro-active support to business leaders following distribution of monthly results.
• Assist business leaders in deep dive review of operational areas.
• Develop and direct profitable growth-driven reporting through advanced analytics.
• Assist business leadership in developing 3-5-year strategy to deliver EBIT performance.
• Develop analytics to drive gross margin improvement through customer, vendor, and product insights
• Assist leadership in developing financial forecasting and impact assessment when developing structure strategies for the business.
• Prepare capex/business cases; control business cases and prepare post investment review.
• Facilitate budgeting and forecasting process on a total company level.
• Lead special project analysis as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting coupled with 7-10 years of financial analysis experience.

Other relevant experience includes:

• MBA, CMA preferred
• Experience with distribution companies and/or manufacturing preferred.
• Demonstration of strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Executive presence to interact with all levels within the organization
• Strong planning, organizational and execution skills
• Excellent MS-Excel and PowerPoint

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

• Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities.
• Long periods of time performing work over the phone and participating in group conference calls.
• Specific vision abilities are required by this job and include close vision, the ability to adjust focus, and the ability to distinguish color on computer monitors.
• Frequently required to sit and/or stand.
• Frequently required to speak/present in front of others.
• May be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• The work environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc.

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