Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analytics (WFH)

Newage Products; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to drive financial planning processes, enhance analytical models, and lead a team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in corporate finance, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex insights clearly. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic decision-making and drive efficiencies in financial planning.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a highly analytical environment.
• Minimum 5 years of financial planning experience in consumer packaged goods.

Responsibilities

• Develop processes for financial planning models.
• Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning processes.
• Create insightful presentations for leadership decision making.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

CPA

CFA

Tools

Excel

Python

R

SQL

Power BI

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Develop processes for identifying and integrating critical business performance drivers into financial planning models.
• Drive monthly, quarterly and annual financial planning processes and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Create and maintain delivery of financial planning through SOP, automation, and Integration.
• Work closely with cross functional business units to ensure planning assumptions are aligned with the key stakeholders, ensure effective collaboration and mutual accountability is in place.
• Develop and maintain annual budget, (6M, 12M, 15M and 18M) rolling forecast and 3 - 5 year consolidated financial projections.
• Independently own budget/forecast process. Build new or expand existing models to support the growth of the business
• Drive efficiencies in our planning processes through standardization and automation of dashboards, reports, & templates, as well as calendar alignment around key dates & deadlines.
• Develop and implement scenario modelling to demonstrate cause and effect relationship of different decision levers for strategic prioritization process and decisions.
• Develop practical business applications for prescriptive and predictive analytical models and monitor and analyze model performance and accuracy.
• Provide in-depth financial, variance and trending analyses and value-added insights related to key performances drivers and other financial and non-financial metrics
• Create insightful presentations to summarize analyses and facilitate decision making for leadership

Other Responsibilities:

• Coach and develop a team
• Develop strong understanding of the companys structure and become proficient in various areas of the business including but not limited to sales demand planning, supply chain, and logistics.
• Build a team culture of customer service excellence for both internal and external customers of FP&A team
• Assist in special projects, including system implementations and standardization efforts.

Preferred candidate profile

• Candidates are expected to have a robust understanding of corporate finance and accounting principles
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a highly analytical environment with relevant experience in a corporate finance setting
• CPA and CFA, or any other relevant financial designation
• Minimum 5 years of financial planning experience in a consumer packaged or retail organization
• Shares a passion for analytics and leverages information systems to distill complexity in to clear, actionable insights
• Expertise in Excel, financial analytical model, and financial analyses
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite Skills are a must
• Working knowledge of Python or R (pandas, numpy, scipy), SQL and Power BI
• Familiarity with date visualization software and dashboard creation
• Commitment to continuous process improvement and ability to challenge the status quo to make improvement
• Highly developed interpersonal, written, and oral communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently, thrive in a fast-pace environment, take initiative, be highly organized, have attention to detail and be customer focused

Candidate should have below requirements at their home for WFH

• Steady broadband or cable Internet
• Appropriate working desk for Work from home