Sr Mgr FP&A

American Greetings Corporation; Westlake (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

American Greetings Corporation in Westlake, Ohio, is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A to drive strategic, analytical and tactical finance leadership for the supply chain. The role will split responsibilities with another Sr Finance Manager, focusing on Manufacturing and Distribution while supporting cash-flow forecasting and the Transformation Management Office (TMO).

The position requires coordinating between commercial and supply chain functions to make profitable business decisions by

Responsibilities

• Manage the Manufacturing and Distribution aspects of supply chain within the FP&A department.
• Responsible for monthly financial reporting related to the above as well as developing long-term strategic plans, annual operating plans, business metrics, and capital requests.
• Work closely with accounting to understand how actuals will flow and ensure the forecasting process is aligned.
• Provide financial decision support to business units and supply chain leadership teams.
• Connect operational decisions and activities to financial statements and results.
• Support commercial and financial strategies enabled by effective planning, measurement and reporting.
• Identify new opportunities for cost savings and incorporate best in class business processes working closely with our TMO process.
• Manage financial analytical support for the global supply functions and support the operational management team to achieve their financial targets.
• Develop and manage financial reporting and forecasting tools for above referenced global supply functions.
• Analyze and report actions causing operational spending, variances and manufacturing / distribution / transportation variances to plan, forecast and prior year.
• Prepare costing models and financial analysis for product make vs. buy decisions.
• Assist in capital appropriation requests and programs as well as review assumptions and financial impact of each capital request.
• Prepare operational and financial modeling for special projects and long-term supply chain strategies.
• Coordinate the development of product standard costs and ensure cost-of-goods-sold are accurately portrayed in financial statements.
• Facilitate and strengthen communications and business relationship between finance and the other functional areas of the business.
• Assist with the overall cash flow forecast including the overall process and various required inputs across multiple business units.

Job description

As this is a hybrid role, working out of our Creative Studios in Westlake, Ohio, we will focus on candidates who currently reside in Northeast Ohio.

American Greetings is seeking a dynamic Senior Manager, FP&A who thrives on change and approaches all facets of the job with a continuous improvement mindset.

The Senior Manager will provide strategic, analytical and tactical finance leadership to the supply chain of American Greetings. This position will work with business unit and supply chain leadership to maximize profitable growth and streamline business spending.

This position must drive coordination between our commercial and supply chain functions to make profitable business decisions by providing business analysis and identifying key cost drivers for investment and margin expectations.

This position will split the supply chain responsibility with another Sr Finance Manager. This position will focus on the Manufacturing and Distribution aspects of supply chain as well as well as supporting cash flow forecasting and other key areas including our Transformation Management Office (TMO).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the Manufacturing and Distribution aspects of supply chain within the FP&A department.
• Responsible for monthly financial reporting related to the above as well as developing long-term strategic plans, annual operating plans, business metrics, and capital requests.
• Work closely with accounting to understand how actuals will flow and ensure the forecasting process is aligned.
• Provide financial decision support to business units and supply chain leadership teams.
• Connect operational decisions and activities to financial statements and results.
• Support commercial and financial strategies enabled by effective planning, measurement and reporting.
• Identify new opportunities for cost savings and incorporate best in class business processes working closely with our TMO process.
• Manage financial analytical support for the global supply functions and support the operational management team (Manufacturing, Distribution, Asia Supply and Corporate Transportation) to achieve their financial targets.
• Develop and manage financial reporting and forecasting tools for above referenced global supply functions.
• Analyze and report actions causing operational spending, variances and manufacturing / distribution / transportation variances to plan, forecast and prior year.
• Prepare costing models and financial analysis for product "make vs. buy" decisions.
• Assist in capital appropriation requests and programs as well as review assumptions and financial impact of each capital request.
• Prepare operational and financial modeling for special projects and long-term supply chain strategies.
• Coordinate the development of product standard costs and ensure cost-of-goods-sold are accurately portrayed in financial statements.
• Facilitate and strengthen communications and business relationship between finance and the other functional areas of the business.
• Assist with the overall cash flow forecast including the overall process and various required inputs across multiple business units.