Director FP&A managing financial aspects for Global Trade Management business unit. Providing decision support and ensuring long-term profitable growth aligned with strategic goals.
Responsibilities
As a key member of the senior Global Trade Management team and the finance team, the Director FP&A will manage two senior financial analysts and be responsible for all financial aspects of the Global Trade Management (GTM) business unit.
The position will be responsible for providing financially driven decision support to the business.
The Director FP&A will be a source of financial expertise for the GTM Senior Leadership Team and ensure that long term, profitable growth is delivered in line with the company's strategic goals.
Lead the financial reporting process globally for GTM and maintain effective controls over the reasonability, accuracy, and completeness of the results through a detailed understanding of the accounting and operational processes.
Serve as primary interface between the GTM Business leaders and the Corporate Accounting & Finance team for all aspects of GTM including analysis of monthly financials, variance explanations, KPIs and forward-looking projections.
Lead the development of the annual operating plan, long term projections and quarterly forecast by working collaboratively with senior GTM management and the finance team.
Ensure accurate forecasts are built with buy in from key business leaders.
Support all matters concerning the current and long-term financial performance of the business unit and its operating models.
An ability to translate complex financial and business metric data into clear, actionable next steps with senior management will be crucial to success in this role.
Provide proactive advice as to the business partners to achieve company’s strategic goals.
Provide senior management with information vital to reporting and decision making.
Provide profitability analysis of the overall businesses including analysis by customer and service.
Assisting in identifying areas of concern and work with operations to rectify low profitability areas.
Capital expenditure tracking and business case development including financial support.
Lead and inspire the team.
Be seen as the key partner to GTM leadership to drive improved results in a sustainable manner.
Support the business partners across the organization, advising on accounting and finance issues related to current matters and future opportunities and provide support to cross-functional teams, as appropriate.
Create collaborative working relationships within the finance team, with peers, members of the broader organization and business partners.
Requirements
5+ years of work experience in a similar role
Previous experience in financial analysis and planning with strong link to business and operations a must
Previous people management experience is required
Excellent communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with others
Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to interpret data, analyze information, and an ability to write formal recommendations and proposals
An ability to use a variety of technology tools to access information is required.
A self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision.
7 years of related experience
Required: Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Finance
Preferred: Masters Degree or equivalent in Business
Benefits
Accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
Job title
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