Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., providing strategic leadership across financial planning and performance management processes.
About the role
- Senior Director Finance collaboration with leaders to establish accurate volume forecasts and financial insights. Drive market share growth and design annual operating plans in food service distribution.
Responsibilities
- Own commercial forecast and sales financial insights for the entire business, providing clarity to executive leadership on progress towards long range plan
- Strengthens analytical capabilities to improve accuracy in forecasting overall company volume, sales performance, and digital initiatives.
- Designs analytics to understand key drivers of results leveraging internal and external data
- Develops and maintains reporting for market share across all operator segments, offering valuable insights to Commercial and Field leaders that drive market share performance
- Constructs key messaging for executive and senior leadership on weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages
- Drives development of financial plan and strategy for Local and National business as 'go-to' partner for EVP of Field operations and EVP of National Sales/Transformation Office
- Builds the Sales Annual Operating Plan with specific measurable goals and assumptions
- Financial lead for strategic plans around the future of our sales force and supply chain network
- Supports sales optimization efforts that enhance the profitability of our existing distribution network
- Other duties as assigned by manager
Requirements
- Must possess a minimum of 10 years of experience with a focus on financial planning, analytics and driving business results
- Minimum 5 years leadership experience, including managing a team with complex analytical skills
- Strategic Agility - must possess a clear understanding of complex business principles and concepts and the business environment and the various market forces that drive it.
- A strong commitment to understanding the company - its business, markets, structure, culture and people.
- Contributor to business strategy, assess the impact of executive decisions on the company's reputation, market value, and overall business success.
- Excellent communications, and process management with a focus on prioritization
- Drives Results - strives to attain results by conveying a sense of urgency, sets high standards of performance, and pursues challenging goals and objectives.
- Must have a high degree of integrity and the courage of his or her convictions.
- Lead change by evolving the organization and its financial planning practices, procedures, and disciplines.
- Self-confidence, balanced with knowledge of one's own strengths and limitations, will be crucial.
- Deep understanding of business drivers, economics, and finance.
- Strong analytical and leadership capability.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and senior stakeholders, including Field leadership.
- Comfort with ambiguity.
- Up to 10% of overnight travel.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Life insurance
- Annual incentive plan bonus
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