Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Responsibilities & Candidate Profile:

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities supporting critical business functions including Product Development, Commercial Insights, etc. and lead New Product financial modeling; development of management reports; design and deployment of key operating metrics and the company scorecard; providing accurate and timely analysis and sales forecast to a wide span of functional leaders and executives including VP of Sales, VP of Marketing, Leader of Product Lines; supporting the company's commercial functions with accurate and consistent financial analysis; and engaging in company-wide business planning.

The ideal candidate will have:

excellent communication skills; acumen for data analytics and identifying trends; ability to design and maintain organized databases; high level of accuracy and attention to detail; desire to improve processes and implement change; and experience in leading project teams to improve functional reliability and performance.

Examples of Typical Activities:

Provide strong financial business partnership support to functions including Product Development, Marketing, Commercial Insights, etc. and support strategic decision making with data & analytics Establish process, timeline and mechanisms to support New Product Introduction (NPI) business models and working closely with sales, marketing, and operations to incorporate expectations for volume and margins by customer and category Enhance the forecasting process and manage business partners to improve forecast timeliness and accuracy Develop and improve key management reports and gain user input and acceptance to templates for business management reporting, including consistent and accurate reporting of profitability by customer, product category, and key initiatives Perform ad hoc financial analysis, including modeling outcomes of various business scenarios Direct and manage the activities of analysts to provide pricing desk support and margin analysis to commercial teams Produce investment analysis templates and financial tracking models to drive accountability in the product development and commercial launch cycles

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