Financial Planning and Analyst will own the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting process at a company to inform major decisions made by the executive team and board of directors. The candidate will collect, prepare and analyze financial data from across the organization to create reports that provide data-driven answers to business questions.
An FP&A professional should be a business partner for the entire organization, working closely with various business units, and a strategic advisor to the CFO function. These professionals help leaders of the finance department maintain and mitigate additional costs by identifying opportunities for efficiency, savings and investment.
The ideal candidate possesses leadership capabilities, solid operational and have adequate cost-accounting background and works proactively to drive results. This person is a self-starter, flexible, has a high level of integrity and is action and goal-oriented in a fast-paced, team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Responsibilities:
- Perform budgeting and rolling forecasting the company’s future financial performance that aligns with the company’s strategic plan that sets high-level targets (revenue, net income, core strategic initiatives, etc.). The rolling forecast including forecast of the company’s performance and its direct result to the financial statements (i.e. Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flow)
- Creating custom financial models to support the budget and forecast that account for trends within the business and in the broader industry and economy that may affect revenue and profit
- Perform various financial stress tests / scenarios (e.g. for new line of business or to seek efficiency within the existing business process) to provide timely, accurate and actionable recommendations to senior management.
- Responsible for putting together board reports and management reports such as variance analysis reports, which track budget vs. actual spend by department, including collecting data from different departments, verifying and consolidating that information.
- Proactively maintain and monitor key financial indicators—like debt-to-equity ratio and current ratio.
- Perform analysis to the financial statements to understand which product lines or services have the highest profit margin or contribute the most to net profit. This task includes breaking down the cost and revenue or profit generated by each department within the company.
- Perform assessment for the return of the business’s investments with its working capital and finding new investment opportunities
- Provide Ad-hoc reports related to the company or business unit performance to internal and external parties as needed.
Requirements
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and math
- Have an appetite for crunching numbers
- Strong business partnering skills. Business partnering skills include the ability to work well with others and understand their business priorities and goals, build a deep knowledge of the company and its processes, and turn droves of information into easily understood reports.
- At least 5 years of experience, with a minimum of 1 year management experience
- A Bachelor’s / Master's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Have a background in accounting or advisory firm
- Knowledge in cost accounting
- Have experience in financial industry
- Strong problem solving skills and willingness to perform direct work to get the job done
- Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams
- Excellent business reporting and communication skills
