Director, Financial Planning & Analysis recruitment
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The Director, Financial Planning Analysis will lead the FPA department in the execution of all financial planning and management reporting requirements of the Company. This position will be responsible for preparing the annual and long-term financial plans, monitoring and analyzing performance to plan, reforecasting monthly, communicating results to management, and disseminating timely and relevant financial data to support decision making. The right candidate will deliver insightful and value added business analyses and will introduce processes and tools to facilitate a highly efficient and effective comprehensive planning process, The ideal candidate must also be assertive, self-directed, innovative and driven by details and deadlines. This position reports to the SVP, Finance Accounting.
Position Responsibilities:
- Drive an efficient, effective and comprehensive process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to strategic objectives.
- Direct all aspects of company’s expense reporting and annual planning and budgeting processes.
- Manage the Company’s financial planning process which includes monthly forecasting, 3 year business plan development and annual budget. Act as project manager for the entire budget process setting timelines, ensuring all budgets are accurate, comprehensive and completed on time. Develop budget tools and prepare large complex financial models within our SAP Business Planning Consolidation system.
- Lead monthly expense reporting and analysis for the company and department. Create, implement and produce a monthly reporting package that includes full financial statements, comprehensive KPI reporting, operational Dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, and comprehensive executive level explanations of variances and trends.
- Create sophisticated financial models that provide financial analysis and decision support to senior leadership on key business components. Advise business leadership of opportunities and risks impacting business performance. Propose potential solutions to complex problems.
- Lead development and enhancement of market and competitive analysis.
- Lead the preparation of financial analysis, commentary and presentation materials for executive review meetings.
- Provide sophisticated financial modeling, financial analysis and valuation support for acquisitions, new product development, long-term contracts and other ad-hoc financial projects.
- Complete productivity walks and implement process improvements to reduce process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions.
- Review, analyze and compare monthly and quarterly operating department financial results and key performance indicators against plan and other internal benchmarks, including working capital and cash flow analysis.
- Provide financial analysis around business expense reduction initiatives and capital expenditures. Drive key process improvement initiatives for team across all FPA processes.
- In addition to working closely with the Quidsi executive team, this person will have significant exposure to senior financial management and key business leaders at Amazon. I think that is a good selling point and also indicates the strength of candidate we need.
- Solid understanding of database architecture (advanced SQL skills a plus)
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA a plus. CPA a big plus.
- Minimum 7 years + of progressive financial planning and analysis and corporate finance management experience in high growth companies.
- Experience with financial planning for a large enterprise, business unit budgeting and reporting, and financial modeling and analysis, and capital budgeting.
- Previous experience using enterprise-wide financial planning systems
- Exceptional analytical and financial analysis skills with passion for details and “digging in”
- Strong Computer aptitude and proficiency, including expert Excel skills. Proficiency in other Microsoft Office applications is a must – Word, PowerPoint. GAAP a must.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with performance management, scorecards, and dash boarding is highly desirable.
- Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with superior attention to detail. Ability to organize and work with large amounts of complex information, managing multiple priorities.
- Outgoing personality and ability to establish rapport and work efficiently with all team members serving various functions at various levels.
- Exceptional communication skills with ability to present analysis and findings in both verbal and written formats to all levels of management
- Creative thinker – ability to understand the needs of the business and generate new options for providing reporting and conducting analysis.
- Ability to work as a business partner with all business units, corporate and executive leadership is essential.
- High degree of maturity, diplomacy and professionalism. Self-starter and independent thinker who has the desire to work in a fast-paced organization.
- Passionate with an ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
This position is conveniently located in Jersey City, NJ, a four minute ride from the World Trade Center and just outside the Exchange Place PATH Station. Bordering the Hudson River, our offices have spectacular panoramic views of Manhattan and New Jersey.
Quidsi, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.