MANAGER, FP&A Balance Sheet & Cash Flow (Remote EST)

Job purpose

This position on the Corporate FP&A team is the go-to resource for senior leadership for all balance sheet and cash flow related analysis, reporting, forecast, budgeting, and projects. This individual will be required to develop a deep understanding of the balance sheet activity and its impact on cash flow generation. In addition, this role will serve as the primary FP&A resource for the Credit and Accounts Payable teams, providing reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and ad hoc analysis.

Duties and responsibilities

• Prepare all balance sheet & cash flow analysis for the month-end and quarter-end reporting cycles (e.g., monthly BoD package, quarterly earnings call prep, Executive Committee meetings, etc.); compile any supplementary ad hoc reports as requested by the CEO & CFO
• Partner with the operating leaders to streamline the cash flow forecasting process and improve the forecast’s accuracy
• Analyze the historical balance sheet trends and transactional details to identify cash generation opportunities
• Engage with the Divisional FP&A teams to implement a more extensive annual budgeting process for the balance sheet, ensuring accuracy and consistency across the company
• Provide analysis, forecasting and reporting to the Credit team, focused on optimizing collections
• Develop company-wide metrics and benchmarking to analyze the Credit team’s performance, understand AR aging dynamics, assess customers’ credit worthiness, review payment type trending, etc.
• Partner with Credit team’s senior leadership on projects to drive top-line and bottom-line growth for the company
• Provide analysis, forecasting and reporting to the Accounts Payable team, focused on optimizing cash outflows
• Collaborate with AP and Supply Chain functional leaders to identify opportunities to improve the company’s days payable outstanding performance
• Serve as the primary FP&A support for the Capital Committee, a senior leadership team that includes C-suite members and Divisional Presidents who meet monthly to review & approve capital expenditure requests
• Provide ad-hoc support for corporate and field leadership
• Participate in special projects as requested

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA, CMA, and/or MBA preferred
• 10+ years of experience working in financial planning & analysis
• Advanced proficiency in Excel modeling required, experience with Power Query, PowerPivot, DAX or equivalents strongly desired
• Proficiency with other Microsoft Office products (i.e. PowerPoint, Word) is required
• Strong executive presence and the ability to be an effective communicator at all levels of the organization is required
• Demonstrated success working in a demanding, high-performance environment with a team-oriented culture
• Ability to be a collaborative business partner and cultivate strong cross-functional relationships
• Strong critical thinking skills with experience in anticipating management’s potential questions and next steps
• Demonstrate a high-level of attention to detail
• Proactive self-starter and independent worker
• Ability to analyze large volumes of data, summarize in a clear & concise manner, and provide insightful analysis and commentary for senior management
• Experience with or the ability to quickly learn systems and applications, including Prophix, Cognos, Tableau, and Mincron
• Ability to identify potential issues and implement process improvement solutions to mitigate the company’s risks
• Up to 10% travel may be required

Working conditions

• Minimal travel requirements as needed for business purposes
• Work assignments may be completed remotely and/or available company offices/branches within respective markets

Physical requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer and/or keyboard
• Heavy methods of verbal and auditory communication via phone, virtual calls, and/or email