Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

About This Role

This role will conduct a wide variety of financial and business analysis, support monthly financial and business reporting, and drive automated solutions for analysis and reporting. Additionally, the FP&A Manager will support the annual budget process, periodic KPI reporting and forecasting, and will have certain system administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct varied commercial analysis, for example: sales and profitability trends by customer/business line/service/branch location, price/volume impacts bridging, and sales team performance
• Conduct varied operational and cost optimization analysis, for example: carrier cost per unit trends, labor costs and related metrics tracking, and identifying other savings and efficiency opportunities across other expense categories
• Conduct varied cash flow analysis, for example: working capital and cash conversion metrics trending and partnering with our collections team to build out additional analytical tools to accelerate cash flow
• Lead monthly financial and business results reporting, including the preparation of materials provided to leadership, the Company’s private equity sponsor and Board of Directors
• Own the administration of our current financial reporting/consolidation/planning tool Great Plains
• Work closely with leaders on the annual budget process including, but not limited to (1) budget cycle planning and early coordination with key stakeholders; (2) detail budget build and modeling; and (3) formal budget plan reporting to leadership and Board of Directors alongside the CFO
• Stand up an enterprise cash flow forecasting process including standardized/repeatable forecast methodologies across key receipts and disbursements categories, working with function leaders and corporate accounting on forecast accuracy initiatives, and streamlining reporting to key stakeholders
• Assist with quarterly lender reporting and pro forma EBITDA adjustment tracking
• Lead and/or participate in various finance team special projects
• Proactively build ad-hoc analysis models to support time sensitive leadership team decision making and drive long term business value
• Establish and maintain strong and consistent business partnerships across multiple business functions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• 4+ years in finance or accounting related fields, with increasing levels of responsibilities
• Experience in constructing budgeting, forecasting and other ad hoc financial models
• Power use of MS Excel and PowerPoint (Pivot tables, advanced look up formulas, etc.)
• Experience with business intelligence and visualization tools (Power BI, QlikView, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to periodically travel to work with our accounting team in Memphis, or other branches around the county as needed
• Ability to multi-task independently and with a high level of initiative
• Analytical skills and comfort working with large amounts of data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• 4+ years in finance or accounting related fields, with increasing levels of responsibilities. Experience in a leading public accounting firm transaction advisory practice, FP&A or strategic finance role for a private equity backed, or publicly traded organization with multiple subsidiaries, business units, product lines, systems, etc.

Nice to Have

• Logistics, service businesses with global reach, manufacturing, distribution, retail and or consumer products industry experience
• Basic SQL and or excel macro skills

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits