Director Financial Planning & Analysis - North America

Genuine Parts Company•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Director Financial Planning & Analysis - North America partners with and supports Group Vice Presidents by providing proactive, value-adding insight into Group financial performance and financial leadership to help achieve Motion Industries and individual Group goals. The role identifies opportunities and supports decision-making by collecting, managing, analyzing, and disseminating financial information and analyses. It drives positive change intended to increase market share, margins, and productivity while improving efficiencies, reducing costs, and managing assets. The Director leads and develops the North America Financial Planning & Analysis team; partners with operational leaders and Finance leadership; and oversees financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and accounting-related processes. The role also leads strategic initiatives focused on operational efficiency, supports acquisition integration, and collaborates with internal and external business partners to optimize financial processes and solutions. This position has budget responsibility.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
Typically requires seven or more years of managerial finance and/or financial reporting experience.
Requires five or more years of experience leading people.
Requires experience managing multiple ERP systems consolidated into one financial reporting platform.
Requires experience managing multiple projects.
Professional executive presence and excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with management at corporate and field levels.
Strong negotiation and partnership skills across management levels, with the ability to influence and challenge decisions and processes.
Forward-thinking approach to implementing tools and techniques that improve analytics and business decisions.
Self-motivated and able to independently manage multiple responsibilities concurrently.
Strong analytical skills and ability to propose positive business solutions.
Excellent leadership skills, including driving results, developing and coaching people, and influencing peers.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to collaborate within a team and manage team dynamics and relationships.
Ability to manage data between multiple systems.
Experience with PeopleSoft General Ledger or a similar ERP and Blackline.

Nice To Haves

A master's degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Mentor, coach, and evaluate the North America Financial Planning & Analysis team; set goals and priorities and develop team members.
Establish and monitor employee performance objectives, introduce best practices, and implement process improvements.
Build strong partnerships with operational leaders to support business strategy and decision-making.
Lead the development of metric-driven financial analysis.
Oversee timely communication of actionable insights and explanations of variations versus plan and forecast across financial metrics and key performance indicators.
Lead preparation of Group-level monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements.
Seek opportunities to increase business knowledge and visibility within the organization.
Lead strategic initiatives focused on operational efficiency and improvement.
Benchmark against industry peers and provide insights into improvement opportunities.
Oversee review of account reconciliations, analyses, and related journal entries; approve significant non-standard journal entries posted to Group financials.
Review quarterly adjustments and other significant estimates.
Support Finance Leadership in designing, maintaining, and presenting budgeting and forecasting processes; collaborate with leadership on financial support, project analysis, and modeling.
Partner with Finance leaders to develop or improve accounting processes and documentation and recommend changes that support world-class processes.
Partner with internal and external business partners, including Treasury, Financial Shared Services, and IT, to develop, optimize, and maintain processes and solutions.
Support the Acquisition Integration team with analysis and onboarding of distribution acquisitions.
Perform other duties as assigned.