Director, Global Financial Planning and Analysis

Hach•Loveland, CO

10d•$230,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The position of Director Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) plays a key role in the company’s finance function to drive profitable growth in the business. This finance leader will serve as a key business partner to the CFO, as well as other global commercial and functional leaders across Hach and will be responsible for leading FP&A function globally, overseeing budgets/ forecasts, long term plans and strengthening financial analysis and management reporting further, through delivering value-added business analysis to support business decision-making. This position is part of the Corporate Finance department located in Loveland and will be hybrid . You will be successful in this role if you are a tenacious individual with an aptitude for working in ambiguous environments. If you are a highly credible, results-oriented executive who enjoys working in a hands-on, performance-based, results-driven environment read on!

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related discipline.
15+ years’ experience in financial analysis with proven technical expertise and leadership in driving operational finance standards, processes, and procedures.
Minimum 5 years of dedicated FP&A experience in a multinational manufacturing or industrial company having multi-region/ geographical presence.
Proven track record of performance in both a senior level FP&A role and as an operating finance executive (in a regional/ BU CFO role).
Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset with a proven track record of process improvement, and experience with financial systems and process change initiatives
Strong business planning, quantitative analysis, and decision-making skills, as well as experience with modeling, ability to synthesize data from different sources into actionable information and bridging financial results to tell the story.
Strong knowledge of ERP and analytical tools (like BI and/or Tableau) is highly preferred.

Nice To Haves

MBA or CPA strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and drive financial forecasting, planning, and reporting requirements for Hach in co-ordination with global and regional commercial and finance leaders.
Provide monthly management reports/ reporting deck with detailed analysis and inputs on business performance and trends, focusing on critical business drivers.
Support identification of root cause driving performance gaps and countermeasures to drive growth and protect operating profit.
Strengthen risk and opportunity framework for early identification of risks and opportunities enabling Hach leaders to drive suitable actions in timely manner as well as improving predictability of financial results and forecast accuracy.
Advocate and champion continuous improvement to improve quality and efficiency of forecasting, planning, and reporting as well as related processes.
Standardize reporting and planning processes and templates used to understand and analyze business performance, focusing on critical few, and automating information compilation.
Review and provide financial analysis and support for capex, headcount investments and resource allocation decisions, and M&A.
Analyze returns on investments and track performance of acquisitions.
Assist the business in implementing its strategic objectives by providing the necessary finance resources, analysis, and insights.
Coordination of the annual business plans, periodic plan updates and other financial and operational forecasts/ projections.
Analyze competition results and trends and highlight key takeaways with Hach CFO and President, identify opportunities and risks.
Provide Investor Relations input deck to support the CFO and Hach President on call with Veralto.
Provide guidance and leadership to the FP&A team with a focus on performance improvement, positive change management, and development, and the highest levels of ethics and integrity.
Drive actions and results through diverse remote teams including senior leadership teams in the organization