Finance Manager

Independence Pet Group•Chicago, NY

29d•Remote

About The Position

IPG is seeking a Finance Manager who will be responsible for supporting the FP&A activities of IPG across North America. This key position is expected to add value by generating business analysis, metrics, dashboards, and other critical decision support to be used by management to facilitate informed decisions and generate valuable insights and transparency around all aspects of the portfolio. This role will effectively influence and implement process enhancements and ensure a well-managed cadence throughout the fiscal year. The Finance Manager’s responsibilities span across establishing consistent and fundamental planning processes & procedures across the entire P&L, standardized key performance metrics reporting, consistent facilitation of communication streams across brands, while producing accurate & reliable data and reporting provided to leadership. This is a rapidly growing organization. Critical analytic skills, the ability to work autonomously, and the drive to deliver timely and effective results in a fast-paced environment are for this role to be successful.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
4+ years corporate accounting and/or finance experience, with a minimum of 2 years in FP&A
Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen
Proactive self-starter with ability to manage multiple tasks effectively and autonomously.
Demonstrated ability to effectively engage and manage business partnership, up to and including senior leadership.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability

Nice To Haves

Degree in Finance or Accounting
Strong understanding of US GAAP.
Experience in financial reporting, financial statement consolidations, and intercompany allocation processes.
Budget development, long-range planning, and fundamental forecasting experience over multiple cycles.
Experience in Enterprise Planning systems (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics).
Proven track record of delivering data driven solutions with a department-first mindset.
Full-strength skillset using Microsoft Office, with a high degree of competence in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Provides support for the annual planning process and recurring re-forecasting processes.
Consolidates, prepares, and analyzes financial management reporting for monthly/quarterly/annual operating results, board presentations, as well as various ad-hoc reporting as needed.
Acts as a key liaison between corporate FP&A and colleagues across each of the finance teams supporting our brand.
Manages partnerships while holding regular check-ins/updates across the finance organization and the operations teams.
Reports accurate and timely results and variance analysis versus plan, forecast, and prior year.
Drives continuous improvement, by leveraging technology to design and implement solutions that will enable process re-imagination and change the way they work.
Enhances information as provided to and on behalf of the brand.
Designs and develops models for purposes of forecasting and allocating data.
Creates financial management templates to facilitate consistent inputs from business partners.
Develops standardized business review presentations.
Establishes dashboards and key performance indicators to drive effective business insights.
Maintains continuous knowledge of the financial performance of all financial statements at the parent level.
Execute and lead financial review and approval for new business opportunities which balance growth, partnerships, and financial return across multiple brands & channels
Develops a deep subject matter expertise of the underlying business, our technology, controls and governance supporting planning and reporting processes.
Is a key contributor to the ERP enhancement process.
Other duties as assigned.