Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Summit LLC•Warrenville, IL

11d•$110,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, FP&A will support the annual budget and quarterly forecast for the company, partner with the Charter and Real Estate teams, performing regular and ad-hoc reporting to facilitate better decision making across the Company. This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to the Company’s executive team and an excellent growth opportunity for an experienced finance individual.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
A minimum of three to five years finance experience, primarily in a corporate finance environment.
Strong commitment to providing excellence in client service
Ability to work under rigorous time constraints and manage multiple tasks
Demonstrated financial modeling/ analysis experience
Proactive, professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability of producing high quality results with an emphasis on attention to detail
Ability to interface efficiently with all levels of management – ability to provide clear, concise explanations of complex problems to management
Demonstrated analytical skills and business acumen solving tough problems with creative data driven solutions
Expert knowledge of MS Excel and advanced knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint
Significant financial experience using financial/ERP systems, including Essbase

Nice To Haves

CPA, CFA, or MBA is desired

Responsibilities

Act as a key member of the annual budget process to produce the roll-up of the Company level budget, and bridging consolidated results to sense check the overall budget
Support VP of Finance on the creation of the annual five-year plan
Analyze monthly results comparing against forecast, budget and prior year, identify key drivers of variances and prepare insightful commentary
Leading and supporting budget, forecast, and monthly results for the Charter and Real Estate teams
Assisting field finance with monthly review packages
Diagnose and implement process improvements to improve financial forecast quality
Develop analytics to uncover root causes of performance trends and translate the analysis into clear and actionable insights for multiple audiences
Interact daily with accounting and other corporate departments and serve as the Finance liaison
Working with AR team and field finance on collection of outstanding balances
Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager
Build financial, scenario-based models to support decision making