Manager, FP&A

TIMEX GROUP USA INC•Shelton, CT

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Director FP&A - the Manager will provide support to our US business. This role will partner closely with the commercial team, providing a wide breadth of exposure to the top-level executives. The manager with collaborate with business partners to drive strategic projects, long-range planning, manage and forecast operating costs, compiling management reporting and leading financial review meetings with executives, participating in cross-functional workstreams, and providing analytical support. This fast-paced role provides unique opportunity to drive finance business partnership and strategy across the organization. The successful candidate will challenge the status-quo to drive business insights and continuous improvement, be data and results oriented, have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, possess a high comfort with financial analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
5 years’ experience in financial accounting with 3-4 spent in FP & A
Excellent Excel and data manipulation experience
Financial Modeling experience, preferably in the consumer-packaged goods industry or a manufacturing company
Strong financial analysis skills, including financial modeling
Strong understanding of accounting concepts, US GAAP
Ability to understand big-picture and be detail-oriented
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi task, prioritize and delegate as needed
Demonstrated experience in identifying process improvement opportunities and engaging in implementing improvements

Responsibilities

Serve as finance lead on the development of annual operating budgets, monthly and quarterly forecasts and reporting monthly financial results with analyses of variances
Report progress toward company and department-specific financial goals and metrics
Ensure business partners have the information they need to meet financial goals and, in some cases, help them build tools to achieve improved results
Effectively collaborate with the Accounting team on completion of monthly and quarterly financial closes and incorporation of actual results into the rolling forecast
Partner effectively with Sales and Operational leadership to develop and improve the accuracy of data-based financial plans and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and communicate performance against those business plans and budgets in a timely manner
Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with stakeholders in functions and teams across the business
Perform financial analysis to interpret trends, variances from plan/forecast
Requires recurring report production and variance analysis as well as ad-hoc analysis as needed to address evolving changes with the business
Approve/validate purchase requisitions to ensure compliance within budget and forecast guidelines
Manage customer pricing across business unites and price models