Regional Finance Manager

Panasonic • Irvine, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Regional Finance Manager will provide financial guidance to achieve regional Business Plan and Mid-Term Plan (MTP) sales and profit objectives while serving as a trusted financial partner to regional leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Finance or equivalent.
• 8+ years required in financial management or accounting.
• Excellent communications (written and verbal) skills with finance staff, local group staff and customers.
• Ability to deal with complex problems and possess strong independent problem solving skills.
• Proficient knowledge of Oracle, Cognos planning and reporting.
• Ability to independently manage regional finance activities while interacting with HQ and other department managers.
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals.
• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).
• Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Financial certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Guide the region in developing their annual Bus Plans, MTPs and fixed expense targets.
• Guide the region in developing their monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) forecasts, MTP updates and fixed expense and capital forecasts.
• Prepare and analyze region gross margin (GM) & perform region P&L analysis by the 4th business day after month end close.
• Prepare and present monthly region financial performance results to top management including the review of regional expense management controls and analysis results.
• Review, analyze and submit P&L Change Requests to HQ within 2 day turnaround.
• Prepare and present the Program P&L to Actual P&L analysis with monthly reviews to regional management.
• Serve as financial advisor to direct region management.
• Participate in monthly review meetings with region management.
• Provide program P&L support to region as well as review prior to submission to Pricing and Estimating group.
• Act as the region's main focal for corporate driven initiatives such as month, quarter, half and annual sales, margin, and fixed expense forecasts & Business Plans.
• Actively participate in region account receivable collection activities.
• Provide regional project support in areas such as ISM, Media facility and new asset development.
• Provide ad-hoc support to region management as needed.
• Act as region point person regarding repair shop and maintenance services stock inventory and fixed asset verifications.
• Provide regional tax and audit support to HQ as required.
• Provide first point of contact for Finance issues for the regions, working with Purchasing and Accounts Payable departments to ensure timely payment of invoices, payroll reviews, etc.
• Develop concepts for general management improvement within the regions e.g. cost buster activities, etc.
• Control, validate and approve region payroll prior to submission to HQ for approval and payment.
• PR approvals, reserve calculations, in-country investment analysis, contract support.
• Ad-hoc duties as requested.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off for exempt salaried employees.
• 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days for non-exempt hourly employees, with accrual rate increasing with tenure.
• 11 company paid holidays per year.
• Office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Additional compensation for operational positions working on holidays.
• Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser.
• Dental PPO and DMO options.
• Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, fully vested from day 1.
• Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program (for Washington residents).
• Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program (for Washington residents).
• Wellness Program.
• Counseling services.
• FSA & HSA.
• Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child.
• AD&D Insurance.
• Long-term and Short-term disability.
• Critical Illness Insurance.
• Accident Insurance.
• Legal Assistance.
• Pet Insurance.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Dependent Care FLSA.
• Education Assistance.
• Commuter Program.
• Employee Purchase Program.
• Service Award Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level