Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A

Nordson • Westlake, OH

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A is responsible for driving enterprise-wide financial planning, performance management, and decision support across the organization. This role partners closely with the executive leadership team to shape financial strategy, influence key business decisions, and enhance overall company performance. This leader owns the global FP&A processes—including annual budgeting, long-range planning, and forecasting—while developing actionable insights into business drivers and performance trends. The role plays a critical part in articulating the company’s financial story to internal and external stakeholders, including executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and investors. In addition, the Senior Manager will lead the evolution of FP&A capabilities by advancing analytics, improving processes and systems, and fostering a high-performing, data-driven finance organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8+ years of relevant accounting/financial analysis required
• Supervisory experience in finance and accounting supervisory roles
• Strong functional experience with SAP or other ERP software
• Possess a thorough understanding of financial reporting and general ledger structure
• Knowledge of financial consolidations, eliminations, etc.
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent written and speaking skills including preparation and presentation of verbal and written reports, presentations, and recommendations
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze and manage large volumes of data
• Ability to learn new technology
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity
• Ability to execute and follow-through to completion and documentation
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively to meet individual goals and deadlines
• Establish effective working relationships with others to successfully lead, mentor, coach, and motivate
• Demonstration of the highest level of integrity and trust

Nice To Haves

• CPA or MBA a plus
• Knowledge of OneStream consolidation software preferred

Responsibilities

• Owns the global financial planning process along with the tracking of performance versus plan, being sure to partner with senior business stakeholders to address performance gaps to plan.
• Owns the global FP&A calendar, including our long-range strategic planning and annual budgeting processes, as well as our quarter-end and annual reporting processes.
• Monitor actual results against expectations and update projections.
• Develops and implements strategies to continuously improve Corporate FP&A processes and enhance our understanding of drivers of the business.
• Challenges assumptions and drives accountability for financial performance across functions and business segments
• Leads preparation of (or prepares) presentations and underlying support documents for finance presentations to board of directors, executive staff, and investors.
• Oversees process for budgeting, forecasting and analyzing corporate managed expenses and other corporate controlled costs and for preparing allocations of corporate expenses for segment reporting.
• Assists in the preparation of financial information and analysis to be used in earnings release materials and analyst / investor discussions.
• Monitors business analytics of competitors, peers, and other economic metrics for benchmark forecasting purposes.
• Support financial reporting processes related to the monthly and quarterly close cycles.
• Builds a data driven culture by standardizing processes, applying analytical best practices, and bringing greater visibility to key metrics through dashboards/reporting.
• Leverages tools such as Power BI and OneStream to enhance reporting, dashboards, and data visualization
• Partners with division controllers and executive management to understand reporting needs and develop/implement process improvements and other ad-hoc reports when needed.
• Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing FP&A team of two to three direct reports through coaching, mentoring, and structured development plans, drives team productivity and analytical capabilities.
• Prepares ad-hoc analysis to understand the risks and opportunities for product or service profitability, productivity, and return on investment that will guide strategic initiatives and company’s decision-making process.

What This Job Offers

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