Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Nihon Kohden America • Irvine, CA

11h • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, FP&A serves as a key finance business partner under the direction of the VP of Finance. This role collaborates across departments to drive profitable growth and improve operational efficiency. The Sr. Manager works closely with Sales & Marketing, Operating, and Service business leaders, delivering key performance metrics and analysis, overseeing all financial activities of the organization, ensuring sound financial management, strategic planning, and operational efficiency. This role provides leadership in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and business analysis to support the company�s growth and profitability. This position plays a vital role in transforming data into actionable insights. The Sr. Manager extracts and analyzes complex datasets to provide timely, accurate business intelligence, partners with cross-functional teams, and identifies opportunities to enhance performance across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor�s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A
• 2+ years of experience of people management experience, including driving results through others, leading teams or projects, and providing training
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and leadership skills
• Strong Excel modeling and demonstrated superior systems and data mining capabilities from ERP, preferably SAP Analytics; proficient in PowerPoint; experience with Salesforce.com is preferred
• Effective business analytics skills to recognize insights and trends from tools and reports, sometimes with only limited data; provide reporting in a timely manner, both routine and ad hoc, and make fact-based recommendations to various levels of management
• Collaborative-minded individual with effective relationship-building skills across all functions to partner for long-term success.
• Handle conflict management and bring resolution with positive attitude/willingness to help others as one team
• Solution-oriented person with an ability to work outside the box to develop new solutions and ways to analyze the business.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and adaptable person who can work well independently, on the phone/video calls, or in meetings with all levels/functions
• High level of accountability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced deadline driven environment to meet the needs of internal/external audience
• Excellent time management skills and hard-work ethic; attention to detail, planning, and organizational skills.
• Able to assess and anticipate client needs, deal with ambiguity, and translate complex issues into clear and digestible solutions
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing, and to receive and understand verbal and written instructions in English
• Able to work effectively both independently and in a collaborative team environment

Nice To Haves

• Master�s degree preferred
• Medical device industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership to provide actionable insights to drive business performance and operational excellence
• Oversee and mentor the finance team to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance
• Partner with the Sales and Marketing teams to support marketing initiatives and programs by providing analysis on specific terms and resulting ROI
• Competitive landscape analysis on product pricing/market positioning to drive Company�s topline growth
• Collaborate with regional, national, and government Sales teams to provide key data metrics to optimize the Company�s arrangements with various customers
• Lead the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans including process timeline and topline strategies to make sure they align with the Company�s strategic goals
• Responsible for weekly sales reporting & analysis to identify trends and opportunities to drive sustainable success across each business unit, along with corporate submissions and requests related to actual and key variances
• Oversee analysis of P&L, B/S and expenses for 50+ cost centers on a monthly basis and proactively drill down to areas of interest and engage in opportunities for improvement
• Monthly P&L review and variance analysis; support accounting on accruals, capital spend, & reconciliations
• Lead the effort regarding chargebacks to parent company on warranty, consignment and recalls.
• Facilitate collaboration between the repair team, sales operations and NKC accounting to ensure smooth processing
• Monitoring Inventory levels, strategies, and devaluation calculation: new inventory procurement, used inventory/consignment strategies, scrapping impact analysis, devaluation discussion, and repair strategies
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and business ethics codes

Benefits

• The anticipated range for this position is $135,000 to $185,000.
• Visit our Career page to learn more about Perks & Benefits and working at Nihon Kohden America

What This Job Offers

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