VP, FP&A

AHF•Mountville, PA

About The Position

Reporting to the CFO, the VP of FP&A, will serve as a finance lead providing guidance for operational financial planning, analysis, and forecasting. You will work closely with senior management to track and measure financial and operating performance by assisting with the formulation of both the short-term and the long-term plan. The VP of FP&A will analyze the company’s financial performance, procedures, infrastructure, and data intelligence to make recommendations and drive value across the organization, make recommendations to enhance enterprise value, and drive profitability, growth, market insights, and cost savings to enhance company performance. The individual will also help drive financial system infrastructure, including systems, business intelligence tools, financial reporting and analysis, and key performance indicators (KPIs), as well as play a pivotal role in M&A pipeline maintenance including supporting and building financial models and related material and presentations, driving the deal diligence process and execution with consultants, QoE, valuation experts, legal, bankers, and lenders, and post-close integration activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field of equivalent experience.
5+ years in big consulting firm, private equity or investment banking OR 7+ years in high growth manufacturing, industrials, or building products, managing full cycle FP&A.
Complex problem solving, analytical and financial modeling skills - ability to identify the root cause of issues, propose possible solutions or improvements and influence ultimate decision.
Significant analytical skillset, including the utilization of BI and reporting tools
Strong quantitative abilities.
Ability to work with, communicate, and have influence with all organization levels, including Executive level management.
Demonstrates strong critical thinking and financial acumen.
Highly analytical with an innate curiosity.
Experience with presenting and explaining financial information to financial and non- finance professionals.
Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize appropriately to meet competing deadlines.
And to identify and assess technology advancements which will provide value and productivity to the Company.
Experience working in ERP, CRM, and Business Intelligence software.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

MBA is highly

Responsibilities

Drive, update and maintain rolling financial forecasts for income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements and develop a strong team which provides additive analysis, direction, recommendations and execution support to commercial and operational stakeholders within the Company
Lead, coordinate, and manage the Company’s operating plan and diligently track during the year against performance with team members to make recommendations and adjust investments based on strong data analysis
Partner cross functional departments such as operations, sales, finance, and accounting to extract information and analyze it for the Company’s benefit
Assist Accounting with variance analysis on performance to operating plan
Manage the tracking of meaningful financial and operational metrics and additional KPI metrics for Company to drive short and long term success
Develop, analyze, and report on various trend analysis within customer, revenue, partner, and product mix
Create and manage customer analytics, including but not limited to cohort analysis, attribute analysis, pricing, volume, mix and cost analysis
Work closely with CFO to develop modeling for scenario analysis
Preparation of board and investor materials
Benchmark performance of Company to industry peers and competitors
Utilize analysis tools to delivery meaningful insights into business performance
Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results
Review operations and recommend new productivity or cost saving initiatives
Prepare business cases cross functionally to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions
Communicate results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations
Provide insights to senior management around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability
Review existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts
Manage and maintain banking and vendor relationships, including covenant reporting
Engage in ad hoc projects and special projects as required or requested