What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager position at Gentherm?
At Gentherm, we say, "It's about the person." We're with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do.
As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.
We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.
Gentherm Medical is looking for an innovative Finance leader who can raise issues, question decisions, and challenge leadership and cross functional teams to drive productivity and profitability. This person is responsible for business budgeting and forecasting, including variance analysis. This individual will also drive standardization in processes across the Medical entities, as well as aligning with our overall company goals. This role is critical to the organization as it connects senior management's long term strategic goals to reality.
- Develop and maintain Gentherm Medical multi-year financial forecasting, including annual staffing plans, detailed analysis of revenue and expense, pro forma financial projections, and financial health and sustainability.
- Responsible for finance deliverables such as, month end close, planning/budget activities for the Global Medical business.
- Plan, conduct, and coordinate all Gentherm Medical financial analysis and reporting services to provide the Executive Director, Finance and SVP, Gentherm Medical with accurate and timely data for the interpretation and evaluation of operations.
- Regular communication and alignment for all reporting aspects with Corporate.
- Improve productivity through standard reporting tools, benefiting all functions of the business.
- Deliver robust financial analysis of risks and benefits for all major business initiatives to support the decision-making process.
- Provide strategic finance and accounting direction and oversight of a ~$20M budget.
- Create M&A and R&D business cases and financial models.
- Anticipate internal or external business challenges/regulatory issues and make recommendations.
- Capable of resolving complex or unusual business problems, while applying advanced analytical thought and judgment.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance
- 5-10 years of financial (including accounting) experience supporting manufacturing operations and distribution
- ERP/Data Analytics Implementation experience
- Strong communication skills
- Cross-functional team player
- Report writing skillset for data analytics
- Process minded individuals with initiative to streamline processes
- CPA preferred but not required
- MBA
- Six Sigma Certification; Lean foundation (six sigma, A3 process thinking)
Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
