Senior Director of FP&A

Senior Director of FP&A

Livonia, MI

Summary:

Our client is a pioneer and industry leader in the gourmet greenhouse industry. As a family-owned business, they have proudly served the community for the last 65 years. Our client is a growing company who is looking to add an experienced and professional Senior Director of FP&A to their team. The Senior Director of FP&A is responsible for leading and driving monthly analysis and board reporting, annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and partnering with the business on ad hoc analysis.

The Senior Director of FP&A must have at least 10 years of financial reporting experience and 3 years of leadership experience.

Senior Director of FP&A Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, or its foreign equivalent, in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a closely related degree

• 10 years of progressively responsible roles in FP&A, or in a related financial reporting role

• CPA, CIA, CMA, CFE, or MBA preferred

• 3-5 years of leadership experience preferred

• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Need to be creative, adaptable and able to accurately handle out-of-the-ordinary micro issues with a sense of urgency

• Must possess excellent communication and presentation skills and be comfortable interacting with executive-level management, present information and direction, and field questions from board members, shareholders, managers, employees and other stakeholders

• Unquestionable integrity and demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality in handling sensitive and confidential information required

• Strong cross-functional team leader who expects excellence, develops others, and creates excitement around a compelling vision in a collaborative, team-oriented fashion

• Skilled at making and defending tough decisions, while demonstrating care and concern for the opinions of others, both inside and outside the organization

• Strong knowledge of local, state and federal laws and requirements to maintain compliance to all relevant statues and guiding principles; Experience in the food and beverage industry is desirable

Senior Director of FP&A Description:

• Leadership of the FP&A team responsible for the preparation monthly board reporting, annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and other analyses to deliver insights and recommendations to the business to drive timely decision-making

• Responsible for telling the company story to stakeholders through clear, concise, and compelling communications, including regular board reporting, bank presentations, shareholder communications, and other touchpoints w/stakeholders

• Establish and enforce adherence to finance calendars for monthly reporting, annual budget, and forecasts to hold finance and business stakeholders accountable to delivering on agreed timelines to support stakeholder deliverables

• Support implementation of IT strategic projects, including overseeing the FP&A team’s testing and implementation of data warehouse, BI reporting, and analytics

• Lead the preparation of forecasts anticipating business trends and issues that are expected to cause variances from the annual budget, including 12-month rolling forecasts

• Lead the preparation of the annual budget, including pre-budget analysis and research, for certain areas of the business

• Lead the preparation of the Company’s long-range strategic plan development to drive long term value creation

• Mentor a team of professional staff through development of and consistent feedback on individual and team goals aligned with company objectives

• Drive processes improvements and efficiencies within the Finance Department to provide timely and value-added financial reporting and analysis; Support the Business Development team through M&A due diligence

• Identify key performance drivers (metrics) and opportunities that can be leveraged to improve the Company’s profitability and create value for all stakeholders

• Understands strategic plans and ensures metrics in place to track progress against key strategic goals and value creation

• Deliberately build capability within the FP&A team for short/long term; Works collaboratively with all members of the team

• Partners with Key Stakeholders and Business Partners to align on business priorities and drive effective solutions/execution

• Constructively communicates compelling arguments based on facts and data and obtains necessary buy-in to deliver on business objectives

• Builds working relationships with business management and other partners in support of key priorities and objectives through analytics

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