Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

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Company: Airgas Inc.
Location: Long Beach, CA 90808

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The Director Financial Planning & Analysis (“FP&A”) serves as the Division leader responsible for activities related to the following major areas: financial analysis, sales analysis, investment analysis and approval and internal reporting, including close coordination/input with Regional Company finance, sales and operations leads and Division finance; annual budgeting; forecasting/modeling; business warehouse development/reporting and other ad hoc analyses.

The Director FP&A also serves as liaison with the Corporate FP&A function to provide analyses and insight related to Division trends in such areas as: same-store sales; sales by major product group; pricing; margins; operating costs, investment management, working capital and capital expenditures. The Director of FP&A plays a key role in developing and reporting profitability improvement opportunities within the West Division and Corporate.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes; working closely with Regional and Division leadership.
  • Direct regional leadership on developing and tracking EBITDA improvement opportunities; especially as it relates to operating efficiencies. Leads financial analysis, modeling, forecasting and reporting efforts to ensure efficient financial operations.
  • Review analysis results, develops insightful suggestions for investment, sourcing, cost reduction and provides support to division leadership on strategic business decisions.
  • Supports the integration of financial reporting for entities acquired, merged or for updates to internal structures.
  • Collaborate with the Regional operation and finance leadership teams to better understand historical financial results, trends and validate budget and forecast assumptions.
  • Support development of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) proposals and act as a key contributor in the approval chain. Track and report monthly project performance/spend against plan.
  • Ensure communication regarding business plans and budgets across all functions and corporate groups on a monthly basis.
  • Prepare complex financial modeling of changing trends in the business and prospective financial initiatives and transactions.
  • Monitor and communicate financial and operational performance indicators highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances to plan and/or forecast. Utilize investment decision making through financial concepts such as Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR), as well as basic statistical and data science concepts.
  • Lead the creation and maintenance of extensive financial analysis modeling to support the Division as well as Corporate FP&A requests.
  • Lead the Division’s efforts to improve utilization of data warehouse reporting tools and participate in Super User, SAP software, Business Warehouse (BW) and Business Process (BP) support groups.
  • Build strong relationships with the Division and Regional management teams.
  • Develop the Division FP&A organization through goal-setting, evaluations, positive feedback, discipline, and on-going coaching ensuring activities are performed within department and Company policy.
  • Develop value added cross divisional and cross functional partnerships to maintain awareness of business activities through knowledge, experience and best practices.
  • Other projects/initiatives as assigned.
Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this position successfully, an associate must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable associate with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
  • Proven ability to work effectively under deadlines and with little supervision and to complete a high volume of paperwork accurately and on time.
  • Proficiency with entering and extracting data into and from a computer.

    Required Education    :
  • Bachelor’s Degree in finance or related field, MBA strongly preferred.

    Required Length & Type of Experience:
  • Six to Ten years financial reporting/financial analysis preferably in the FP&A discipline and a proven track record of positions of increasing responsibility preferred.
  • Minimum of two years’ experience in a supervisory capacity preferred.
  • Familiarity with investment decision/finance concepts such as Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
  • Experience with the manufacturing, retail and distribution industry is preferred.
  • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) systems development/implementation, SAP preferred.
  • Ability to manage multiple levels of priorities and demands between divisional, local and corporate management.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA’s):
  • Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills and assume increasing responsibilities in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Ability to present complex financial information to Executives.
  • Strong organizational, team building, communication skills and the ability to work in a dynamic matrix environment.
  • Possess exceptionally strong analytical skills.
  • Working knowledge of Google Suite
  • Experience within understanding complex process flows and driving process improvements.
  • Strong Excel experience required in: knowledge of Developing Dashboards, Financial Modeling, or automation of Financial Procedures, writing macros, developing formulas using functions such as pivot tables and all lookup functions (V-Lookup, Match,& IF Statements), BI – Microsoft Power BI experience and Database experience a plus.
  • Strong ability to guide and influence senior leadership.
  • Must be capable of operating independently, but readily seek the counsel of others, when necessary.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability