Senior Manager, FP&A

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Company: Shiloh Industries
Location: Plymouth, MI 48170

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THE POSITION

The Senior Manager, FP&A reports to the Executive Director of FP&A and North America Finance Operations and supports the CFO and Executive management team in all aspects of financial planning, forecasting, short- and long-term budgeting, operational analysis, capital planning, and reporting.

The Sr. Manager, FP&A is joining a fairly new financial leadership team and will provide this team a clear, concise, and detailed view of the company’s financial and operational performance. He/she will also consolidate and distribute reporting packages across the company’s operations which provide leadership and operations management with real-time data to support decision making, investment, and remediation, where required. This role is critical to the success of the business.


KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develops, deploys and manages the budgeting and forecasting process with the Director – generating weekly estimates, monthly forecasts, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans.
  • Leads preparation and analysis of consolidated business performance metrics that effectively communicates and facilitates decision making for local operations, senior management, and BOD.
  • Analyzes budget/forecast variances to actual for reviews with the Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
  • Leads development of annual operating plan and long-range strategic plan along with periodic reforecasts.
  • Leads the development of Corporate SG&A forecasts, budgets and the related variance analysis.
  • Leads the month-end review process [financial performance, key operational metrics, trends, etc.].
  • Leads profit analysis by business group, plants, customers, and products.
  • Leads scenario planning and financial statement modeling to evaluate the impact of decisions.
  • Measures profitability and return on invested capital.
  • Provides management with insights into drivers of revenue, risks, and opportunities.
  • Prepares management presentations for BOD and other key meetings.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

The Senior Manager, FP&A will likely have at least ten years of financial control and reporting experience in a manufacturing environment. This experience will include time as a key advisor to the CFO of a global, publicly-traded company, at some point in his/her career.

Education

Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in business, finance or a related discipline. An MBA is preferred. Added financial certification is also desired [i.e., CPA, CFA].


CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Strong business acumen and a background in manufacturing.
  • A career of successive promotion through a variety of financial analysis and control positions.
  • Automotive Tier I or Tier II experience.
  • Strong process orientation/process development and implementation.
  • Public Company experience.
  • Experience supporting a global footprint and culturally adaptable.
  • Global experience.
  • Impeccable ethics and values.
  • Action/proactive orientation.
  • Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Hyperion skills.
  • Strategic yet tactical.
  • Interpersonal savvy.
  • A confident personality and presence.


OTHER

  • Eight years of broad financial generalist experience to include accounting and control, forecasting, planning, budgeting, and/or reporting.
  • Strong grasp of accounting concepts and three statement modeling [P&L, BS, CF].
  • Experience developing and implementing CPM and analysis modules for management. Will be a builder – not a “maintainer.”
  • Experience supporting an Executive management teams
  • Experience developing capital budgets.
  • Willingness to travel globally
  • Experience at the plant level and with manufacturing control systems.
  • A hands-on management style, comfortable on the plant floor, a good listener, and practical problem-solving skills.