FP&A Services Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage the annual budgeting process, ensuring it aligns with strategic goals.

• Facilitate monthly and quarterly rolling forecasts while updating revenue, cash flow, and headcount reports.

• Create and maintain long-term financial models covering a 3- to 5-year horizon.

• Design and sustain financial models for strategic initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, and significant capital expenditures.

• Prepare profitability analyses for new product lines, pricing adjustments, and initiatives aimed at reducing costs.

• Perform budget variance analyses and identify underlying causes.

• Recognize risks and opportunities, and formulate corrective action plans.

• Monitor KPIs and operational metrics by connecting financial outcomes to operational drivers.

• Design, produce, and disseminate monthly financial packages, Board presentations, and executive materials.

• Prepare financial packages and presentation materials for plant Boards of Directors.

• Convert complex financial data into actionable insights.

• Enhance and automate reporting packages.

• Act as the primary financial advisor for assigned plants.

• Counsel department leaders on their budgets, vendor expenditures, and discretionary spending.

• Collaborate with HR and leadership on workforce planning and the analysis of cost per hire and productivity.

• Advocate for finance transformation and pinpoint inefficiencies in FP&A workflows.

• Work with IT and financial systems teams to optimize ERP systems, planning tools, and dashboards.

• Establish documentation, standardized models, and best practices for financial analysis.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in finance and FP&A at the product-line or regional level.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling.

• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and FP&A planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Hyperion).

• Working knowledge of BI and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities, strong attention to detail, and proficiency in presenting complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.

• An MBA or professional certifications such as CFA or CPA are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance provided: No