Senior Analyst, FP&A

General Summary

We have a great opportunity available for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our Financial Planning and Analysis group at our headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Senior FP&A Analyst is a central role in the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) group, reporting to the Senior Manager, FP&A and supporting senior and financial leadership across our business. This role is responsible for consolidating regional results, supporting the business group financial strategies and supporting several key processes within the finance teams. The ideal candidate excels at performing advanced financial planning and analysis, understanding financial statements, and supporting commercial operations decisions through business insights and trend analysis.

This position will oversee the global consolidation of financial data and will work with financial leadership to communicate this information regularly with senior and executive business leadership. There will be significant opportunities for exposure and to gain global experience as this role will liaise directly with financial and business leaders in our Americas, EMEA and Asia locations to forecast and report on results on a periodic basis. This role will also be uniquely situated to work directly with senior leaders in our commercial organization to analyze the results of various pieces of the business.

Primary Responsibilities

Business Financial Support

• Provides financial analysis for the business groups aimed at achieving the company's financial and operational objectives
• Analyzes financial results/trends against the group business plan or other benchmarks and asks the tough questions to drive accountability
• Develops deep Michelman expertise to support the commercial leadership
• Supports leadership to execute the business plan and works collaboratively with all areas of the business to analyze and monitor results against the business plan
• Supports commercial leadership in sales pipeline analysis, margin rationalization and optimization activities to improve the performance of the business
• Analyzes global and local trends in supply and demand
• Supports the performance of due diligence on prospective customers and suppliers
• Performs analysis of customers, suppliers, competitors and target to identify business trends, risks and opportunities
• Leads various ad hoc analytical and reporting projects, as proactively identified through collaboration and gap analysis, focused on recommending actions to improve the performance of the organization
• As needed, creates impact analysis on business input changes, including costs, pricing, volume and mix
• Supports the financial leadership and commercial organization in analyzing customer sales patterns/results, product pricing, rebate and discount arrangements
• As necessary, collaborates with the accounting team to create product profitability analyses by combining commercial data with cost information
• Works directly with sales team members to analyze previous sales patterns and improve the forecasting accuracy of traditionally tough-to-forecast customers
• Provides financial support to other functional groups as needed

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Analyzes group business results to identify trends and/or financially significant or unusual variances that require follow-up and corrective actions
• Supports commercial leadership by finding profitability gaps in results and forecasts
• Responsible for creating templates for global financial forecasts as well as consolidating results and providing commentary for review with financial and senior business leadership
• Performs analysis on monthly global financial results to find variances in forecasting, variances to plan and dives in to find specific root causes in an effort to identify business inefficiencies that may require alternative actions
• Analyzes S&OP demand forecasting accuracy by partnering with commercial teams and using regression analysis and other statistical modeling techniques to more accurately predict future customer demand
• Assists financial management with data collection and analysis to provide prospective / forward-looking financial planning and analysis to group and financial leadership
• Leads global classification of industries and segments to promote actionable reporting at the lowest levels of the business
• Creates various periodic financial reports as needed
• Consolidates regional financial results and forecasts into a single global view
• Leads the global short-term forecasting process
• Prepares monthly Budget vs. Actual vs. PY variance analyses and quantifies risks and opportunities to current plans/forecasts
• Prepares the monthly financial reporting packages for management and business group leadership
• Liaises directly with regional financial and business leadership to create thoughtful and actionable commentary on consolidated global financial results
• Supports the global operating plan process collaborating with business groups, commercial teams and strategy planning for the next calendar year
• Prepares Board of Directors & Advisors presentations on a quarterly basis
• Supports Leadership Team with reforecasting the operating plan as business conditions require it necessary and communicates effectively to all levels of the organization as required

Critical Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must understand product profitability and the implications of cost and price on margin
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to competently interact with associates from other departments, regions and cultures at all levels within and external to the company; Excellent business communication skills, both written and oral are a must
• Demonstrated ability to self-start with good time-management and multi-tasking skills
• Deep curiosity and desire to get to the bottom of a problem through strong analytical skills
• Strong execution, problem solving and analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and partner with other functional teams to solve complex multi-functional problems and conduct well-rounded analysis
• Advanced to expert knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and graphs
• Proficient to knowledge of PowerPoint and preparing presentations
• Experience with JD Edwards (ERP), Salesforce (CRM), PowerBI (Dashboards), TM1 (Reporting) desired but not a requirement
• Experience working with databases and retrieving/analyzing information from disparate financial information systems

Education and Experience

• 3+ year in a finance or accounting role, strongly preferred in a manufacturing organization
• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or Operations / Commercial Management
• Professional certifications preferred

Work Hours

Michelman's standard work hours for this role is Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm EST.

Note: The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

About Michelman

Motivated by unwavering values, and ingrained with a passion for innovation, Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of specialized sustainable chemistry used in industrial and agricultural coatings, digital printing, consumer packaging, and advanced composites for automotive and aerospace. From helping grow food and keep it fresh, to making vehicles lighter and more fuel efficient, to shielding our homes from the elements, Michelman's environmentally conscious solutions protect and enhance the materials that shape our world.

Michelman is proud of the values-focused work environment that we have crafted. We pride ourselves on our values of integrity, respect, and success. With our dedication to your technical and professional growth, in addition to our rigorous onboarding experience, we guarantee that you will find yourself challenged in new ways.

No phone calls please. Michelman does not hire individuals who use tobacco products. All candidates will receive a drug test prior to beginning employment which will include a test for tobacco products.

For more information about Michelman, please visit https://www.michelman.com/.

It is Michelman, Inc. policy to seek and employ qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation or disability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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