Job Descriptions:
Americold, the leading provider of temperature controlled distribution services to the food industry is seeking top talent to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team as our Business Unit Reporting & Analysis Director. This position is based in Atlanta, GA.
Primary Responsibility:
The purpose of this position is to lead the FP&A function of the operational field support team of 8 Finance Managers. Leadership includes ensuring that the field-based Finance Managers are supporting the Regional Vice Presidents of Operations and are helping them operate and make decision on their business based on quantitative, fact-based, information.
Essential Functions:
1. Function as the main liaison between Corporate and the field managers (e.g. General Managers, Regional Vice Presidents, Chief Operations Officer, etc.)
2. Prepare weekly and monthly management reports summarizing operating results for the period including both financial and non-financial data, and clear and concise written variance explanations
3. Review operating results for the assigned region(s) with field managers, challenge the results, and discuss ways to help them improve, and participate in designing and implementing such plans
4. Conduct variance analysis from budget and prior year
a. Isolate drivers of sales and occupancy changes
b. Isolate drivers of changes in productivity and labor costs
5. Utilize business unit profitability and/or customer profitability studies to help management understand the drivers of the business and make recommendations for price, volume, operational changes needed to meet company objectives
6. Provide training and coaching to the field managers on accounting and finance issues and to work jointly with the assigned Regional Vice Presidents and General Managers on any business decisions that may directly or indirectly affect the financial health of the region
7. Communicate with the Regional Vice Presidents, and facility General Managers to help them understand the major drivers of variances and guide them on running more efficient operations
8. Complete annual budgets and 12-months rolling forecasts for each facility, and/or each assigned region(s)
9. Plan, study and collect data not available within the system to complete assigned projects, and make recommendations to management
10. Oversee the partnership with Accounting on the month-end closing for regions and warehouses
11. Assist in ad-hoc audits of field accounting to assure adherence to corporate policy and procedures and help improve current processes to gain more efficiencies
12. Analyze changes in workflow, systems, procedures, incentives, and services provided, to determine impacts on costs
13. Generate capital project proposals with detailed analysis on the merit of the proposal as well as conduct analysis to determine the true return versus the promised return
14. Participate in the analysis of sales proposals made by the assigned region(s)
15. Participate and take leading roles in major company initiatives
16. Work closely with other functional departments such as IT, Sales, Supply Chain Solutions and Engineering on assigned projects and explanation of operational variances
17. Other duties as requested
Required Experience: Q`ualifications & Experience: Education, Training & Professional Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting is required, MBA and/or CPA preferred
Must have at least 8 years of total experience including at least 3 year’s experience with operational or manufacturing accounting (or regional finance support)
Strong computer skills required, specifically, experienced with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Access
Experience with SAP modules, including BPC, is desired
Must be able to identify areas of opportunity and execute without specific direction from direct manager
Knowledge and Employment Standards:
Self-starter who relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Demonstrate excellent communication skills both verbal and written with solid presentation and communication skills at all levels of the organization
Strong operational knowledge and a demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment of positively changing expectations and culture
Proven ability as a collaborative partner with various teams and departments within Americold
Ability to synthesize relevant information to draw conclusions
Ability to excel in an environment where a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
Excellent project management, organization, and planning skills
Strong mentoring and management skills to maintain engaged associates
Some travel required (~10%)
Physical Requirements & Abilities:
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
Requires travel by automobile and airplane up to 10% of the time
Required to visit facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing
Frequently carries loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
Requires the use of various electronic tools
Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
Keyword: financial planning analysis, operations, financial planning, plant controller, CPA, MBA
From: Americold
Americold - 11 months ago
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