Job Description
The Finance Lead/Supervisor drives the financial planning and analysis processes and requirements across businesses supporting planning and actuals analysis/reporting requirements for the Product Development, Science & Technology (PDS&T) business unit within Operations Finance. This role will provide accurate and timely financial analysis and planning deliverables to meet requirements.
Responsibilities
- Operates independently to prepare relevant variance analysis for each month-end close cycle and develop meaningful management reporting schedules for direct areas supported.
- Partners with the business leaders and their teams on reporting matters, Master data investigations and support, and month-end close management data issues.
- Works directly with Finance Shared Service contacts on monthly close processes to ensure complete, accurate, and timely monthly actual results, including arising issues, journal entry status, and open/pending items. Understand monthly results and communicate issues vs. benchmark to functional partners to drive resolution or action plans.
- Works closely with Operations FP&A and complete required submissions in a timely manner.
- Provides management with clear insights into drivers of business and financial performance and risk; assesses business/market opportunities and informs/recommends prioritization decisions.
- Supports Capital planning and reporting. Work with partners to build annual plans and LRP’s. Track spending against RCE’s and create LBE’s. Work with Project accounting to ensure RCE’s are accurately reported
- Leads or assists with ad hoc analysis requests, projects, and process improvements as needed.
- Possess ability to work well as part of a team and build strong relationships with stakeholders while taking initiative to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and communications skills, with ability to work independently.