Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

The Sr. Manager will play a key role in reporting and analysis of our business. The position is responsible for preparing internal and external reporting, supporting the Financial Planning process, business decision analysis, and operational and business reviews. The individual will form relationships with functional owners to support business decisions, enhance reporting capabilities, encourage open communication among the team and establish a framework for accountability. This position is ideal for someone intellectually curious, highly detail-oriented, entrepreneurial, resourceful, and proactive. The right candidate will exhibit outstanding judgment, professionalism, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, and sometimes ambiguous, work environment. He/she will need to comfortably interact and communicate with individuals at all levels, including senior executives. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, exceptionally driven, looking to grow their career rapidly and eager to get involved with many areas of the business. 

Below is an overview of the expectations that are intended to show the basic levels of support required in this role. Ad Hoc analysis and reporting are inevitable components of the FP&A function in addition to the specific items noted below.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with departmental senior management, providing analyses of revenue, operational margin, labor, and expenses to help drive business activities toward achieving financial goals, while leading discussions to drive business decisions

• Work with managers across the organization to ensure internal/operational financial views are accurate and relevant (Revenue, Margins, OPEX, headcount)

• Contribute to the annual planning process, primary owner for financial output

• Support ongoing reviews of business operations and process improvement initiatives

• Support worldwide Financial Planning, including budgets, headcount, forecasts and variance analysis reporting on a monthly basis

• Assist in monthly accounting close, including detailed expense review/validation, reporting and analysis

• Preparation of reporting for Board of Directors, Private Equity Owners and financial lenders

• Leverage and maintain Adaptive Planning system for forecasting and reporting

• Drive automation through existing systems for management reporting wherever possible

Required Skills

• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A / financial management / business planning

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar subject area

• Advanced Excel and business modeling skills

• Prior experience and proficiency using NetSuite and Adaptive or comparable software tools

• Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment

• Demonstrated understanding of finance / accounting principles and concepts

• Comfortable learning and managing new financial systems

• Great communication skills that will allow you to interact and work with others that do not have a direct-line reporting responsibility to you

• Must be extremely well-organized with the ability to multi-task across multiple deliverables, bias towards productivity

• Ability to develop detailed financial models, and to synthesize anecdotal and structured information into meaningful insight

• Effective presentation skills and experience working with executive leadership

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position.

Travel:

This position requires up to 10% travel. Frequently, travel is outside the local area and overnight

EEO Statement:

Cendyn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cendyn complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Cendyn expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Cendyn’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.