Director, Financial Planning and Analysis>
VCA

Job Info

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We are searching for a results-driven finance leader to drive change and help implement the financial strategy and planning through financial reporting, forecasting, change management, and business support. The Director for FP&A is a leadership role within the Finance and Accounting organization and the right-hand person for the VP of Finance and M&A.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is a critical function for VCA, sitting at the center of the broader finance team to help the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) shape a brighter financial future for VCA and communicate financial visibility and insights to our parent company at Mars. In this role, you will lead the FP&A team to success by leading and driving all aspects of performance management reporting, leading the organization through our financial planning process with rigor, strong collaboration, and financial precision, and partnering with our department heads to manage corporate SG&A budgets, understand ROI of existing projects, and drive best in class use of our expenses. This role requires very strong communication skills, impeccable attention to detail, and a great deal of interaction and relationship building with key stakeholders across VCA and our parent organizations. Your ability to be a shaper, someone who brings people together, is passionate for developing talent, and shows a strong growth leadership style will help you succeed in this organization.

You'll make an impact by:

Managing the Financial Planning Cycle and Risk Management Process -

You will own the forecasting & planning process, governance and business review meetings, and scenario planning. You must have an attitude of wanting to own the P/L, drive change management within the organization, and provide options and solutions to deliver commitments. You need to have a desire to be a strategic thought-leader and advisor to the Senior Leadership team, leading the activation of strategy and the associated financial discipline, and a desire to be a hands-on leader.

In this role, you will create value by implementing actionable planning, insight based-reporting, and clear touchpoints for senior management alignment. Part of our work in this area includes creating best in class processes to do financial planning and analysis. In addition, this role will own Cash Flow forecasting and implement best in class practices for financial discipline, rigor, and reliability. As such, you must be excellent in financial modelling - we are looking for someone who has the capacity to take any business problem and figure out a professional financial model with clarity of inputs and outputs based on business KPIs, with agility, and professional.

Business Partnership- You will continue our journey to establish Finance as a partner within the business with our key spending organizations and will lead the Finance organization that is responsible for managing and controlling IT, Marketing, and P&O spending. Experience coaching and developing our finance associates to deliver best in class management of our SG&A budgets, financial and forecasting modelling, as well as integrating finance within key organizational initiatives is required. You must have a desire to be hands-on in your leadership without micro-managing the organization but rather creating capacity for the organization. Finally, we are looking for some one who is passionate about learning the details and becoming obsessed with our business as a way to build trust with higher senior members.

Impact Communication - We create value by driving insights from data. Whether it is managing our OGSM progress, financial performance, or preparing, and presenting Governance presentations with clarity and high levels of excellence. This role will be key in helping us communicate persuasively with our Mars's partners as well as internal key senior leaders. In this role, you will be focused on turning insights from data, assessing the future, and providing recommendations.

If you are driven by curiosity, cultivate a pre-disposition to service, possess a strong desire to lead with insights, recommend strategic options, and manage change - we are looking for you!

In this role, you will be responsible for the preparation of analysis and presentations requiring in-depth knowledge of the business and all related macro issues. You must have demonstrated experience in preparing financial presentations for governance reviews that are powerful and with advanced use of presentation skills.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Develop a best-in-class FP&A function which includes building new processes that may not have existed previously. You must be a shaper and very good with change management.

• Lead the periodic forecasts cycle. Lead the consolidation and delivery of periodic forecasts, governance decks, reflecting both actuals and forecasts, risk analysis. You are a great communicator who understands the important of developing commentary regarding performance and provide analysis of variances along with explanations and recommended actions.

• Lead the implementation of Anaplan / Power BI in the organization.

• Lead the annual operating plan process. This includes developing & communicating targets, coordinating the calendar of events, consolidating inputs, evaluating requests, and working with the SLT to bring the plan together to meet financial and strategic objectives.

• Lead the development of Cash forecasting including working capital estimates. Partner with the treasury team to optimize and manage balance sheet constraints.

• Define and produce standard analyses required for decision-making and execution. One of your projects is to develop with the VP of finance sustainable forecast practices that begin with a clear understanding of KPI inputs and outputs in the most automated way possible.

• Lead the team responsible for management of our Overheads budgets and integrating the Finance organization by working strongly with our Department Heads.

• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the VP of Finance.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• MBA

• 10+ years of pure FP&A experience within a multi-national environment

• Experience in health care, retail, consumer-oriented or multi-site industry.

• 1-2 years of strategy or management consulting background preferred.

• Basic computer skills

• Ability to read, write, and speak English

*All degrees will be deemed "or equivalent combination of education and experience" unless absolutely required to do the job (i.e., DVM degree for Veterinarian, Law degree for Attorney, etc.).

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to demonstrate deep expertise in financial modeling and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and corporate finance.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Ability to self-motivate. You must exhibit a growth mentality and a desire to build organizations and best in class processes.

• Ability to generate output with a very high degree of quality and attention to detail.

• Ability to exhibit outstanding leadership.

• You are highly driven by principles and values. You bring people together and create positive change.

• Ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Accounting Principles

• Management and Leadership

• Written and Verbal Communication

• Training and Development

Additional Information

[Required for CA, NY, WA, CO only]: Compensation is negotiable based on education, experience, and other relevant credentials. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $149,700 - $224,550 . Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only.

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Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com

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