Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will lead the centralized Financial Planning and Business Analytics functions of Arnia Software. The position is responsible for leading the development of the strategic and annual operating plans, updating forecasts and period-end financial results. This would include P&L preparation and analysis, research, quantification and assessment of financial trends, spending variances and identifying/developing causal data.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain reporting capabilities for all reporting entities. This includes development of appropriate systems and capabilities that support business reporting requirements.

• Responsible for consolidating annual operating plans, re-forecasts and period end financial reporting requirements, analysis of earnings, business trends, etc. and reconciliation to stated goals.

• Work with business unit leaders to understand business results through P&L analysis, earnings variation analysis.

• Monitor, track, assess and advise management of key spending and business trends.

• Will work to standardize all key measures of business financial reporting.

• Will provide reporting and guidance on the “Key Business Metrics” used to evaluate business performance.

• Position involves supporting Senior Leaders in the development of presentations and business review materials that highlight performance, bring clarity to key issues, and support recommendations.

• Is responsible for communicating with and reporting to General Manager.

• Will provide advanced financial system modeling capabilities to support and develop better analysis, quantification and tracking of key business issues, trends, etc.

• Lead and / or provide support on special projects which will form the basis for varied and wide learning / interaction with multiple functions and all business entities.