Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis - Insulation

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis provides effective and relevant financial analysis to support management and help business leaders make effective decisions and identify opportunities to help the business meet targets. Coordinating budgeting, forecasting, month end processes, ensure accuracy of financials, coordinate with all of the relevant parties to ensure smooth efficient processes.

Budget, Business Plan, and Forecasting:

• Organize the process and financial analysis for the budgeting, planning, and forecasting phases of the fiscal year.
• Organize the annual preparation of the budget and support the coordination with plant finance teams, purchasing, sales, supply chain and other functions.
• Work with business managers, department heads, production planning, and the plant controllers to ensure that all budgeting requirements are disseminated, understood, integrated consistently, and completed as required.
• Consolidate and verify data, bridge the drivers of period over period changes in performance to help the organization understand changes in performance.
• Look for continuous efficiency improvement in the current budget models and analysis to improve accuracy, flow and streamline of the process.
• Analyze budget/create and review business ad hoc analytics for reasonableness and proactively propose changes to improve financial performance.
• Reconcile projections vs. actual results and prior projections and ensure the reasonableness of budget/forecasts.

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

• Ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial statements, and related reporting.
• The position must ensure for each accounting period that all elements of the P&L and Balance Sheet are accurate and complete and that all reserve requirements have been reviewed.
• For each accounting period analysis must be performed on key variations to understand the drivers and the accuracy of the variations and keep a larger focus on the monthly trend evolution.
• Clearly summarize the key drivers of the variations to help Management understand the accounting period results and unusual impacts.
• Ensure that all required reports by CertainTeed and Saint-Gobain are completed timely and accurately.
• Streamline reporting process for plants and central reporting to avoid duplicative work, inconsistent numbers, etc., and make reports useful, relevant, and intelligible for the end user. Ensure consistent application of accounting principles.

Business Decision Analysis:

• Perform ad hoc financial analyses and make recommendations to support strategic decision making.
• This involves working closely with managers in all functional areas to assess the financial viability of various business considerations.
• Provide guidance and support to engineering and manufacturing managers who are working on capital projects, as well as subsequently conducting post audits of key investments.
• Develop financial / operational reports and models which provide meaningful business data to management.
• Closely collaborate with sales team with commercial strategy and decisions.
• Support marketing with new product analysis.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or related field with an emphasis on finance, or relevant experience in the required field
• Master's Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting, a plus.
• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in finance related field, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Must have strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior data management and modeling skills required. Experienced user of Microsoft Windows software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). SAP and G/L Wands, QlikView and other BI Tools, and financial consolidation systems experience preferred
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment, demonstrating a mature and organized approach to work load
• Prior direct or indirect management experience, required
• Must have the ability to quickly and accurately assess a business situation, arrive at decisions in a timely manner and understand the ramifications of decisions is critical to this job.

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products,CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.www.certainteed.com

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.