Eastward Partners Inc. Looking for Head of FP&A for PE-backed Company at California, United States Full Time

JOB OVERVIEW & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Our client is at a critical inflection point in its growth curve and is seeking an energetic, experienced Head of FP&A for a PE-backed company. The Head of FP&A will report directly to the CFO and will be responsible for leading the financial analysis function and partnering with the executives, board members and investment teams on setting strategies, driving financial reporting, and supporting functional leaders with real-time, actionable business insights. The Head of FP&A will also drive key initiative analysis, including support M&A, and lead build out of supplementary financial and operational KPI tracking to inform business strategy. This is an opportunity to have a visible impact on the organization and will require strong project management skills, clear communication, and the ability to bring various contributors together to achieve a combined goal.

Support the company’s Chief Financial Officer with an emphasis on:

• Helping to build a best-in-class organization related to budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and pricing in an industry leading company.
• Developing and reporting the key financial and operational data/metrics in dashboards and forecasts, driving automation and systems optimization.
• Conducting financial cost/benefit analyses to help evaluate and prioritize growth and other strategic initiatives and support timely decision making by the business.
• Assisting the CFO with strategic and tactical financial planning to enable continued growth across the organization.
• Managing and directing day-to-day financial reporting systems, and develops or implements systems to position the business for scalability.
• Managing monthly financial and KPI reporting activities for presentation to the board, executive leadership team, financial sponsors and divisional heads.
• Maintaining and updating the company’s regular lender reporting packages.
• Leading annual budgeting, semi-annual reforecasting and ongoing cash flow forecasting processes to provide visibility into near to long-term financial performance. Collaborates with corporate and regional management to develop budget with buy in across the Company.
• Partnering with Information Technology team to ensure state-of-the-art systems and tools are implemented and functioning for corporate and regional analysts and business leaders.
• Collaborating with corporate and regional managers, operations team, and other key constituents to enhance the operational efficiency of the organization.
• Assisting in acquisition financial diligence work streams and leads financial integration of acquired practices
• Analyzing cash flow, cost control and expenses, as well as collaborating with the various business and functional leaders to suggest and implement improvements.
• Performing economic and industry analyses to identify and recommend response strategies to trends impacting the business.
• Monitoring the company’s performance in context of external market benchmarks and comparables, as well as internally tracked KPI targets.
• Researching and investigating financial and operational performance variance issues and assisting business leaders in taking appropriate corrective actions.

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Experience in building financial planning, analysis and reporting models and processes to facilitate company growth with a world class FP&A function.
• Has spent significant time in prior roles building and automating finance functions and processes.
• Experience and ability to model and synthesize complex financial analysis, operational, and KPI data into concise presentations and decision framework, on a regular basis.
• Strong analytical skills, with extreme attention to detail, accuracy and accountability balanced with sound business judgment.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite; Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and NetSuite.

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Trusted liaison to, and relationships with, senior management and board members.
• Proven ability to be flexible and work hard, both independently and in a team environment, in a high pressure on-call environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to manage several projects of varying complexity at one time.

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• An undergraduate degree in finance or accounting. An MBA is highly desirable.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in FP&A roles.
• 2-5 years of management experience, with experience developing others.