Filtration Group Corp Looking for Manager – Strategic Finance at York, SC Full Time

Overview:
Company Overview:
An affiliate of Madison Industries, Filtration Group Corporation (“Filtration Group”) is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action. Filtration Group began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the filtration industry. With revenues of ~$2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world. This position will be working for Filtration Group IAQ, a wholly owned subsidiary of Filtration Group Corporation.

Position Summary:
The world has awakened to the importance of indoor air quality, and now more than ever, Filtration Group IAQ must ensure it has the data and insights to guide financial, sales, and operational decision making.

The Manager – Strategic Finance will be responsible for financial reporting (excl. accounting), forecasting/budgeting, and ad hoc reporting to support our leadership in key commercial & operational decision making. This individual will report to the CFO and has one direct report (Power BI Analyst).

The successful candidate should demonstrate a proven track record in business partnering, an ability to build trust, relationships and culture, strong modeling and forecasting skills, a strong understanding of data reporting using Power BI, curious and asks questions (desire to learn), strong analytical skills, ability to positively influence others, successful project and change management skills, succinct story telling skills, and executive maturity.

Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting

Proactively provide intra-month reporting (pacing, forecasting, trends)

Own and compile the monthly commercial reporting package (incl. Sales Trends by Product Line/Customer, Bookings Trends by Product Line/Customer, Price Realization, Price/Volume/Mix/Margin KPIs by Plant)

‘Tell the story’ and drive insightful analytics for Finance leadership reviews.

Please note, this position does not include responsibilities for accounting, journal entries, ‘closing the books’ or other purely-accounting oriented duties.

Forecasting (Monthly, Quarterly, Annually)

Build financial models to show the company’s financial standing and provide alternative scenarios to save costs and/or increase performance

Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast

Support the quarterly and annual forecasting/budgeting processes, including corporate requests and reports

Ad Hoc Reporting

Customer, Product Line, & SKU Profitability Modeling (incl. Price/Cost impacts)

Margin Reporting (bridge sales/margin/cost performance vs. PY and forecast)

Support management team and partner with the Controller/IT teams to generate data-driven analysis to develop and optimize decision making

Integrate varied data sources and assimilate the information into a clear narrative.

Create and assist with monthly operating review & strategic planning presentations

Qualifications:
Qualifications:
Advanced knowledge of Excel. Strongly preferred to possess database skills (e.g., Microsoft Access) that are used to house & analyze data from our ERP system.

Bachelor’s degree is required, degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Business preferred.

5+ years’ experience in FP&A or other operations-oriented finance role

Experience with QAD, SQL, and Power BI a plus

Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to analyze large datasets and develop concise conclusions

Candidate Attributes:
Ability to connect with our team & culture, exhibiting Trust, Bias for Action & Entrepreneurial Spirit

Understanding of financial statements, basic financial metrics, and key business performance indicators. Able to lend decision support, sound financial analysis and KPIs to executives for sound decision making

Responds quickly to stakeholder actions, whether customers, competitors, or partners.

Excellent relationship building skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment working across function and business units

Insatiable curiosity coupled with a strong desire for on-going learning and development

Confident and self-aware with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to build rapport with business leaders across the world, many of whom may be more experienced than the candidate. Must be capable of quickly establishing credibility and influencing decision makers.

Must be detail-oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output

Exceptional soft skills (communication, project management, time management)

Linked In Tags: Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Accounting, Financial Statements, FP&A, Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Microsoft Access, Database, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), SQL Server Integration Services, SQL

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This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory, or environmental demands may be referenced to communicate the way this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Filtration Group will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

Filtration Group is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all team members, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetics, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe the work we do and the mission we spread is at it’s best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.