Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis - Business Unit

As a Senior Manager Financial Planning and Analysis your goal is to lead the budgeting and forecasting function for the Turf & Consumer business unit by establishing and documenting procedures and timelines for completion of the annual operating budget, quarterly operating forecasts and capital spending plans. You’ll also partner with the Turf & Consumer business unit management team in developing and executing strategic plans. #LI-MD1 #LI-Hybrid

You will do this by:

• Developing and driving an effective and efficient planning process to guide the business unit in the formulation, reviewing and communication of operating plans and projections; coordinating the budget/forecast and performing analysis to determine the validity and accuracy of the forecasts submitted by the business unit; coordinating the preparation of the annual budget review meetings
• Leading the preparation and update of the business unit’s long-range strategic financial plan
• Measuring business performance against strategies and goals; routinely analyzing and reporting performance utilizing trend analysis and experience data; proactively recommending and advising the business based on trend analysis
• Developing timely tools and metrics to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action
• Developing and using analytical tools to monitor and lead improvements in forecasting accuracy
• Analyzing actual to budget trends in financial statements and key company drivers and trends on a monthly basis, including the isolation of factors contributing to negative and positive trends, in order to revise forecast processes and improve forecast accuracy
• Proactively recommending mitigating actions to help achieve planned business results
• Analyzing the impact of pricing, volume, mix and foreign currency on sales and gross margins
• Performing full range of managerial responsibilities which may include but not be limited to: interviewing, hiring, coaching and developing employees; planning, assigning and directing work; EEO/AA, performance management, department budget

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities. 

You are the kind of person who is/has:

• Interested in a working leader position
• The ability to work cross functionally
• A desire to work in the broad scope of finance and accounting functions