Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Purpose:

The purpose of the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is to create and execute the strategic financial plan of the organization and provide critical business analysis on mergers and acquisitions.

Essential Functions:
Prepares the annual and long-range financial plans as well as forecasts for key stakeholders.
Analyzes budget and forecast submissions for accuracy, reasonableness, and consistency with objectives.
Works with stakeholders to enforce deadlines and provides guidance and instructions on planning submission requirements and deadlines.
Analyzes and reports on consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual results and those of each operating segments as well as general & administrative expenses.
Provides analytical support for operations, corporate departments, and parent company
Supports the preparation of presentations for management
Provides recommendations for revenue and profitability improvement
Develops priorities to improve productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness
Conducts industry and competitive analyses to identify and address the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
Prepares business cases for corporate capital projects
Works with Corporate Accounting to review lease disclosures for reasonableness, consistency and conformity with corporate policies
Supports the merger & acquisitions process within the organization, including conducting analysis and valuation of acquisition targets or divestitures.
Support legal with negotiating merger & acquisition terms and conditions.
Conducts due diligence and integration of targets

Reporting Relationship:

This position reports to the Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Major Interdependencies:

Operations, Operational Excellence, Business Development Finance

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:
Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 8 years:
In a leadership role: Requires 3 years of experience leading a team of financial analysis and planning professionals
In a technical role: Requires 8 years of financial analysis and planning experience engaged in developing and delivering budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and accounting programs
A bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance can count for 3 of the eight-year requirement
An MBA or a master’s level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 2 years of the eight-year requirement.
In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience
Specialized Training:
Requires in-depth knowledge of at least one financial planning and reporting application (e.g., Anaplan, PeopleSoft, SAP, Hyperion, Business Objects, Adaptive/Workday, Oracle, IBM, etc; multiple preferred).
Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits
Advanced business acumen and also has the strategic mindset required to understand the long-term implications of FP&A decisions and to advance the organizations goals
Requires expert level Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to create and modify pivot tables and advanced formulas
Demonstrated history of anticipating the needs of the business and complex stakeholders, the employee population, and individual circumstances
Demonstrated history of creating and maintaining positive work environments through coaching, developing, and leading teams to achieve common goals
Demonstrated experience exhibiting a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to optimize work processes and achieve positive results

Location/Travel:
This position has the opportunity to work remotely but is required to travel to the F&B Center of Excellence in Bethesda or Retail Center of Excellence in East Rutherford, NJ at least 3 days per week and as needed
Occasional travel to other locations may be required based on business needs

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