FP&A Manager

SUMMARY

The mission for the Manager of FP&A is to apply a pragmatic approach to building and streamlining the financial planning and analysis function and to partner with & advise the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) in supporting the delivery of the value creation plan to deliver accretive EBITDAR growth.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Performance & EBITDAR Growth:

• Partner with business leaders to attain strategic EBITDAR target
  
• A strong partnership with the CFO to help grow the business and drive the organization for 100%+ EBITDAR growth over the next two years
  
• Support the playbook and tracking of transformation activities
  
• Take ownership of KPI process, measure results and explain variances
  
• Establish reporting cadence with functional leaders within 60 days start
  
• Serve as project lead, collaborating with IT teams to design and implement actionable organizational data solutions leveraging business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
  
• Partner with the leadership team by developing and clearly communicating data-driven insights and strategic analyses that guide the organization’s direction and support value creation initiatives across the business.
  

Management reporting:

• Implement KPIs and analytics that enable management to make informed, fact based, “real-time” decisions and automate monthly Operating Council reporting within the first 90 days of start
  
• Lead Annual Operating Plan creation and maintain budget/forecasting within 45 days
  
• Ability to professionally represent the current state of the business and variances/deviations from budget
  
• Provide accounting and financial reporting to support management decisions and drive accountability to plans, budgets and forecasts
  
• Partner with each ELT members and their organizations to establish a monthly cadence of P&L reviews with an aim to stay on track with financial performance goals
  

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A):

• Support Platinum Deal team in evaluation of bolt-on opportunities and various modeling scenarios
  
• Experience performing due diligence on and integrating bolt-on acquisitions
  
• Execution of synergies and financial benefit realization within 100 days of M&A close
  

Build a sustainable FP&A capability

• Build a FP&A transformational roadmap within the first 60 days that clearly addresses gaps in tools, KPIs, metrics, etc. Roadmap should align with the business requirements for and size of L&R
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.
  
• Minimum 5 years in an FP&A role
  
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP
  
• Expertise in Excel based modeling
  
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software 
  
• CPA certification a plus.
  

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to work across functions and influence stakeholders
  
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Bias for action and pace of execution,
  
• Fact base - operates with a set of operational and financial facts.
  
• Apply objective business judgement in supporting management decisions.
  
• Transformation leader who drives changes and supports the vision of Leadership. 
  
  

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Should be willing to accept a long-term work-from-home arrangement.
  
• Should be amenable to a permanent night shift schedule.