Americas FP&A Manager

MSA, The Safety Company
Americas FP&A Manager
US-PA-Cranberry Twp
Requisition ID: 2024-8344 Type: Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Finance
Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

If youre a finance professional with expertise in financial planning and analysis, come join our finance team! The candidate will partner with Americas business management, global finance teams, and other internal teams to facilitate data-driven decision making and process optimization. They will be responsible for modeling all aspects of profitability within the Americas, including but not limited to scenario building, risk and opportunity assessment of key business decisions, and providing insightful analysis of how various decisions and outcomes align to the Americas business strategy and priorities. This critical role will focus on driving enhanced business partnership with segment and regional leadership to achieve short-term and long-term financial and business goals, define standardized processes that drive accountability, communication and collaboration effectively and efficiently to all stakeholders within the Americas verticals, and provide a superior customer experience to business partners.

The successful candidate has a proven track record of analyzing and reporting on moderate to complex financial issues, preparing various business and financial analysis and reports involving working capital, elements of profit and loss, and investments of all types, and presenting financial information to various audiences. The candidate has public company FP&A experience and is passionate about implementing best-practices to optimize financial performance. This individual will act as a business partner to both the Americas business and the finance organization while driving key financial processes including, but not limited to forecasting, planning, reporting, and scenario analysis.

Key to this role is the ability to build cross-functional relationships, communicate financial concepts to non-finance professionals, communicate business results to segment leadership, apply critical thinking skills, and drive results through proactively identifying opportunities for profitability. If you are an experienced finance professional looking for an exciting role at a mission-driven company, this may be the role for you.

Develop and deliver consistent, streamlined financial reporting including growth and profitability progress towards the Americas and regional short and long term goals with actionable insights on how the business can optimize financial performance and close any performance gaps to Plan. Lead Executive and Board reporting efforts while synthesizing complex financial data into actionable, clear, and engaging messages. Develop presentation materials on a wide variety of financial and strategic topics for the Americas team including, but not limited to regional performance management, profitability forecast and outlook, and annual Plan. Direct special segment/regional analysis and support regional and affiliate finance leaders with ad-hoc requests and analysis to support local and regional leadership.
Manage annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes including cost center forecasting, planning, and reporting for Americas segment and recommended courses of action to achieve profitability targets. Partner with the Americas Director of Commer ial Finance on Revenue and Gross Margin Plan, reporting, and forecast as well as commercial initiative resource requirements to drive desired growth.
Proactively identify opportunities to optimize business performance and partner with business stakeholders to provide key data driven insights regarding profitability analysis to inform investment decisions. Lead all aspects of financial modeling, including scenario building and risk/opportunity assessment of key business decisions. Provide essential business insight with impactful analysis across the organization to ensure alignment with the companys strategy and priorities.
Develop profitability playbook to proactively identify opportunities to respond to changing business condition.
Assist as needed in special projects including any analysis required for M&A related due diligence and other ad-hoc corporate initiatives and requests.
Qualifications
Experience Required:
8 years of proven experience analyzing moderate to complex financial information, historical financial results, and market data including emerging trends to develop recommended courses of action so the business can respond timely to changing economic, geopolitical, and market conditions.
Experience proactively identifying opportunities to optimize business performance and partner with business stakeholders to provide key data driven insights regarding profitability analysis to inform investment decisions.
Experience leading forecast and AOP cycles across a large business.
Proven track record of providing business partners with insights based on data and analysis while considering resources, market drivers, organizational values, and emerging economic, technological, and regulatory conditions.
Experience developing standardized processes that drive accountability, communication, and collaboration effectively and efficiently to all stakeholders.
Partnering with segment leadership and regional management to drive achievement of short term and long term financial and business goals, identifying opportunities for growth while achieving long term sustainable profitability, optimizing financial reporting to key stakeholders, and responding timely and appropriately to fiscal/geopolitical affairs that may impact the Americas business.
Demonstrated business orientation, excellent analytical capabilities, and strategic decision making skills.
Proven track record of communicating financial concepts to non-financial audiences and solid written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with ability to adapt style for all levels of staff and management.
Strong project management skills, including ability to multitask and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office including Word, excel and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated problem solving abilities with proven track record of generating high quality innovative solutions.
Proficient knowledge of U.S. GAAP. Education Required:
Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting Education Preferred:
Masters degree in accounting, business, economics or finance. CPA or pubic accounting experience

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