Finance Business Partner, FP&A

at  Aldo Group

EXPERIENCE

Not Specified

The business partner plays a key role within the organization by supporting the FP&A team with creating tools and templates to assist with the budget/forecast process. These tools help ensure the financial plan is accurately and efficiently loaded to the system. The role is also an essential link between Foundation operations and financial performance. He/she is a financial professional that collaborates with operational team members to establish financial objectives (budget, forecast, etc.), to provide visibility on the performance against those objectives and to perform analysis that supports business decisions. He/she will also be involved in the compensation analysis for the entire organization working closely with various teams to provide financial guidance.

• Participates in the development, enhancement and implementation of financial system or processes initiatives by providing value added input with respect to FP&A and ensuring that changes in the system or business processes are integrated into ongoing activities;
• Promotes and initiates continuous improvements in order to improve organizational processes and generate superior business results;
• Identifies and monitors key financial indicators to gauge performance, identify trends, perform benchmarking and suggest strategies;
• Works closely with the business leaders in identifying and developing annual targets that reflects the strategic direction of the business;
• Builds financial reports that provide value and insight to the business on variances to budget or forecast using the SAP-BPC application;
• Identifies and assess potential business & financial impacts or risks associated with new ideas;
• Updates and maintains the BPC reports and books on the server during Budget/Forecast periods;
• Actively works with Channels and Foundation Business Partners to create new templates and tools to assist with uploading the Budget/Forecast numbers to the BPC system;
• Continuously improves the BPC system for more efficient processes and assist in resolving any system issues;
• Assists Sr. Finance Business Partner with administration of the BPC system by maintaining the BPC dimensions;
• Coordinates all aspect of the Budget and Forecast processes for areas within the Scope in terms of deadlines, reviews, targets, system uploads and variance analysis for Direct & OH expenses as well as Capital Investments;
• Coordinates the reporting and analysis of financial and non-financial key performance indicators;
• Supports other teammates during month-end processes to investigate account variances, confirm account reconciliation status with Accounting and ensure timely completion of all required Journal Entries to achieve closing deadlines;
• Supports our Legal, People & Culture team with various compensation analysis;
• Initiates and performs monthly business reviews on year-to-date and current month results in order to provide visibility to the teams, facilitate financial projections and provide value added financial knowledge to areas within the Scope to ultimately increase business results;
• Supports the Corporate FP&A Director with various ad-hoc requests for data and analysis depending on the planning phase of the year;
• Responsible for identifying, pursuing and sharing with teammates technical, professional and interpersonal training programs for his/herself;
• Ensure alignment between the business and the Finance teams through regular and clear communication;
• Participates in periodic staff meetings to discuss and align business opportunities and priorities.