Director, Financial Planning & Analysis - Erlanger, KY

Job Description

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis - Global Technology & 1ADM Program

Corporate Finance: Erlanger, KY

This is an exempt level position.

Position Summary:

The Director will focus on both IT Financial Planning and Analysis and support 1ADM program and play a critical role in ADM's Corporate Finance team. This role will support ADM's strategy execution by providing leadership in executing IT's global consolidated annual operating planning, forecasting and analysis activities while helping the IT leadership team identify opportunities and corrective actions to meet financial and non-financial targets. The role will also provide insightful analysis and decision support by delivering timely, accurate and relevant data and information to the IT leadership team to help drive performance across the organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead annual IT Financial Planning & Analysis processes in the record-to-report process catalog

• Coordinate preparation and consolidation of annual plan, monthly forecasts, key performance measures, and performance reporting to IT and finance executives for both Global Technology and 1ADM Program

• Participate and demonstrate leadership in cross-functional efforts within Finance to continually improve reporting, forecasting, planning, and analysis processes.

• Define, design and create driver-based planning and forecasting models and align models to monthly actuals management reporting.

• Develop and present financial plans, management reports, projections, and ad hoc analysis requests for senior management.

• Work with relevant business partners to provide instructions and direction into financial forecasts and plan requirements, including insights and opportunities for improvement.

• Ability to influence others within a matrix environment including senior management.

• Ability to lead, monitor, and manage several existing projects with tight deadlines using project management skills and techniques.

• Coordinate Budget Managers for monthly reporting forecasts in Global Technology.

• Manage performance management processes for direct reports, as applicable

Required Skills:

• Advanced Financial Analysis

• Advanced knowledge of Management Reporting

• Advanced knowledge of budgeting, long range planning and forecasting

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint presentation skills

• Accounting knowledge and external reporting acumen

• Designing Queries and Reports using Financial Systems

• Business Analysis & System design/implementation

• Knowledge of Governance, Risk and Compliance

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance. Advanced degree in analytics, data modeling, statistics, and a MBA is a plus

Required Experience:

• Experience executing financial planning, forecasting and analysis processes

• Visualization and communication skills (to a wide range of audiences both technical and non-technical)

• Experience gathering requirements and procedures related to process design

• Experience in preparing and presenting both Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel for senior management review

• Experience in managing direct reports

• Experience in working within matrix organization structures

• Project management experience managing multiple projects at one time

Desired Experience:

• Strong functional understanding of ADM's operating structure

• Experience with IT finance principles or ITFM

• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Hyperion Planning or other planning tools (e.g. Anaplan, Onestream, etc), ESSBASE and large ERP systems (e.g. JDE, SAP, etc)

• Familiarity with the capabilities of reporting and visualization tools such as Tableau, OBIEE, PowerBI, etc.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successful perform the essential job functions consistent with qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards

• Standard office safety regulations

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