Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Woodstream has a rich history of over 150 years, and we are an essential, life sustaining business. We provide pest & animal control products that destroy disease carrying insects & rodents.
We have an immediate opportunity for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager in Lancaster, PA
CPG experience strongly preferred.
Benefits of Working for Woodstream:

• Competitive benefits package including:
  
  • Bonus Program
  • 401k with Company Match
  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment
  • Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance
  • Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options
  • ID Theft & Legal Assistance Plan Options
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.
• Opportunity to advance within the company.

Overview of the Role:

• Lead the Business Annual Planning Process, and regular forecast updates process.
• Act as a Business Partner to Stakeholders within the businesses, and build relationships and understand the commercial aspects of the business
• Digest and enlighten internal and external drivers impacting performance and trending
• Keep tabs on monthly and quarterly performance through comparison of actuals versus expectations and enable business partners to handle their resources
• Present monthly reporting to executive team, and business partners on financial results and actions required.
• This position interacts with Woodstream executives, updating reports and Board of Director’s slides
• This position will help prepare external looking analysis for both competitive insights and M&A related preparations.
• This position will work with the OneStream, consolidation and FP&A software
• This position maintains the rolling 13-week cash forecast

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Plans and executes the annual planning process, coordinating the calendar, inputs, assumptions, and compares and delivers insights for opportunities or deviations to company goals. This includes P&L and NWC.
  
  • Coordinates with the commercial, operations and accounting teams.
  • Coordinates with the FP&A Analysts that captures and manages the forecast in the reporting systems.
• Develops an executes and efficient forecast process, linked to the S&OP process, and leveraging SAP planning capabilities. Ensures the business has an update projection of the year end performance at the right level of granularity for P&L and NWC.
• Analyze and communicate financial forecasts to the organization and Business Unit Managers on a regular basis
• Provides, collects and coordinate commentary and additional information required to support the management financial statements and key reports. Coordinate the presentation of the financial results to the executive team, and completion of the board internal documents.
• Supervised forecasting reports and prepare insights.
  
  • Support the design and implementation of reports created by Accounting, Finance, Operations & Commercial Finance.
  • Review the completeness and accuracy of information provided by Accounting, Finance, Operations & Commercial Finance
  • Review the completeness and accuracy of reporting, including but not limited to Bansk Monthly Package, Ad Hoc Reports and analysis requested by the CEO and/or others, etc.
• Maintains and collects the business key performance scorecard, including financial and non-financial metrics.
• Prepares ad hoc reporting from competition financial and non-financial metrics.
• Support the CFO in analysis of M&A targets, or M&A preparations.
• Regular attendance is required to maintain the functions of the job
• Participates in planning and problem-solving teams to improve company performance to key and assigned accounts
• Continuously improve our processes to better serve the organization and our customers
• Performs other duties as assigned

Successful Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business required - Finance/Accounting/Math preferred
• Excellent PC & system skills: above average proficiency in Excel and Power Bi required.
• 5-10 years of FP&A experience.
• Experience performing or coordinating annual planning process for a company or a unit.
• Experience preparing reports for senior executive teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills – Ability to present to and interact with high-level company officers
• Results oriented
• Flexible team player
• Capable of managing multiple projects
• Ability to interpret and bring meaning to data reviewed
• Provide recommendations and opportunities

Woodstream Fun Facts!

• We are the #1 EAC (Electronic Animal Containment/fencing) company in North America, 10X the #2 company and these products protect our food supply.
• We are the ONLY Pest & Animal Control company with a significant ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) Program.
• Over 40% of our directors and above are woman.
• 57% of the Executive Team (meaning VP and above) are female, black, Hispanic or Asian/Islander.

Woodstream is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, marital status, union affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.