Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

We always ticked a little differently than most watch brands. In 1854, as the Waterbury Clock Company, we took traditional European watchmaking and layered America industrial ingenuity on top to disrupt a 300 year old industry and make quality timepieces attainable for millions. Now is your chance to be a part of time-honored tradition. Join the Timex team today!

The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis is a key position with broad global responsibilities and part of Global FP&A Team. In this role you will have an opportunity to work with teams in US Headquarters, EMEA/APAC and other regions. The focus of the role is to provide support to commercial team in the areas of Financial Planning and Analysis, Budgets, forecast, process & system improvement, and financial controls. This role works cross functionally to deliver tactical initiatives and achieve long-term business objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast paced, ever changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as finance lead on the development of annual operating budgets, monthly and quarterly forecasts and reporting monthly financial results with analyses of variances
• Effectively collaborate with the Accounting team on completion of monthly and quarterly financial closes and incorporation of actual results into the rolling forecast
• Partner effectively with Sales and Operational leadership to develop and improve the accuracy of data-based financial plans and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and communicate performance against those business plans and budgets in a timely manner
• Requires recurring report production and variance analysis as well as ad-hoc analysis as needed to address evolving changes with the business
• Approve/validate purchase requisitions to ensure compliance within budget and forecast guidelines
• Responsible for customer profitability statements, margin, and pricing analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5-7 years’ experience in financial accounting with 3-4 years spent in FP & A
• Strong FP&A Business Partner
• Excellent Excel and data manipulation experience
• Financial Modeling experience, preferably in the consumer-packaged goods industry or a manufacturing company
• Strong understanding of accounting concepts
• Ability to understand the big-picture and can be detail-oriented
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize and delegate as needed
• Demonstrated experience in identifying process improvement opportunities and engaging in implementing improvements