Senior Manager - Capital Planning & Analysis

Outstanding opportunity for Senior Manager with experience in Capital Planning, Analysis and Reporting.  This role reports to the VP of Corporate planning and Analysis and will be a member of the company’s leadership team. 

They are looking for an individual to lead the improvement and standardization of financial planning and management reporting activities, including evolution of models / tools fundamental to driving improved decision-making.  This role will have direct interface with the company’s CFO and other ranking members of the management team.

This is a 2.6B dollar company who’s sales increased over 16% in 08’ and are are up 33% for the first 1/2 of 09’. 

The Senior Manager, Capital Planning and Analysis is responsible for providing comprehensive oversight of the company’s capital forecasting and reporting, decision support analytics and annual planning processes.  The position serves as the focal point and center of excellence to drive and coordinate common processes, tools and policies focused on ensuring efficient and effective capital deployment.  The ability to forge close working relationships with key cross-functional business partners situated across 5 business units (Development, Retail, Franchise, Supply Chain and Paradise) is a key position requirement and critical success factor.  The successful candidate will also serve as a key resource to senior leaders by providing timely and thoughtful analysis to support strategic decision-making and tactical planning.

Key Responsibilities

Lead monthly capital forecasting and reporting activities, ROI decision support analytics and annual operating plan development by leveraging productive functional and cross-functional partnerships across the enterprise.  Personal competencies include: 1/ master both strategic and operational issues; 2/ dynamically manage multiple competing priorities; 3/ possess exceptional teamwork and communication skills and; 4/ have a strong drive for results / positive “winning” attitude.

Accountabilities

• Manage, execute and improve the company’s capital forecasting and reporting processes.


• Evolve existing (and engineer new) decision-support analytical tools to drive disciplined capital investment / allocation.


• Partner closely with cross-functional teams and business unit leads to produce forecasts and supporting analyses.


• Manage the company’s Annual Operating Planning process for capital.


• Participate in the company’s Quarterly Capital Review process.


• Provide additional ad hoc analytical support as needed.


• Supervisory responsibility (oversight of one Financial Analyst)

Qualifications

• Progressive / dynamic operationally oriented finance professional with a consultative and trusted business partner philosophy.  Values working with team members who have different perspectives and backgrounds.  Breaks-down barriers and chimneys to assure team effectiveness and high quality results.


• Strong drive for results / bias for action (“gets the job done”).  High energy self-starter / self-motivated.  Comfortable working independently with limited oversight as an “individual contributor” (proven record of roll- up sleeves approach).


• Strong business / financial acumen (strategic mindset / broad business perspective) and the humility to ask for advice.


• Strong detail orientation; strives for timeliness and accuracy.


• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity (malleable to change and willing to adapt).  Identifies and pursues opportunities to improve processes.  Leads and manages systemic change efforts.


• Demonstrated strategic orientation and ability to move beyond the numbers to understand the operational and strategic imperatives of the business.  Identifies and pursues opportunities to improve processes.


• Strong verbal and written communication skills.  Provides information clearly and concisely.  Presents compelling evidence to support positions.  Ability to communicate effectively at varying levels of the organization (from the CEO on-down).


• Proficiency in Excel required. Experience with the following a plus: Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Discoverer (Reporting and Query Tool), and Oracle Financials Software (OFA Budgeting Software).


• Experience with planning tools (i.e., OFA, Cognos, Hyperion, etc.) desirable.


• MBA from a top tier Business School (with record of solid academic performance).


• Minimum 4-6 years experience of progressive finance experience.