Financial Planning & Analysis Director (Chicago)

Role Description:

As a senior finance leader in the organization, this position is responsible for facilitating the multi-year strategic planning cycle, leading & owning the annual budget cycle, and the monthly and quarterly forecasting and internal management reporting, along with the associated analysis and commentary. The role reviews various balance sheets reconciliations and supports quarterly balance sheet reviews. The role is also responsible for various SOX controls and supports internal & external audit requests. This position will report to the CFO, Ardagh Metal Packaging, North America and will lead a team of FP&A manager and analysts, with ability to grow the talent and bench strength. This is a highly visible role with frequent exposure to senior leaders at the regional and global level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare & lead the multi-year strategic plans
• Oversee the annual budget cycle: plant P&L accumulation, SGA roll-ups, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Lead/own monthly financial results reporting & forecast outlook, plus analysis/bridges on the results vs forecast/budget/last year
• Lead various functional area business analytics and support senior leaders in the organization including the CEO
• Evolve and grow the FP&A function into a world-class organization
• Support Enterprise Risk Management process with team and maintain corporate risk register

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and/or finance, CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred
• 10+ years in accounting and financial analysis experience with deep understanding of FP&A, preferably within an industrial/manufacturing setting
• Working knowledge of financial consolidation systems, such as HFM, Tagetik or others.
• Strong organizational skills – ability to manage at all organizational levels especially senior leaders
• Analytical skills including ability to communicate finance to internal and external stakeholder and “tell a story”
• Self-starter with high degree of intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement mindset
• Working knowledge of SAP Software, including GL/AP/AR/APO/SD/MM preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and experience with Power BI or similar data warehouse applications preferred