[Remote] Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FlaktGroup SEMCO is seeking a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead the company's financial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis functions. This senior finance leader will provide critical financial insights and decision support to executive leadership, enabling disciplined growth and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategic planning process
- Develop and maintain forecasting models that provide accurate visibility into revenue, profitability, and cash flow
- Establish disciplined forecasting processes and reporting cadences across the organization
- Partner with business leaders to align financial forecasts with commercial and operational realities
- Develop and maintain business-unit and product-line profitability reporting
- Analyze revenue, margins, operating expenses, and key financial drivers
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability, pricing effectiveness, and resource allocation
- Deliver actionable financial insights to support business decisions
- Prepare board-level financial reporting and performance presentations
- Manage all planning and reporting requirements to FläktGroup global leadership
- Conduct variance analysis and communicate business performance clearly and effectively
- Support executive leadership with strategic financial insights and decision-making materials
- Lead financial modeling, scenario planning, and investment analysis initiatives
- Support pricing, capital expenditure, expansion, site selection, and portfolio decisions
- Develop KPI frameworks that connect operational performance to financial outcomes
- Provide recommendations based on financial and operational analysis
- Establish standards, controls, and governance around financial planning and reporting
- Partner with accounting and operations to ensure data accuracy and reporting consistency
- Identify and proactively communicate business risks and opportunities
- Maintain a single source of truth for financial reporting and decision support
- Serve as a trusted financial advisor to business leaders across the organization
- Facilitate alignment among sales, operations, engineering, supply chain, and finance teams
- Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and effective communication
- Help build a high-performance finance culture focused on business partnership and accountability
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline required
- 8+ years of progressive FP&A experience in manufacturing, industrial, or engineered products environments
- Demonstrated success building or transforming FP&A functions and planning processes
- Experience supporting multiple business units or P&Ls
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Experience preparing executive and board-level reporting
- ERP system experience (Epicor or similar) required
- Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency required
- Strategic and analytical thinker with exceptional business acumen
- Strong communicator capable of influencing all organizational levels
- High degree of integrity, accountability, and intellectual honesty
- Collaborative leader who builds trust across functions
- Proactive problem solver focused on business outcomes
- MBA and/or CPA preferred
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