Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Flavors - Chicago or Decatur, IL. or Erlanger, KY.
This is an exempt level position
 
Position Summary:
 The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, Flavors is responsible to provide financial and business support by analyzing data, developing driver based financial plans, drawing conclusions and summarizing insights for leaders making critical business decisions. The ideal candidate must be able to leverage their finance skills and experience to effectively partner with and support business leadership in a fast growth environment. The role provides a high degree of exposure to NA Flavors leadership plus the opportunity to interact with the global Flavors Finance and business team.
 
Job Responsibilities:Coordinate preparation and reporting of annual plan, monthly forecasts, key performance measures, and performance reporting to BU Leaders with Business finance leaders at regional levels.Partner with regional Leaders and organization to support key initiatives and drive actions that improve business unit performance.Completion of the financial forecasts and plans:Annual Business PlanMedium Term Finance Plan (5 Year)Detailed business unit monthly financial forecastsMonthly reporting to be used by regional leadersEvaluate assumptions, assess risks and understand variances vs. prior periods, prior forecasts and the annual planImplement performance tracking process and critical metrics for Flavors NA business and oversight at the Global Flavors levelSupport development and management of capital investment plans and budgetsSupport standardization and coordination of all regional Nutrition finance analyticsSupport manufacturing cost analytics and development of standard costsPerform scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, benchmarking of business unit performance, forecasts and budgetProvide analytical support to the business unit teams to understand business drivers of performance and how to improve performance, including intervention suggestionsSupport financial demands for special projects e.g. acquisitions, divestituresPartner with business unit as an advocate and educator of returns and EVAJob Requirements:Graduated in Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration. MBA is a plusMinimum of 5-year experience in finance related areas, experience in FP&A, controlling, audit or accounting is a plusStrong quantitative and analytical skillsGood communication skills – objective, clear, concise, both written and verbalGood organizational skillsExperience with dynamic visualization of data in Power Point and other presentation materialsIntellectual curiosity and desire to learn about the Nutrition businessesProcess improvement and action orientationExperience with HFM / Business Intelligence / SAP is a plusStrong functional understanding of ADM Flavors operating structure is a plus Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

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