VP Financial Planning Analysis
VP Financial Planning Analysis
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Job Description
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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve natures challenges for customers and communities. The companys salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer industrial chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1800 employees throughout the U.S. Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals for more information about the company and its products.
Summary
The VP of Financial Planning and Analysis (VP FP&A) is a key member of the finance team. This role is responsible for driving value creation with a handson process across all sites as well as clear and effective business reviews financial forecasts business analysis Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) and decision support related to all plant metrics capital spending assessments inventory analysis and site financials. The VP FP&A has ownership of strategy targeting annual planning and forecast that include Commercial business unit (BU) operational cashflow and selling general and administrative expenses (SG&A). This individual will have direct and constant communication with the senior leadership team to ensure company is making complete financial analysis.
Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to the following:
(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.
- Drive commercial and operational performance that focus the entire organization on financial factbased analysis efficient performance commercial growth and process/systems efficiency.
- Ensure that all capital spend and projects meet financial thresholds via improvement and utilization of existing financial systems models metrics and approval flow/criteria.
- Develop the FPA team to impact the business with increasing visibility via utilization of key metrics simplification of key processes via lean/six sigma and streamlining of key systems.
- Focus on the improvement and visibility of free cash flow forecasting including collections disbursements inventory management and capital projects.
- Partner with commercial teams to manage growth customer contracts margin analysis and efficiency of delivery to key customers.
- Support mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity and board projects with modeling projections due diligence and presentations.
- Interactive leader of SG&A organizational design key costs control and backoffice efficiency
- Facilitator and active leader of the SIOP business operations planning process to triangulate leadership of the commercial production/logistics and the marketing/price functions to drive efficient decisions enabling profitable growth.
- Coordinate/Administrate key management processes for timely efficient & effective completion of the operational aspects of 5year Strategic Plan (STRAP) Annual Operating Plan Monthly & Quarterly Forecasts asneeded business reviews
- Strategic Action Plan (STRAP): Establish fiveyear Vision and Strategy that aligns with and supports the BU and corporate vision.
- Annual Operating Plan (AOP): Lead and coordinate the process and development of the AOP. Ensure adherence to timelines and deliverables. Review and analyze the rollup of all cost components for the budget profit & loss (P&L); logistics manufacturing costs and capital expenditure.
- Lead and coordinate Monthly/Quarterly Financial Forecasts: Make the Forecast integral to the leadership direction and management.
- Utilize KPIs to ensure the success of initiatives related to BU performance sales metrics price realization production performance logistics warehousing cost saving projects predictability and forecast accuracy.
- Lead crossfunctional process improvement system rollouts and cost accounting financial transformations.
- Gather and interpret large volumes of operational data and detect emerging trends integrate operational intel develop detective controls and predictive indicators.
- Efficiently analyze and understand key value drivers and facilitate decision support to positively influence cash flow.
- Assist with the month end close process functioning as finance department liaison for the BU and facilities. Analyze understand explain and report operational and financial results versus AOP Forecast and Prior Year on monthly QTD and YTD bases; and determine the key implications and actions required.
- Provide timely and accurate financial analysis on business development projects to organizational management for decision support. Review and understand financials provided to support capital investments new business opportunities etc.
- Perform other related duties as required.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required.
- Ability to grow organizational structure and mentor dynamic team.
- Knowledge of ERP systems (JD Edwards) financial planning (OneStream or Oracle eBPBCS) Microsoft BI and related technologies.
- Experience in large datasets and the ability to utilize data from various BI systems.
- Finance management experience including knowledge of lean/Six Sigma management concepts and/or certifications.
- Experience in mining/manufacturing/production environment a background in cost accounting is a plus.
Education and/or Experience
- Bachelors degree in Finance/Accounting or related field required.
- Approximately 15 years experience required.
- MBA CPA CMA CFA preferred but not required.
Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employmentrelated decisions without regard to race ancestry ethnicity color religious creed or belief national origin sex (including sexual orientation gender identity and pregnancy and breastfeeding) age military or veteran status status as a qualified individual with a disability genetic information and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations email or call. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws atdol.
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Employment Type
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