Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis FPA
Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis FPA
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Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; its powered by the passion creativity and diverse expertise of 9000 professionals worldwide. Whether youre a finance wizard a tech enthusiast an operational powerhouse an HR changemaker or a trailblazer in materials development youll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
TheVice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team providing strategic financial insights and partnering with the business to deliver the companys strategy. This new role is being created to challenge the status quo to enable deeper insights enhance strategic decision making and improve financial visibility.
Strategic Leadership:
Lead the FP&A function developing and implementing financial plans that align with the companys overall objectives incorporating market data growth opportunities and risk assessments.
Provide insightful analysis and strategic insights to the executive team to support decisionmaking and drive profitable organic growth and bottomline expansion.
Collaborate with other senior leaders to provide financial expertise and support strategic initiatives.
Prepare executive level materials to support financial discussions with the Board of Directors as well as investors.
Financial Planning & Analysis:
Oversee the development of comprehensive financial plans budgets and forecasts ensuring accuracy and alignment with business goals.
Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to provide realtime insights into financial performance helping the organization anticipate market changes and adjust strategies accordingly
Streamline the budgeting and forecasting process while providing more accurate and timely financial projections
Develop tools to enable scenario modeling and simulation to allow the business to assess the impact of different strategies and make informed decisions
Conduct indepth financial analysis to identify trends opportunities and risks providing actionable insights to senior management.
Performance Monitoring:
Operationalize the strategy by developing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure financial and operational progress
Continuously monitor business performance against financial plans and budgets identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
Investment Planning:
Evaluate capital investments ensuring optimal allocation of resources in alignment with the strategy
Lead financial due diligence for potential mergers acquisitions and other strategic initiatives.
Process Improvement:
Continuously monitor and improve financial reporting processes forecasting techniques and data analysis methods to optimize financial insights.
Implement best practices and leverage technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function (e.g. predictive analytics data visualization)
Team Leadership:
Lead mentor and develop the FP&A team fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and across the organization.
Build and maintain a highperforming team capable of supporting the companys strategic objectives.
Education and Experience:
Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.
MBA or CPA preferred.
Minimum of 15 years of experience in finance related roles with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role specifically within financial planning and analysis.
Proven track record of developing and implementing financial strategies.
Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment is a plus.
Additional Qualifications:
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
Excellent problemsolving abilities.
Proficiency in financial modeling forecasting and reporting.
Advanced knowledge of financial software and tools (e.g. SAP HFM Sigma Qlik Power BI Tableau).
Leadership Abilities:
Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.
Ability to mentor and develop team members.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self a leader of others or a leader of the business.
By playing to win acting customer centric driving innovation and profitable growth collaborating seamlessly across Avient and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avients strategic goals to meet our customer needs and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient we believe a wide variety of thoughts ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring promotion development compensation or advancement are based solely on a persons qualifications abilities experience and performance.
Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of nondiscrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race sex sexual orientation gender identity age color religion national origin disability genetic information protected veterans status or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing
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