POSITION TITLE: SME Financial Planning & Analytics
REPORTING TO: Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
LOCATION: Cebu Philippines
Summary Description:
The FP&A Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a senior individual contributor role in the Dover Business Services (DBS) FP&A team focused on commercial insights support selling general and administrative expense initiatives revenue tracking and strategic planning. This role requires a high level of financial acumen cross-functional collaboration and expertise in analytics tools such as PowerBI OneStream and Salesforce.
This individual will serve as a cross-functional expert supporting business performance analysis sales and product team initiatives and enterprise-wide forecasting tools. The role works closely with division finance controllership and global leadership to provide forward-looking analysis continuous process improvement and enhanced reporting capabilities. As a senior individual contributor the SME is expected to drive meaningful insight and process transformation to support strategic decisions. The role requires an individual willing to think outside the box with a willingness to collaborate closely with other key stakeholders to enhance or transform existing processes to drive deeper more meaningful analyses and business insight. This role is part of the Individual Contributor track and provides exposure to the overall OpCo Finance Team and other key OpCo Stakeholders.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Acts as a finance business partner to Sales Product Management and Regional Finance stakeholders with responsibility over SG&A trend analysis revenue forecasting incentive plan tracking and strategic decision support.
- Partner with Sales (e.g. VP Sales Regional Sales VPs and Regional Sales Managers) and Finance teams to track measure and evaluate customer revenue risks and opportunities.
- Lead analysis of SG&A for a variety of departments supporting cost-saving initiatives and ensuring planning accuracy.
- Support the development update and monitoring of monthly sales forecasts strategic plans and annual operating plans.
- Support the design accuracy implementation and usage/maintenance of various forecasting and reporting tools such as Power BI Salesforce Hyperion and OneStream
- Drive transformation and automation efforts to enhance reporting and reduce manual workload.
- Develop rhythm metrics tools and resources to assist in reporting and tracking revenue by customer and product category
- Serve as a key point of contact for executive dashboards financial insights and performance metrics.
- Provide leadership with visibility to bookings backlog and forecast data
- Analyze revenue forecasts for accuracy and help drive accountability
- Coordinate with local and divisional teams for monthly close and forecast updates.
- Track Sales Team bonus and incentive plans ensuring alignment with performance metrics.
- Prepare and maintain SOPs and documentation for all supported processes and tools.
- Deliver ad hoc analysis for commercial strategy volumetric forecasts and business cases.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or Business Administration.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis preferably in a manufacturing or commercial finance setting or a similar role in a shared services or multinational environment.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel PowerBI and data mining; High financial systems aptitude
- Experience with Power BI Hyperion Salesforce or OneStream preferred.
- Analytical thinker with attention to detail and business acumen.
- Track record of driving continuous improvement or automation initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting sales or product management functions.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Experience in supporting stake holders in North America (or other regions) business units in a shared service or global operations environment.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence decision-makers across time zones.
- Strong interpersonal analytical organization and time management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High level of customer focus and a positive attitude.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple high-quality deliverables.
Company Overview:
Dover Business Services (DBS) is an independent business-to-business service provider within Dover Corporation. DBS is accountable for delivering transactional and value-added services in Finance to the entire organization. With locations in the Philippines China Romania and India DBS centers operate across the globe to maximize service to our operating companies (OpCos).
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of over $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components consumable supplies aftermarket parts software and digital solutions and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products Clean Energy & Fueling Imaging & Identification Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Headquartered in Downers Grove Illinois Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under DOV.