Director, FP&A
Northbrook, IL - USA
Job Summary
If youre looking for a special place to build or grow your career youve found it. Whether youre an experienced professional a recent college graduate or somewhere in between IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.
With interesting opportunities in engineering marketing sales supply chain operations HR finance and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe chances are we have something special for you.
The FP&A Finance Director will support IDEX Corporations FMT and FSDP segments which deliver $2B in combined annual revenue. The Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT) segment designs and manufactures a range of fluid handling products including pumps valves and flow meters that are essential to fluid management across various industries such as energy agriculture and chemicals. The Fire & Safety / Diversified Products (FSDP) segment is comprised of Fire & Safety which designs and manufactures fire suppression and rescue products used by first responders along with Diversified Products including precision dispensers to accurately mix and deliver paints as well as clamping solutions used in a variety of industries.
This role oversees all FP&A activities across the segment globally including budgeting forecasting consolidated reporting and analysis of the Income Statement and Working Capital. The FP&A finance director will have strong communications skills related to timelines and deliverables drive strong analytical rigor ensure timely and accurate deliverables and provide insights that support performance management and strategic decision-making.
In addition to core FP&A requirements the segment FP&A director will help shape a forward-looking FP&A function optimize reporting processes while also mentoring and supporting FP&A talent development in the businesses. This role allows for excellent growth and exposure across the organization and will often participate ad hoc in strategic projects local business unit needs and acquisition activity.
This position will report to the Group VP Finance FMT & FSDP and will be based at either the IDEX Corporate Offices in the Chicago area an IDEX manufacturing location or remotely in a US time zone.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the Group VP Finance providing forward-looking analysis scenario modeling and decision support.
- Lead daily monthly and quarterly reporting and forecasting processes providing high-level insights to segment leadership.
- Ensure timely accurate reporting with clear communication of timelines and deliverables.
- Drive adoption of standard reporting packages and continuously improve analytics tools and KPI dashboards.
- Develop and refine metrics that drive business performance and support bestpractice sharing.
- Support ad hoc financial requests from segment leadership.
Financial Processes business optimization and tools:
- Establish bestinclass global FP&A processes to improve operational effectiveness and business insight.
- Collaborate with IT and business optimization teams to improve data quality accessibility and analytics capabilities (e.g. PowerBI Webi OneStream).
- Lead and enhance core financial processes including budgeting forecasting longrange planning (STRAP) and management reporting.
- Participate in monthly MBRs to deepen operational understanding and identify risks and opportunities.
- Champion digital transformation within FP&A identifying opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance data visualization.
- Lead adoption and standardization of new reporting technologies across the segments and business units.
Leadership & Projects:
- Mentor and develop FP&A talent across FMT and FSDP including bestpractice sharing.
- Develop strong relationships with business unit leaders and finance leads to ensure adherence to financial processes timelines and policies.
- Lead change management efforts related to new systems processes or reporting structures.
- Lead or support special projects as assigned by segment finance leadership.
- Represent the segments in enterprisewide FP&A initiatives ensuring alignment and sharing best practices across IDEX.
- Support M&A activities including due diligence financial modeling and integration.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Business or Finance required; CPA or MBA preferred.
- 710 years of progressive finance or accounting experience including manufacturing and FP&A.
- Advanced experience with Hyperion and/or OneStream; JDE experience a plus.
- Strong analytical skills attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
- Selfstarter with a strong drive for results and continuous improvement.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint).
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people our culture and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world
Total Rewards
The compensation range for this position is $158600.00 - $237800.00 depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.Benefits Package
Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits 401(k) retirement savings program with company match PTO and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed genetic information sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status age national origin disability protected veteran status or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal state or local laws.
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