Regional Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Position Overview
The Regional Manager, FP&A will lead in developing, implementing robust and scalable reporting processes that drive the business decision making backed with analytics. The candidate is responsible for leading & partnering with Vice Presidents Operations with preparation and communication of executive packages, annual operating plans (AOP), forecasts, and business plans. Support various data and system framework implementations, and validation. This role will work with large data sets across various systems and will require frequent consolidation of data for modelling. The manager must be familiar with accounting, financial planning, and analysis concepts. Role will be a business partner to business leaders.
Key Job Responsibilities
Finance/Operations Collaboration

• Respond to inquiries for data extraction, review, and analysis from regional teams.
• Develop, & utilize various analytical frameworks to highlight opportunities & decision support.
• Complete profitability analysis across regional, market, customer, event, and various segment of business.
• Identify key drivers and initiatives for strategic and business growth.
• Utilize financial & operational drivers to provide insights on opportunities for improvement.

Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning

• Drive utilization of demand planning, asset utilization, benchmarking, and others.
• Partner with regional management team in identifying risks & opportunities against AOP & strategic roadmap.
• Lead the regional annual operating plan process, subsequent monthly/quarterly forecasts.
• Assist in development, implementation & maintenance of planning tool.
• Implement drive based financial modeling for AOP, forecasting and business cases.

Financial & Data Analytics

• Develop models that enable dynamic planning capabilities.
• Partner with accounting team on month end process, variance analysis and review.
• Own and communicate financial and operational package to local senior management.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams on system fixes and data extracts.
• Utilize SQL, MS Excel and VBA to write queries and construct various reports.

Job Requirements

• Ability to manage & report on large datasets in excel.
• Previous experience with ERP & planning software, including BI tools is an asset.
• 5+ years of progressive financial experience in similar capacity
• CPA or working towards designation.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics.

Competency Group

• Value People (Collaborates)
• Do the Right Thing (Demonstrates Self-Awareness)
• See the Big Picture (Decision Quality, Achieves Goals)
• Deliver World Class Service (Hospitality, Ownership)
• Drive Results (Ensures Accountability

Work Environment
Work is performed primarily in an office environment or from your home office depending on circumstances and every effort will be made to accommodate the employee and employer. Team members must adhere to appearance guidelines as defined by Encore based in an office environment and when traveling.