The Planet Group

Job Description

FP&A Manager

Direct Hire

Hybrid

Location: Columbus OH

Must Haves:

• Bachelor's Degree Finance discipline
• 6+ years in corporate FP&A, with interaction at executive level
• 2+ years managing team and delivering results
• Worked at a large corporation (publicly traded heavily preferred)

Preferred:

• MBA/CFA
• Hypherion software
• Change Management experience

FP&A Manager:

• Corporate FP&A budget role. Team is looking for an experienced leader (7+ direct reports) with strong executive presence and good communication skills.

Overview:

Provides value-added financial planning and analysis services across NiSource in support of our short term and long-term financial aspirations. This includes leading aspects of the annual financial and business plan process, monthly results and rolling forecast analysis, management and Board reporting along with ad hoc financial analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Proactive leadership, communication and collaboration with key stakeholders in the planning process and guiding team to successful execution of all aspects of financial plans and targets
• Builds and maintains a strong partnership with corporate and operational leaders creating a cohesive working relationship regarding financial plan inputs, results and implications
• Leads/drives/executes accurate, reliable and comprehensive plans and supporting data through a full understanding of financial plans (revenue, O&M, capital, FFO, etc.) and interdependencies.
• Ensures high quality financial plan process including appropriate reviews and leadership alignment
• Leads/Directs the preparation, compilation and distribution of timely and accurate financial performance data and variance analysis for internal and external stakeholders
• Identification of business drivers of financial performance and financial plan impacts to provide leadership with operational insight to influence decision making
• Participates as key financial planning representative in cross-disciplined teams developed to research and analyze corporate business issues
• Lead business case analysis and ad hoc financial support
• Responsible for coaching, mentoring, and developing financial analysts
• Delegates and empowers team members to execute with autonomy
• Identification/implementation of continuous improvement opportunities & best practices; development/implementation of new processes as well as communication and change management leadership
• Development of financial presentations for Senior Management and the Board of Directors including impact on EPS, O&M Expense, Capital Expenditures, Equity, Long-Term Debt and Dividend activity
• Preparation of monthly, year-to-date and annual financial presentations that provide trends and key highlights into variances to plan and year over year actuals and identification of potential risk and upside

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related discipline
• A minimum of 4 years progressive experience working in Finance, Accounting or other related business field, and willingness to manage and lead all facets of Financial Planning
• Demonstrated strong verbal communication and presentation capabilities
• Ability to build strategic relationships and gain commitment to influence holistic strategic direction
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Financial systems experience
• Strong relationship building skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement and initiative efforts
• Demonstrated financial technical knowledge of interdependencies between business drivers and resulting impact to the financial statements
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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.