FP&A Manager

Chicago, IL
Full Time

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CORPORATE FINANCE/FP&A MANAGER

Company Overview:

Newly Weds Foods is a leading global food ingredients company, focused on the development, manufacture, and supply of high-quality, innovative, and customized batters, breading, seasoning, condiments, sauces, and other functional ingredients for the food processing and food service industries.

Summary:

This is a unique opportunity to join a small team within a large, privately-held organization. The Corporate Finance/FP&A Manager will assume traditional FP&A responsibilities, while simultaneously supporting a variety of other corporate finance projects throughout the organization. 

This candidate can dive deep and provide thoughtful technical analysis, but is adaptable and action-oriented, focused on quickly gaining enough context to enable informed decision-making. The position will require active interaction with senior business leaders (up to the executive level) across all internal functions, both domestically and globally.

The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter who can effectively work under pressure and manage multiple priorities. Over time, this role will help inform the future direction of the Corporate Finance team.

Target Compensation:

  • $140-160K- Structured bonus plan
  • Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

  • Review, analyze, and present all finance activities, including the development of long and short-range business plans, financial forecasts, and financial reporting for 30+ global plants.
    • Use this reporting to “inform the business,” – ensuring appropriate contingencies are in place to address future business risks and identify potential opportunities.
  • Assist with the preparation of consolidated budgets & forecasts, including individual business unit budgets and forecasts.
  • Manage the development and maintenance of the long-range strategic plan, including scenario modeling and capital planning.

Corporate Finance

  • Build financial models and analyses to inform business capital allocation decisions, including M&A. Present recommendations for capital allocation decisions based on these analyses.
  • Support M&A activities, including financial due diligence and integration planning.
  • Conduct in-depth financial analysis to support strategic initiatives and operational improvements.
  • Liaise with company owners and lenders/ratings agencies to effectively communicate business results and forecasts.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience, with a portion of that being in a financial professional services setting (Big 4 accounting, investment banking, etc.).
  • Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Can construct an operating P&L, model deals, and articulate cost/benefit analyses.
  • M&A experience is a plus.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Some level of financial data analysis/manipulation skills is highly preferred (PowerQuery, PowerBI, SQL, Alteryx, etc.).

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