Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Ardagh Group - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Financial Planning & Analysis Director is a senior finance leader responsible for overseeing the multi-year strategic planning cycle, annual budget cycle, and monthly and quarterly forecasting and internal management reporting. This role involves leading a team, facilitating financial analysis, and ensuring compliance with SOX controls while supporting internal and external audit requests. The position requires frequent interaction with senior leaders and aims to evolve the FP&A function into a world-class organization.

Responsibilities

• Prepare & lead the multi-year strategic plans
• Oversee the annual budget cycle including plant P&L accumulation, SGA roll-ups, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Lead/own monthly financial results reporting & forecast outlook, plus analysis/bridges on the results vs forecast/budget/last year
• Lead various functional area business analytics and support senior leaders in the organization including the CEO
• Evolve and grow the FP&A function into a world-class organization
• Support Enterprise Risk Management process with team and maintain corporate risk register

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting and/or finance, CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred
• 10+ years in accounting and financial analysis experience with deep understanding of FP&A, preferably within an industrial/manufacturing setting
• Working knowledge of financial consolidation systems, such as HFM, Tagetik or others
• Strong organizational skills - ability to manage at all organizational levels especially senior leaders
• Analytical skills including ability to communicate finance to internal and external stakeholders and 'tell a story'
• Self-starter with high degree of intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement mindset
• Working knowledge of SAP Software, including GL/AP/AR/APO/SD/MM preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and experience with Power BI or similar data warehouse applications preferred

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Working environments where employees feel valued
• Opportunities for career impact and growth