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United States of America

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CAFMA: FS Kidde Fenwal Ashland MA 400 Main Street, Ashland, MA, 01721 USA

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will report directly to the Kidde Fenwal Chief Financial Officer and collaborate with the full spectrum of Kidde Fire and Fenwal Controls functional leaders, including IT, customer service, operations, finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain. The FP&A manager will be responsible for overseeing and consolidating corporate financial reporting and planning across the global KFI business. This role is envisioned to be “hands-on”, leading a small team of financial analysts to provide best-in-class financial planning and analysis (FP&A) support for a global business

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting:

• Leads and facilitates detailed reviews of financial and operating performance; identifies key trends, risks and issues to be addressed in reports shared with management and board of directors.

• Owns the preparation of monthly and quarterly forecasts and leads the annual budget and planning process for the global business.

• Responsible for the consolidation and development of management reporting for corporate leadership, board of directors, and other outside investors

Treasury Management:

• Provides support to the CFO on liquidity forecasting, cash management, and working capital management.

• Owns and maintains cash forecasting models.

• Conducts ad-hoc analysis on cash forecasts and liquidity risks.

• Supports conversations with banking providers, as required.

Business Partnership:

• Builds strong working relationships with business managers, provides financial guidance and insights to support sales growth and operational effectiveness.

• Manages ad-hoc financial analysis and/or special projects, as assigned.

Development of Best Practices:

• Lead and strengthen financial reporting process and abilities, including team development, finance application design/selection/adaptation, and general process improvements.

• Mentor and develop a global team of financial analysts located in the US, UK, and India

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance or Business

• 5+ years of Finance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Technical Competencies:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance or Business

• Advanced computer program skills, including the ability to write macros in Excel and other financial packages

• Experience with and knowledge of one or more ERP systems including JDE, SyteLine, and/or SAP

• Experience with and knowledge of financial reporting and business intelligence tools including ReportsNow, PowerBI, Tableau, and/or Palantir

• Experience with and ability to work with large volumes of complex financial and operational data

• Prior FP&A experience in a global industrial manufacturing business

• Prior experience leading small-to-medium size teams of finance and/or accounting staff

• Advanced MS Office Skills, including Excel and PowerPoint

Enabling Competencies:

• A strong analytical toolkit that makes use of business intelligence and reporting software

• Capability to multitask and adapt to a constantly changing, quick environment

• Outstanding communication skills and relationship-building abilities

• Capability to lead projects throughout an organization

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to create and deliver concise presentations to management

• Teamwork – desire to work with others and share responsibilities

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