Manager, FP&A

Finance Manager

Timex Group USA, Inc. - Shelton, CT

Hybrid

Full Time

4 Year Degree

Negligible

Day

Finance

Description

We are rebel watchmakers with a purpose. Established in 1854 as the Waterbury Clock Company, we took a traditional European watchmaking and layered American industrial ingenuity on top. That is when we began our journey to disrupt a 300 year old industry. Timex took mantle clocks made from wood and made them out of metal and made them faster and affordable for everyone. We took the pocket watch, added a strap and put it on your wrist. Today our design lab in Milan designs the most beautiful watches for consumers around the world. Come join our team, make a difference and wear watches from Timex and some of the biggest brands in the world.

Summary

Reporting to the Director FP&A - the Manager will provide support to our US business. This role will partner closely with the commercial team, providing a wide breadth of exposure to the top-level executives. The manager will collaborate with business partners to drive strategic projects, long-range planning, manage and forecast operating costs, compiling management reporting and leading financial review meetings with executives, participating in cross-functional workstreams, and providing analytical support.

This fast-paced role provides unique opportunity to drive finance business partnership and strategy across the organization. The successful candidate will challenge the status-quo to drive business insights and continuous improvement, be data and results oriented, have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, possess a high comfort with financial analysis.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Serve as finance lead on the development of annual operating budgets, monthly and quarterly forecasts and reporting monthly financial results with analyses of variances
• Report progress toward company and department-specific financial goals and metrics
• Ensure business partners have the information they need to meet financial goals and, in some cases, help them build tools to achieve improved results
• Effectively collaborate with the Accounting team on completion of monthly and quarterly financial closes and incorporation of actual results into the rolling forecast
• Partner effectively with Sales and Operational leadership to develop and improve the accuracy of data-based financial plans and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and communicate performance against those business plans and budgets in a timely manner
• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with stakeholders in functions and teams across the business
• Perform financial analysis to interpret trends, variances from plan / forecast
• Requires recurring report production and variance analysis as well as ad-hoc analysis as needed to address evolving changes with the business
• Approve / validate purchase requisitions to ensure compliance within budget and forecast guidelines
• Manage customer pricing across business unites and price models

Requirements

Competencies- IC

In addition to our wide product offering, Timex Group offers the following benefits :