Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Lasko Products, an industry leader of home environment products for over 100 years, is seeking a Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis for our West Chester, PA headquarters.

Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, the Sr. Manager performs a variety of project-oriented tasks to support the financial and strategic needs of Lasko. This position is responsible for organizational financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, sales and pricing analysis.  Concurrently, it ensures consistency with the business strategy, consistency and alignment across projects, as well as customer satisfaction and results. 

  Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Works closely with business unit leads to incorporate financial and strategic analysis into key business decisions. This position will be the finance business partner for the Sales & Marketing teams.  
• Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes including analysis, interpretation, and communication of results
• Develops effective reports, presentations, and analysis for use by management and external stakeholders
• Develops, analyzes, and reconciles statistical and accounting information for monthly and quarterly financial statement reviews
• Assesses operating results in terms of profitability and performance against plan/prior year to ensure accuracy and identify opportunities
• Develops Customer and Product Profitability reporting and partner with sales, product development and operations to drive profit improvements through pricing and cost savings initiative
• Participates in annual strategic planning and budgeting, monthly forecasting, and management reporting processes
• Creates appropriate metrics/KPI’s, reporting tools and dashboards that give insight into the performance of the business
• Analyzes financial data to explain variance drivers, including revenue and gross margin volume/rate/mix analysis
• Participates in the evaluation of investment opportunities including product and service expansion proposals, geographic expansion initiatives and capital projects
• Works closely with S&OP team to ensure sales and operations are aligned

  EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of corporate finance-related experience and/or financial services professional looking to make transition into corporate finance with consistent career progression
• Experience in a strategic finance or FP&A function, using financial analyses to inform business decisions
• Strategic thinking / business analytical skills
• Advanced skills in Excel and Power Point and proficiency with business intelligence tools
• Experience in Consumer Products and/or a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience in developing pricing models to support product line reviews
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or Economics or a related field

 

About Lasko Products

 Better Air Starts Here. 

Lasko Products is the leading air solutions brand with a reputation for reliable products, peak performance, and perpetual innovation – our commitment to our customers for over a century. Founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia, Lasko has evolved for over a century to become the global leader in air solution products. From our roots in small appliances, fans, and portable heaters, we’ve grown to become the leading home comfort company while maintaining our unwavering commitment to quality and value. Today, Lasko stands as a symbol of innovation, offering consumers around the world high-performance products; portable fans, heaters, air purifiers, humidifiers, and home ventilation solutions. Our well-known brands, such as B-Air, Air King, and Guardian Technologies, serve both consumer and commercial markets across North America and internationally. As an American company, we take pride in upholding the spirit of hard work, trust and accessibility, ensuring that Lasko remains available to all, for generations to come. Headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing and distribution facilities nationwide, Lasko continues to set the standard in the air solutions category for another 100 years.  

Lasko’s mission is to enhance lives by creating comfortable environments with innovative products you can trust.  

The company’s success is based on Five Core Values: 

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