Financial Performance and Analysis Manager - Service and Aftermarket

Company Description

Smiths Detection is a global leader in detection and screening technologies for the protection of people and assets, supporting safety, security and freedom of movement in today’s world.

At Smiths Group plc, we apply leading-edge technology to design, manufacture and deliver market-leading innovative solutions that meet our customers' evolving needs, and touch the lives of millions of people every day. We are a FTSE100, global business of around 14,600 colleagues, based in 50 countries. Our solutions have a real impact on lives across the planet, enabling industry, improving healthcare, enhancing security, advancing connectivity and supporting new homes. Our products and services are often critical to our customers’ operations, while our proprietary technology and high service levels help create competitive advantage. We welcome colleagues with a curious mind, who are happy with responsibility, enjoy a challenge and are attracted by the idea of working at a business with an almost 170-year history of innovation, and five global divisions, all experts in their field. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish and are proud to be a company with values grounded in integrity, respect, ownership, customer focus, and passion.

Job Description

The FP&A Manager, Service & Aftermarket position is responsible for driving timely and accurate detailed financial reporting and analysis, budgeting and forecasting and managing assigned financial analyst staff.

Job duties to include but are not limited to;

• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Manage activities of the financial analyst staff. Manage activities/analysis of financial information, ensuring accuracy and consistency, throughout the monthly reporting cycle. Maintain, run and check reports to extract system data in the format required for management reporting. Includes the preparation of monthly, quarterly and 6 monthly analysis for key stakeholders, Americas management teams. Responding to ad hoc requests for analysis as required.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: manage/support the budgeting and forecasting process, including preparing consolidated information and presentation of data to senior management. This includes dealing directly with cost center owners to forecast accurate costs.
• Strategy: Provide financial leadership supporting the strategic process, providing financial analysis to the Business strategy team including detailed financial, working capital and relevant KPI’s.
• Analytics and Business Information: Drive the divisional analytics strategy, making use of Oracle Planning, the financial reporting and planning system, and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI. Gaining familiarity with the mapping of financial data between systems will also be beneficial.
• Finance Systems, Projects and Continuous Improvement: complete various ad-hoc projects as required, including the opportunity to get involved in improving automation of data flows to enable key FP&A processes, such as using Oracle Planning or Power BI to consolidate reporting metrics. Drive efficiencies within Finance and wider business, including looking for opportunities to streamline reporting and forecasting activities. Improvements will range from implementing best practices in financial modelling in Excel to changing the use of systems and processes to improve speed, accuracy and flexibility of reporting and analysis
• Communication: maintain open and clear lines of communications between the business units. Maintain effective communication with leadership team members and senior stakeholders.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. Prefer MBA or advanced accounting degree.

Experience: 10 or more years of experience in financial performance and analysis, strategic planning and forecasting.

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Directly supervise individual contributors, financial analysts and accountants.
• Strong analytical skills, using historical financial information, strategic plan or forecast data. A record of delivering business performance improvement is a plus.
• The ability to prepare and check suitable management reporting by utilizing business understanding.
• Strong Excel skills (such as using SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, and Power Pivot to analyze data)
• A conscientious approach to reporting with a strong attention to detail.
• Flexibility with a problem-solving mindset.
• Self-motivated and a team player.
• Excellent communication skills and influencing skills. The position needs to work a