Government and Public Sector FP&A Assistant Director

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Overview

The Government and Public Sector (“GPS”) FP&A Assistant Director will report to the GPS Finance team and have relationships across the GPS Finance & Accounting organization as well as connections to firm Finance and relevant GPS stakeholders.

 

The opportunity

In this role your primary responsibility will be to serve as a finance subject matter resource to the GPS Service Line leaders and GPS Finance leadership, focused on Service Line support to the GPS Industry.  You will oversee preparation of annual financial plan inputs and be responsible for preparation of routine financial analysis and interpretation of financial results, report commentaries, and cost and gross margin analysis for a particular Service Line (SL), Sub Service Line (SSL) or Competency. The role supports finance leadership for the industry in identification of areas requiring further analysis and recommendations for corrective action. This role establishes a trusted relationship with their client, understanding their needs and teams with other Finance team members to bring best in class analytical support, functional expertise and reporting solutions. This role provides critical thinking on business direction, operating performance and financial results. This position is active in the financial planning processes; identifies business trends; recommends courses of action; and may lead or participate in the implementation of advances in technology and software to meet changing business needs.  They may also manage the FP&A function for a business segment within GPS.

 

Your key responsibilities

• Preparation of budget templates for designated SL or SSL including first level modelling of plan inputs. Coordination of planning timelines for the GPS Industry SLs to ensure all required plan inputs are captured in the system within the required time frame.
• Advises SL leadership on achieving plan during forecast process and throughout the year, assessing resources and deployment challenges, as well as other drivers, using historical results/trends to assess potential outcomes achievable.
• Manage SL reporting suite making appropriate use of GPS and firm reporting tools and R&A teams to ensure up to date packages are maintained.
• Proactively identify analyses to determine causes of performance deviations from expectations (e.g., profitability, inventory levels, realization, utilization, staffing levels, and SL related indirect expense controls, and cash collections) and suggest course correcting actions.
• Support Region SL FA in delivering ad hoc financial advice to SL/CBS leadership that supports strategic discussions and also lead inquiries received from the business on event-specific triggers.
• Provide data and interpretation of financial results via written communications and oral presentations.
• Communicate with established networks within GPS, commercial, and any other interested stakeholders to resolve open issues.
• Develop and implement new procedures to achieve efficient and effective operation of finance-related processes.
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