Director, Financial Planning & Analysis -Global Industrial
Genuine Parts CompanyAbout the role
Job Summary
The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis leads the enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, and financial analysis processes, providing strategic decision support to executive leadership. This role is responsible for driving financial planning excellence, optimizing resource allocation, enhancing forecasting accuracy, and delivering actionable insights that support business performance and shareholder value creation. The position partners closely with Corporate and Business Unit leadership, FPA Business Unit leadership, Investor Relations, Financial Reporting, Accounting, Strategy, and Operations to ensure alignment of financial objectives and business priorities.
Responsibilities:
Lead the global Forecast, Annual Operating Plan, and Long-Range Planning processes, driving coordination across business units and corporate functions while continuously improving forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
Partner with executive leadership, corporate functions, and regional business units to provide value-added financial insights, identify risks and opportunities, and support strategic decision-making.
Drive enterprise-wide standardization and continuous improvement of financial planning processes, systems, reporting, and governance to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability.
Lead economic and market intelligence activities, leveraging internal and external data sources, macroeconomic indicators, industry trends, customer demand signals, inflation forecasts, and third-party market research to develop enterprise growth assumptions, support forecasting accuracy, and provide strategic insights to executive leadership.
Support capital allocation decisions through financial analysis, investment evaluation, scenario modeling, and prioritization of strategic initiatives.
Lead global monthly financial reviews, including variance analysis against forecasts and budgets, identification of key business drivers, and communication of actionable recommendations.
Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to support forecasting, strategic planning, capital investments, acquisitions, and other business initiatives.
Support Investor Relations activities, including preparation of earnings materials, investor presentations, financial messaging, and analysis supporting external communications.
Support quarterly external reporting processes, including earnings releases, earnings call preparation, presentation materials, and executive briefing documents.
Partner with executive leadership to develop Board of Directors materials and presentations, providing financial analysis, strategic insights, and performance reporting.
Assist in the development and preparation of a monthly consolidated corporate reporting package, including consolidated financial statements and detailed analysis of key performance indicators.
Lead, develop, and mentor FP&A team members, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Oversee planning and reporting system enhancements, financial models, and reporting tools in partnership with IT and Finance Systems teams.
Ensure the quality, integrity, timeliness, and accuracy of financial forecasts, reporting, and analyses while maintaining strong gover
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