Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

ATC Drivetrain is a world leader in remanufacturing solutions for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, providing remanufacturing solutions for powertrain and drivetrain products regardless of the technology powering the vehicle. This includes batteries, electric drive units, engines, transmissions and transfer cases for ICE, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. ATC also offers engineering services that include warranty root cause analysis and testing, quality audits and production rework.  ATC serves the global automotive industry from its facilities in the USA, United Kingdom and China and supports automotive OEMs for both in-warranty and out of warranty products, IAM distributors and individual consumers.

ATC has a global footprint in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia totally 20 locations.  ATC has 1,800 employees globally. Some of their larger clients include Ford, Nissan, Stellantis, and Subaru and many other OEM’s.

Scope and Responsibilities

The Global Head of FP&A is a key member of the ATC finance team that is responsible for leading the planning and analytical operations of the company. The Global Head of FP&A will own the annual budgeting cycle, cash forecasting and execution, and will be a critical part of the monthly closing, analytical and reporting processes. The Global Head of FP&A participates in key initiatives such as developing cash, profit and process improvements, driving cost efficiencies, overseeing the management of KPIs, and acquisition/integration activities, which continue to drive ATC’s growth in the industry. In addition, the Global Head of FP&A will provide analytical insights and decision support to the ATC leadership team. The Global Head of FP&A will also be responsible for providing reporting and analytics to the private equity sponsor on both a regular and ad-hoc basis.

The ideal candidate will be an energetic, engaged individual with a passion for operations, business partnership, process improvement and strong attention to detail. Success in this role requires the desire and willingness to understand the nuances of the business and support the operating, commercial, engineering and product teams as they make decisions to grow (both organically and through acquisitions), optimize the cost structure and manage working capital. The role will require the ability to think and act strategically, and scale as the business grows. The role may grow to have 1-2 direct reports as the organization structure continues to evolve.

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist with the annual operating plan and long term multi year planning and prepare periodic reforecasts in collaboration with the business units, accounting team, Global Controller and CFO.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Early Warning System to proactively guide the business including Flash Reports and Upside/Downside indicated actions
• Analyze current and past trends in KPI's including sales, revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures; use data analysis to strategically forecast financial trends.
• Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward.
• Develop profitability analysis per customer and per program.
• Support new business quoting process with financial analysis and benchmarking
• Monitor program profitability including performance versus program quote
• Develop and maintain financial models and perform analyses to support strategic initiatives.
• Support and maintain comprehensive 13 week cash forecast together with Global Controller
• Prepare, review, revise monthly financial management statements and reports.
• Perform ad-hoc/special projects as necessary also and especially from PE organization.
• Support valuation and M&A activities
• Plans, studies and collects data to determine costs (and variances to cost) of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor.
• Prepares reports and communicates with leadership as required for compliance with credit agreements.

Key Selection Criteria

• 8+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, public accounting, or consulting (with experience supporting clients in a manufacturing/industrial environment). Experience working with international operations preferred.
• Prior FP&A experience (budgeting/planning, variance analysis, reporting and financial modeling) is preferred.
• Prefer experience with acquisitions and integrations and scaling analytical structure as the company grows.
• Experience developing dashboards and KPI’s is preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Office proficiency including very strong Excel spreadsheet skills is critical.
• Proven communication skills, as the role will en