Corporate FP&A Lead/Supervisor

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Corporate FP&A Lead/Supervisor

Corporate FP&A acts as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and support optimal business decisions. It is a key asset in the future growth of the company that brings perspective and relevant ideas about the world around us into our financial planning and analytical processes. The FP&A group is instrumental in shaping processes and activities to deliver high predictability of results in a timely, efficient, and orderly manner.

The Corporate FP&A Lead/Supervisor will play a crucial role in providing financial insights and analysis to senior management to support strategic decision-making. Additionally, the Manager will play a key role in systems design and enablement by modernizing internal management reporting; identifying new analytical approaches to solving business issues and delivering valuable business intelligence; providing data analytics to support the accounting and finance function; and identifying, understanding, and highlighting risks, opportunities, and dependencies.

This role requires a high level of analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, complex, and dynamic environment. The position reports to the Director of Corporate FP&A and is based in Houston.

Position Responsibilities:

• Financial analysis

  • Maintain a strong understanding of external market fundamentals, including energy supply & demand outlook, consumer demand trends, regulatory changes, global economic conditions, government and defense budgets and trends, financial market trends and outlook (interest rates, currency, commodity prices); deliver relevant information to management to support informed decision making

  • Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support

  • Report on financial performance and prepare for regular senior management reviews

  • Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting

  • Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with budgets and forecasts

  • Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization

  • Identify and drive process improvements

  • Increase productivity by developing automated reporting and analysis tools

• Business partnership, collaboration, and delivery

  • Provide a key communication channel between various finance and business teams

  • Provide client focused support to business FP&A teams

  • Build professional relationships with stakeholders and become a trusted advisor to finance counterparts

  • Opportunity to interact with senior management (within finance and the business), which requires excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills

• Finance transformation

  • Collaborate with finance and business teams across the enterprise to deliver cross-functional projects aligned with KBR’s finance digital strategy

  • Test and help implement new technology initiatives and improvements to existing systems

  • Partner with the business and technology teams to develop business requirements, establish timelines, and ensure on time completion of projects

• Management and development

  • Actively coach and develop FP&A leads, seniors, and analysts

  • Actively influence, teach, and lead business unit FP&A teams

Qualifications:

• Skills & abilities

  • High proficiency in financial modeling techniques and analysis

  • Strong analytical and data gathering skills

  • Good business acumen

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Professional curiosity, passion to learn and grow

  • Comfortable with operating independently, making decisions, and demonstrates a high level of critical thinking

  • Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with senior leadership

  • Organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects

• Systems and technical knowledge

  • Strong knowledge of accounting and finance required

  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, including strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions

  • Strong knowledge and understanding of planning and ERP systems and data preferred (Oracle EPM Cloud FCCS and Planning, Costpoint, MS Dynamics, SmartView)

  • Strong IT knowledge (data warehouse, data model, etc.)

  • Highly proficient in data visualization and automation platforms (PowerBI, UI Path, Cognos BI, etc.).