Financial Planning & Analysis

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Foodservice Systems division is a world-leading supplier of kitchen facilities, equipment and supplies solutions. As a full system manufacturer, distributor and program management partner, we supply global chains in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store and supermarket segments, helping to manage unit growth and upgrade their facilities.

 

About the job

SUMMARY

This is a key support role to the Division CFO. This job is responsible for financial analytics, forecasting, budgeting, and associated identification of opportunities/weaknesses/trends locally. The job additionally encompasses high visibility/impact support for the business as necessary, as well as the opportunity to collaborate towards M&A projects.

Financial Planning & Analysis leads cross functional efforts to enable forward looking, actionable insights with a focus on driving strategic value that influences key business decisions.

Your tasks

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

Financial Reporting:

Coordinates and reviews month end closing procedures for all of Foodservice Systems Division (global footprint)
Prepares monthly performance reporting and power point slides
Executes deep dive result analysis for specific topics on a need basis (e.g. trends, gaps)
Supports annual budget and mid term planning cycle through creation of templates, monitoring of timeline, completeness checks, data review, plausibility checks, reporting package review etc.
Provides input for forecasting exercises
Strenghtens the usage of the business intelligence tool by providing accurate numbers and meaningful global standard reports
Aligns varying reporting approaches across the division through providing instructions and templates
Responds to queries from the finance community

Projects/business support:

Support or lead role in global or local projects, relative primarily to data gathering, data analytics, process mapping, process standardization
Preemptive analysis of business processes/lines and key functions, to identify improvement opportunities
Offers proposals and recommendations that would significantly impact the business.
Provides support to the local North American businesses for structural questions/analysis, where needed and useful
Plays potentially a key role in the upcoming S4 Hana ERP implementation project
Works with other divisional functions (e.g. procurement, marketing) as business partner

M&A:

Supports global M&A activities through analysis of target financial reports, data sets, due diligence documents (buy side)
Supports sell side M&A projects through providing relevant, accurate and filtered data and documents
Converts insights gained into price driving factors for financial modelling (price up/down corrections and/or synergies)
Supports onboarding/divesting targets for realized projects
Perform other duties as assigned.
Reliable attendance a must.

 

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, and analysis and reporting of financial data.
High Language Skills - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, public groups, and/or boards of directors
High Math Skills - Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Very High Reasoning Ability - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathe