Executive, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
A. POSITION IDENTIFICATION
Job Title: Executive, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Department: Finance
Job Purpose: Assist and support the CFO in the achievement of the JDC Group financial objectives, so that management can be assured of accurate financial information and diligent adherence to proper internal control procedures.
Responsibilities
To utilize both quantitative and qualitative analysis of all operational aspects of a company to evaluate the company’s progress toward achieving its goals and to map out future goals and plans.
FP&A executive to consider economic and business trends, review past company performance, and attempt to anticipate obstacles and potential problems, all with an eye toward forecasting a company’s future financial results.
To oversee a broad array of financial affairs, including income, expenses, taxes, capital expenditures, investments, and financial statements. Also, charged with examining, analysing, and evaluating the entirety of a corporation’s financial activities, and mapping out the company’s financial future.
B. REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
Reporting to CFO
C. KEY RESULT AREAS
- Working with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget
- Preparing internal reports for executive leadership and supporting their decision making
- Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company’s future operations
- Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward
- Considering opportunities for the company to expand or grow. Mapping out growth plans, including capital expenditures and investments. Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.
- Gauging the company’s overall financial health, primarily by using key financial ratios such as the debt to equity ratio, current ratio, and interest coverage ratio
- Examining and evaluating the cost-efficiency of each department of the company, in light of what percentage of the company’s financial resources each department consumes
- Evaluating whether the company’s current assets and investments are the best use of the company’s excess working capital, by looking at return on investment (ROI) and comparisons with other ways the company might utilize its cash flow (e.g., other possible investments, increased stock dividends, etc.
- Performs quantitative analysis of operational and financial data
- Evaluates new projects and investment opportunities by comparing them with each other
- Builds and maintains a corporate financial model that details the entire company’s operations and projects future performance
- Performs ad hoc analysis for executives as required
E. QUALIFICATIONS: KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & WORK EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of five years of experience in similar role and experience supervising staff in all disciplines of Finance required.
- BA/BS Degree in finance/accounting field.
- Must have Decision Making and Learning Skills
- Able to Read and Analyse Financial Statements
- Project Management skills and Financial Modelling skills
- Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), or Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA). MBA degree is a plus
- Must be knowledgeable with accounting systems and computer literate.
- Ability to multi-task and work independently against a list of performance and quality standards.
- Prioritizes departmental functions to meet deadlines and handle contingencies.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas including complex or technical issues, orally and in writing.
- Evaluate and select alternative courses of action quickly and accurately.
- Work well in stressful, high-pressure, multitask situations.
- Effective in handling problems in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as needed.
- Ability to assimilate complex information, data, etc. from disparate sources as well as the ability to consider, adjust, or modify this information to meet the particular need.
- Effective at listening to, understanding, taking action when required and clarifying the concerns and issues raised by co-workers and guests.
- Understand and interpret financial information, operations data and complex arithmetic functions.
- Able to work long hours.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and related job experience
Application Deadline: Please submit your application along with Curriculum Vitae and the names & contact of two professional references.
Applications should be addressed to:
HR & Administrative Manager
Joyau Des Caraibes Ltd
Silk Cotton 1
Ballast Ground, St. George’s
Email: info@jdcgrenada.com