Werner Enterprises
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
The Director, Corporate FP&A is responsible for providing management with high‑quality and recurring analysis and insight of financial results of select corporate departments (i.e. IT, HR, Finance/Accounting, Legal, Safety, Sales & Marketing and Facilities) with emphasis on expense trending, spend variances to plan and forecast, fixed versus variable spend, headcount versus non‑headcount driven expense, visibility to project‑related and non‑recurring expense and other analytics aimed at managing cost and expense across the corporate functions.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for consolidated and coordinated cost center budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
- Analyze key metrics and drivers across each cost center and department to help tell the "story" as it relates to each department’s financial performance and the consolidated trend of corporate SG&A spend and expense management.
- Coordinate and prepare senior level presentations for forecasts, strategic/operating plans, and MBR/QBRs.
- Review monthly/quarterly results with leadership (including department heads and with CFO) in preparation of Monthly Business Review meetings and quarterly board meetings.
- Perform sensitivity, comparative and trend analysis on corporate SG&A expenses related to changes in both internal/external drivers.
- Advise various levels of executive management on the implications of business trends, issues, operating environment changes, and business unit / department‑specific strategy.
- Manage a team of financial analysts, supporting Divisional and Functional departments embedded within the business. Provide team feedback, guide performance, and help develop talent to drive business performance.
- Facilitate setting for each corporate cost center and department cost saving targets/goals, ideation, tracking, reconciliation of cost savings across the org.
- Participate to modernize and transform cost and expense management, forecasting and optimization of people, process and technology, including further automation and intelligence in data modeling relationships and analytical concepts (queries, reporting, and association of data sources), while leveraging technology (Workday, Adaptive Planning, Tableau, Excel add‑in tools and other platforms).
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including senior executives and functional leadership to provide improved visibility and insights on business drivers and results.
- Interpret requirements and translate them into data requirements (Interfaces, data transformation, etc.) for complex projects and financial modeling including driver‑based planning and forecasting.
- Engage in special projects as required, inclusive of M&A activities, development and evaluation of optional paths – including return on investment, and improving processes and systems utilized to create and analyze data.
- Optimize business performance through analysis of operational and financial KPIs.
- Determine best practices and high priority improvements for company financial processes.
- Other duties may include working with HR on headcount and staffing analytics, working with Procurement on spending analytics and cost saving initiatives, ad hoc financial presentations, forecasts, scenario analysis and other financial modeling.
Qualifications
- 5 years of relevant and progressive experience in corporate Financial Planning and Analysis.
- Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four‑year college or university, preferably in Business Administration or Accounting.
- Master’s degree in finance or M.B.A. a plus.
- Experience within Fortune 1000 or larger enterprises.
- Experience leading and facilitating cost center / departmental headcount and expense reviews, providing financial analysis, coordinating expense and cost‑center roll‑up of rolling forecasts, strategic multi‑year forecasts, and annual budgets.
- Strengths in multitasking, directing and coordinating activities across multiple groups toward a deadline.
- Process oriented.
- Specific experience using Workday, Office Connect and Adaptive Planning modeling tool.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office skill with emphasis on Excel & Power Point.
- High degree of strategic and analytical capability, including the ability to analyze a large amount of data.
- Strong strategic skills, with the ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations; proven ability to structure business case around a high‑level strategic vision.
- Advanced understanding of report query and design.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to focus on the details.
- Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement initiatives, root cause analysis and project management.
- Proficiency with cloud‑based enterprise performance measurement consolidation, reporting and planning tools such as Workday and Excel add‑in tools such as Office Connect or similar such as Oracle EPM and Hyperion.
- CPA or CMA licenses preferred.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
- Finance
Industries
- Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Tuition assistance