Job Description

Global FP&A Associate Director, Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting-21000029



Description

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2019 sales of $28 billion (25 billion). We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing and primary metals. Lindes industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company, please visit our website at www.lindeus.com.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Global FP&A Associate Director, Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting to join our dynamic team of Finance professionals in our Danbury, CT headquarters. In this role, you will be responsible for individual business unit performance evaluations, including the analysis of monthly forecast submittals, financial results (vs. plan, vs. forecast and vs. prior periods), key performance measures and trends. Associated responsibilities include partnering with global individual business units to develop annual business plans, monthly forecasts, quarterly variance analyses and providing insight on the analysis of critical business issues. The role will also involve preparing analysis for Executive Management and Investor Relations to understand trends and to prepare for communications with investors, including quarterly earnings releases.This is an individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities.

Principal Responsibilities

* Review and analyze actual and forecast variance analysis
* Review monthly sales/OP variance analysis to ensure accuracy and understand all drivers to help explain trends
* Assist in the preparation of presentation materials to senior management highlighting the trends of each business
* Identify and research any variances that are not in line with normal trends and help provide thorough explanations

* Support Investor Relations and Executive Management
* Perform research and prepare presentations used for quarterly earnings calls and investor & board of director meetings
* Monitor, compare/analyze and report on relevant macroeconomic, key customer/industry and competitor information

* Provide training and support to global business units
* Provide guidance on corporate policy for reporting including categorization, proper accounting and best practices for forecasting and estimating
* Review required reporting submittals for consistency to policy and provide feedback to ensure corrections are made, where needed
* Drive consistency and accuracy of internal/external reporting throughout the organization
* Provide Hyperion Planning (including Smartview and Essbase) guidance and training to assist business units in completing required reporting and creating ad hoc queries
* Make recommendations for process improvements to help in achieving accuracy and consistency across all reporting

* Ad Hoc reporting and analysis
* Perform ad hoc business analysis, as needed, including: research, presenting alternative strategies to current plans, and modeling impact of various business decisions
* Help maintain, improve and build budget and forecast models, templates and analytical tools
* Prepare financial templates and presentations for all elements of the financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow) and execute relevant analysis



Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
* CPA and/or MBA preferred
* 7 -10 years Finance experience required
* Strong communication skills
* Industrial Gas industry experience desired but not required
* Advanced Microsoft Excel; Microsoft PowerPoint, and knowledge of Hyperion Planning preferred
* Ability to travel periodically, as necessary
* Excellent problem solving, process management and time management skills
* Ability to act with high integrity and trust
* Ability to work comfortably in a fast-paced environment

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Primary Location

Connecticut-Danbury

Schedule

Full-time

Job

- FiCo

Unposting Date

Ongoing