Job Description

Director of Corporate FP&A

Company Overview

DESTACO, a Dover Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.

Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.

DESTACO is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~800 employees across 14 locations.

Dover is a diversified global manufacturer with annual revenues of $7 billion. The company delivers innovative equipment and components, specialty systems, and support services through five major operating segments: Engineered Products, Fueling Solutions, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions, and Refrigeration & Food Equipment. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under DOV.

Position Summary

The Director of Corporate FP&A is responsible for supporting global business expansion with complex ad-hoc analysis and reporting. He/she will be responsible for overseeing annual planning cycles including the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly and quarterly forecast processes. He/she will work closely with the CEO and CFO by providing analytical support for strategic projects, such as M&A, S&OP as well as performing other ad-hoc analysis as needed. He/she will assist in developing metrics and financial reporting to monitor trends and performance to enable DESTACO to achieve its strategic objectives while also meeting or exceeding corporate metrics.

The Director of Corporate FP&A reports to the CFO, who is a member of DESTACOs executive leadership team. The position can be located in Auburn Hills, MI or Chicago, IL. It requires some travel (up to 15% international and US). The position is an integral part of the DESTACO finance team and require effective communication, cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organization to be successful and drive business results.

Key Job Responsibilities included but not limited to:

* Supports the expansion of the business through M&A evaluation and due diligence, organic expansion, country and regional market analysis.
* Drives global project initiatives focusing on cost reduction/process improvements across all facilities, driving business unit costing and variance analysis (for example Dover supply chain, BCC sourcing, Lean productivity savings).
* Assists with business intelligence, creating and managing scorecard, working pro-actively and cross-functionally to understand business data needs and opportunities, illuminating product line/customer/geography profitability and trends, investigating trends to turn data into actionable information.
* Owns forward looking financials (forecast, budgets, what-if, etc.).
* Champions Dover processes and requirements (Annual Operating Plan, Strategic Plan, Quarterly templates, forecasting).

Leadership Competencies aligned with Dover and executed in DESTACO:

* Results-Driven: Produces results that meet or exceed Dover standards of performance.
* Strong Business Acumen & Sound Judgment: Uses instinct and data to accurately assess business situations and industry trends; makes timely decisions.
* Builds & Manages Collaborative Relationships: Establishes and nurtures relationships to meet and exceed the expectations of key stakeholders and constituencies.

Job Requirements:

Experience:

* Minimum of 10 years experience in financial management including manufacturing environment experience.
* Experience in a Corporate FP&A role and playing a leadership role in the budget planning process/cycle
* Proficient in working in an ERP system (Oracle preferred)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

* Strong financial and problem solving skills
* Analytical thinker with a drive to create innovative solutions
* Strong executive presence with an ability to influence and build productive partnerships across the organization to drive results.
* Ability to interpret complex financial issues with accuracy and in a timely manner
* Excellent communicator including facilitation, verbal, and written skills
* Ability to and experience with working cross-culturally
* Strong business acumen
* Ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels of the organization

Education and Certification Qualifications

* Bachelors degree in accounting or finance required
* MBA a plus

Travel Requirements

* Ability to travel up to 15% of the time including US and internationally

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.