Manager, Financial Planning

**Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis**

**Who We Are Looking For**:
The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis role is an integral role within the Finance team, working across ANZ & Far East, including the APA region for Fendt/Valtra brand. The role reports to the Finance Director, ANZ & FE and will have one direct report. The nature of the role, sees a close relationship with the Accounting team as well as across the business, ensuring timely, reliable and accurate financial information is provided to assist with decision making for the business and the brands.

A particular focus on a leading role in the coordination, collection and inputs of forecast and budget information into the relevant local and corporate tools followed by the ongoing analysis as required. This role has key stakeholders within the ANZ & FE business as well as APA and globally.

**What You Will Do**:

- Manage the regular forecast and budget processes, including establishing a timetable for the business, collecting and translating inputs, setting review points with stakeholders through to preparation with supporting commentary of regional and relevant brand reporting
- Prepare forecast and budget financial statements, including income statement, scorecards (Gross Profit, inventory), operating expenditure by cost centre, capex, balance sheet and cash flow
- Compile risks and opportunities schedules in support of budgets and forecasts
- Analyse Product pricing, tracking through price increases, discount analysis and cost of sales
- Manage the latest look (LL) regular forecast updates
- Manage the Strategic Business Plan (SBP) process including establishing a timetable for the business, collecting and translating inputs, setting review points with stakeholders through to preparation with supporting commentary of regional and relevant brand reporting
- Analyze financial and management reports for variances compared with budget, forecasts and prior periods at the business level as well as at the brand level
- Perform timely and insightful financial and operational analyses, and be prepared to present findings/results to operations management team for review, decision-making and action as required
- Adhoc analysis, dealer financial analysis, product financial performance, linking through to program/bulletin performance
- Develop and maintain standard reporting guidelines and procedures
- Facilitate continuous improvement in reporting and forecasting processes
- Provide support to the accounting team for month end reporting and analysis for group and local accounts, follow through on any carry over queries
- Support analyst with monthly SOP report (volume) with updated Opening Balance, Purchases, Sales and Closing balance
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement
- Conduct all activities in accordance with Corporate and local policies
- Review and update procedures

**People Management (Total Span of Control)**

**Type of Management - **Direct - Direct line of reports into this position

**Number of Reports - **1

Effectively manage the work and development of your direct reports by conducting (at a minimum) an annual performance evaluation for each direct report by annual due date; ensure each report has performance goals identified and entered by annual due date; a successor for each direct report has been identified; all reports have an updated Employee profile; and a minimum of one professional development discussion is held annually with development goals documented accordingly.

**People Management Scope of Impact**

**Area/Department - **The position's direct reports Influence or impact is in a specific area/department of the organization.

**Project Management**

The role is concentrated around managing projects and the performance of the job holder is measured by the achievement of project milestones. Roles that provide organization-wide functional leadership not necessarily through direct reports, but trough dotted-line reports. Dotted-line reporting can be assessed through the factors such as frequency and nature of the communication, the coordination processes and area of influence.

**Project Management Scope of Impact - **Regional

**Process Management**

**Process Management Scope of Impact**

**Regional - **The process is established and followed by all sites/plants, countries within the region. The process impacts the entire region.

**Strategic Impact or Contribution**

The position's accountability for establishing the strategic vision for the organization, or a part of the organization, and to motivate and persuade others to follow the strategy. The success or lack of success of the strategy sits with the position.

**Strategic Impact or Contribution Level**

**Area**:

- Establishes and is fully accountable for the strategy at the area, department, site, or country level.

**KPI's**
- Deliver consistent, accurate and timely financial information to all stakeholders
- Detailed analysis compared with referen