Director of Corporate FP&A
Location
Dublin, CA
Level
Senior
Department
Corporate Development
Type
Full - Time
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
April 5, 2023
AEye is seeking an experienced and driven Director of Corporate FP&A to help us lead our FP&A team. The ideal candidate for this role has 10+ years of FP&A experience with at least 3 years running a Corporate FP&A team. We are looking for a motivated team player with a high attention to detail, a strong ability to work cross departmentally and a proven record of developing teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead company planning for all near and long-term forecasting processes.
- Be a trusted advisor to the CFO and Exec Team; proactively collaborate, influence, and align the company’s planning processes to achieve the overall company strategy.
- Work cross functionally and support global business stakeholders.
- Oversee forecasting and planning reporting and analytics, and decision support.
- Prepare variance analyses of actual financial results to previous forecasts, budgets, and prior periods, including preparation of presentations to senior management and board of directors.
- Prepare monthly department and project financial reports and provide analysis relative to plan.
- Provide inventory management financial oversight.
- Deliver performance insights on key financial metrics and operational drivers.
- Recommend actions to achieve financial and operational goals.
- Develop ad-hoc financial analysis to support current and emerging initiatives.
- Partner with multiple internal organizations to drive process and systematic improvements including data collection and reporting streams across the organization.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
- 10+ years of FP&A experience, with at least 3 years running Corporate FP&A
- Excellent financial modeling and analysis skills
- Advanced Excel skills required
- Netsuite Experience is a plus
- Strong influencing skills and ability to interact with all areas and levels of the business.
- Strong customer service orientation and skills; ability to thrive in a team environment as well as the ability to work independently.
- Outstanding collaboration skills, with proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders across department and business lines to accomplish goals.
- Manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining a high level of precision
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated strategic thinker and self-starter capable of developing mission critical recommendations and seeing them through in a hands-on way.
- Prior experience in a high tech/manufacturing
