Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner & Strategic Initiatives

Role Overview:

The Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner and Strategic Financial Initiatives plays a critical role in providing strategic financial insights and business decision support to drive performance and profitability. This role oversees the accounting and analysis related to Brother International Corporation’s (“Brother”) various business segments and functions. This includes monthly monitoring of expenses and gross profit components, as well as the review and preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting and analysis. This role is responsible for budgeting and forecasting for assigned business areas, as well as investigation of variances to forecast and budget for those same business areas. In addition, this role will be responsible for the FP&A tool for the US and Canada. The Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner and Strategic Financial Initiatives partners with leaders across the organization to identify and implement strategies that will maximize profitability and provide insights for better decision making.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Business Partner

• Partner closely with and influence assigned business unit management to drive business performance – helping to ensure high quality financial decisions are made in business unit
• Share different perspectives and best practices to help deliver measurable improvements in the approach to business decision making, value for money return, and risk management
• Provide objective financial advice and opinions that positively impact assigned business unit
• Identify and drive financial efficiency with business unit management
• Provide objective challenge regarding spend plans and take a proactive role in looking for opportunities to deliver services more efficiently and effectively
• Investigate opportunities as well as high-risk and material financial issues or problem areas with the business
• Develop and propose solutions and options to resolve/progress concerns
• Support the business unit in assuming greater degrees of financial accountability by providing coaching and training to improve the financial confidence and competence across the organization
• Provide forward looking insight and challenge, adding value through delivering business and commercial insights – acting as a catalyst for business change
• Work proactively with key business partners and stakeholders to develop successful partnering relationships
• Work collaboratively with other members of the team to promote and share business partnering ideas, learnings, experiences, and best practices
• Deliver monthly financial presentations to leadership within assigned business areas with confidence, effectively communicating results and providing critical insights that drive awareness and decision making
• Liaison between assigned business areas and finance shared services team

Strategic Initiatives

• Responsible for the FP&A tool for the US and Canada
• Identify and implement financial strategies that will maximize the profitability of the organization
• Create and build models and in-depth analyses to provide insights to key decision makers
• Develop KPIs and reports for management to assess the organization’s financial performance
• Serve as the Finance subject matter expert and advisor on strategic financial initiatives and projects

Experience & Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Accounting or Finance

Experience

• 10+ Years of Combined Experience Spanning the Following Areas:
  • Experience working with the Big 4 Public Accounting Firms and private experience
  • Experience in change management/transformation
  • Varied finance experience across multiple finance disciplines i.e. Accounting, Reporting, Taxation, Capital Management, Change Management
  • Business partnering experience with a proven track record of negotiation and influencing
  • Experience budgeting, planning, forecasting and management reporting experience
  • Experience leading and coaching teams
  • Experience looking at the bigger picture and adapting to ever changing environments
  • Experience negotiating and communicating with influence when reviewing alternatives and making decisions

Licenses & Certifications

• CPA – Certified Public Accountant

Software/Technical Skills

• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• SAP & Hyperion systems experience - Preferred

Other Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities

• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal) with the ability to convey complex issues in a simple manner to various stakeholders
• Strong technical accounting knowledge
• Ability to challenge the status quo and foster shared understanding, transparency, and mastery of the process and/or system
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and act with resolve in an ambiguous environment
• Positive attitude and dependable team player willing to “roll up their sleeves” and get the work done
• Leadership capabilities with proven people management skills
• Strong financial analysis skills, modeling skills, and strong business acumen, with the ability to interpret financial data and provide business insights connected with operational strategies
• Problem solving skills
• Attention to detail

Additional Details for This Role:

This role will be a hybrid role. Subject to business needs, employees may work remotely up to two days per week. Assigned office days will be determined by managers. #LI-Hybrid

Base Salary

• The targeted base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $170,000  per year.
• Base salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the successful candidate, as well as factors such as internal equity, cost of labor in the hiring location, and alignment with market data. 

Additional Compensation

• This position is eligible for a 20% bonus at 100% of target, with the opportunity to achieve above 100% dependent on company performance and in alignment with company bonus plans.
• Bonus awards are discretionary and contingent upon individual performance as well as Brother achieving its corporate objectives, in accordance with the applicable bonus plan in effect.