LAR FP&A Manager

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Position Summary: The LAR GSM FP&A Manager is a direct report to the Americas Senior Finance Manager and has two direct reports, the LAR Senior FP&A Analysts. The position will be responsible for the financial management of the Latin America GSM Selling functions.  In addition, he/she will provide business decision support to the Regional Vice President LATAM, the Regional Sales Directors, and LATAM leadership team.

Provide business decision support, guidance and oversight of the FP&A processes, financial analysis, and internal controls as it relates to Orders, Sales and Spend management. Oversee the FP&A processes including review, consolidation and analysis of monthly financial results, identification of risks and opportunities, and recommendation of actions to the Sales, Operations and BU leadership teams to improve overall orders and sales performance and cost management.  Allocates Annual Operating Plan (AOP) by partnering with other financial teams and business partners to create projected annual targets by business or function incorporating key assumptions and reflective of investment prioritization. Creation of quarterly forecast and regular outlooks for supported areas through inputs from business partner and providing solid baseline to compare financial results with frequent interaction with the BU finance teams and Global Analytics & Insights teams to ensure alignment. Collaborate with the Commercial Operations team in aligning the Annual Operating Plan to the Sales Incentive Plan for all commercial resources under these initiatives.  Additionally, working with the team to calculate and correctly report financially the incentive adjustments during the Fiscal year. Monitors capital spending and performs project management analysis working closely with regional leaders and project managers to ensure reporting accuracy and limit exposure on unrecorded spending. Provides guidance, expertise and direction on spending issues to other professionals and managers within the regional functions including Business Unit Managers and functional Leaders, Regional Managers, and Regional Sales Directors. Support directly the Americas Finance Manager to drive business planning, growth, efficiencies and profitability analysis, along with other special projects. Ensure meaningful business data is being provided to the GSM leadership team that helps improve decision making and financial performance. Business Partnering and Support : Actively take part in quarterly performance reviews’ data preparation in conjunction with Regional Directors for the region which is presented to the RVP and then senior leadership in preparation for the company’s release of quarterly earnings for Americas. Partners with Regional Sales Directors manage spending and revenue objectives in each sub region using detailed financial reporting and the development of new tools. Supports business decisions through the preparation of key financial figures as well as the prediction of future scenarios driven by regional macroeconomic conditions. Delegates responsibilities to subordinates who are responsible for implementing changes and performing key analyses on spending performance as well as orders and revenue reports. Leads & supervises the