<p>Job Description</p> <p>The Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads the derivation, assessment, and consolidation of budgets and forecasts for our Global Central Functions. This role formulates short-term forecasts, discerns risks and opportunities to spend projections, challenges leadership on cost reduction opportunities and productivity advancements, contemplates and models long-range strategic plans, and partners with leaders on strategic initiatives and investments. This position straddles needing to understand the detailed rigor required in supporting Central Functions with the need to effectively communicate higher-level takeaways, trends, and themes to senior leadership. This role acts as an integral part of the broader finance team, serving as a key connection point for business unit finance teams. This position is indexed towards driving FP&A process improvement throughout the corporation.</p> <p>Position location: Deerfield, IL (Hybrid schedule with on-site required Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)</p> <p>RESPONSIBLIITIES:</p> <p>What you will be doing</p> <ul> <li>Develop and coordinate repeatable reporting and analysis process for consolidating budgets and monthly forecasts for Central Functions. </li><li>Be an integral, proactive, and strategic partner with the Central Functions leaders, e.g., CIO, CHRO, CFO/FLT, and General Counsel. Lead the preparation and compilation of the annual operating budgets and rolling forecasts for Central Functions, which may include company-wide or functional area-specific modeling, time-series analysis, and graphic presentation of financial data. </li><li>Lead development and execution of accurate, timely and actionable financial reporting to Central Function leadership (both finance and business leaders). </li><li>Communicate financial results and forecasts to Central Function budget owners in a meaningful way that is readily understood, actionable and reflects insight into key issues affecting each function. </li><li>Deliver recommendations on initiatives to functional leaders to create value/optimize G&A. </li><li>Partner with Business Unit Finance team, conveying insights on Central Function expense embedded in Business Unit P&Ls. </li><li>Develop succinct, effective processes to align myriad, disharmonized, source-level data to higher-level unified data structures. </li><li>Support monthly and quarterly variance analysis of Central Function performance versus annual budget, forecast and prior year. </li><li>Maintain and develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives for Central Functions. Develop and track ROI models for strategic investments to optimize G&A expense. </li><li>Complete ad hoc reports or analysis in support of special projects </li></ul>