FP&A Manager - Manufacturing

FP&A Managers play an essential role in developing and executing the company vision by supporting financial results through insights, decision support, and accurate planning. You will understand business operations while developing tools, metrics, and processes to provide information that drives action and improvements. You will ensure information is accurate, relevant, and actionable while being understood by a wide audience of stakeholders.

You will be comfortable regularly interacting with all levels of staff and provide them with insightful, forward looking, reporting and analysis. Lush is a true vertically integrated business including Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Digital, and Admin streams. While all streams are linked, this role is focused on Manufacturing & Distribution. You will play a key role in all budgeting and forecasting workflows for these teams.

As a growing business, Lush needs people that can adapt and evolve to the needs of the business. You are a listener with a structured approach to planning but are also excited to drive discussion that leads to action. You have a passion for what you do and are ready to join a business dedicated not just to technical proficiency but to the practices of fair-trade sourcing, supporting sustainable communities, and giving back to grass roots organizations.

Our Lush staff live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business, bringing their work and life paths into one holistic journey. 

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Manufacturing FP&A Manager undertakes the following RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with the Head of Manufacturing, alongside global Lush partners to provide insights, scenarios analysis, and analytical support to maximize the performance of the Manufacturing & Distribution businesses and drive improved profitability
• Lead the financial business partnerships for the Manufacturing & Distribution teams, ensuring the team provides quality, relevant, and timely, financial support to the organization.
• People manager to the Manufacturing Finance & Analysis team, responsible for coaching, development, and support for the team. 
• Provide stakeholders decision support, impact assessment, and return on investment (ROI) analysis on strategic initiatives.
• Responsible for month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Manufacturing providing insights on financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming opportunities and risks.
• Responsible for monthly financial forecasting and annual budgeting processes, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate and timely financial plans that align with the Global Manufacturing strategy. 
• Proactively review and develop metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to find actionable opportunities for stakeholders and educate the business on how these metrics link to the P&L and drive financial improvements.
• Responsible for the development and improvement of centralized tools and dashboards for business users to clearly understand their performance and opportunities.
• Responsible for the improvement of finance knowledge across the business, ensuring the team is effectively communicating financial concepts that can be easily understood by all stakeholders.
• Support team members partnering with Buying and Procurement to ensure inventory levels are effectively planned to cover the needs of the business and appropriate use of working capital
• Ensure the Manufacturing FP&A team is providing support, insights, modelling, and analysis to the monthly Supply Review processes and S&OP Leadership Reviews.
• Provide peer support, guidance, and development opportunities to Lush team members.
• Proactively ensure the team is engaging in support for any ad-hoc analysis projects, modelling, and presentation materials as required.

You bring the following QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Admin, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive FP&A experience.
• 3+ years proven experience in training, developing, and leading strong, stable high performing teams in a fast paced, growth environment.
• Strong leadership, presentation, and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, modelling, and problem-solving skills, with an in-depth knowledge of financial statements and drivers that impact them.
• A proven, collaborative, and inclusive approach to business support.
• Extremely high proficiency and experience within Microsoft Excel.
• Pro-active approach and initiative, and ability to coach others to develop those skills in others.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work calmly under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Self-motivated and results oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality work.
• Excitement and commitment to learn, understand, and relate to Lush’s core brand values.
• Travel as required to the UK or within North America.

Preferred:

• Experience working in manufacturing, distribution or supply chain industries
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX (or other ERP) and/or Adaptive forecasting software considered a significant asset.
• Experience in dashboarding, analysis and visualizations through PowerBI.
• Experience in vertically integrated operations.
• Formal education or relevant experience in project management.

Job Type: Regular, Full Time role.

Location: This is an onsite role at our Toronto offices - 35, Jutland Rd. Etobicoke, ON. Successful candidate must be located in or around Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff and committed to inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all interested applicants; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence , contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well.

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