Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Title: Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Location: Cleveland, OH; Hybrid

Company Overview:

TransTech Energy is a leading provider of engineered equipment solutions for processing, storing, distributing, and utilizing a wide variety of liquids and gases in the energy, renewables, chemical, and industrial end markets. Our diverse manufacturing and design portfolio includes ASME pressure vessels, API storage tanks, TEMA heat exchangers, packaged process equipment, reactors, distillation columns, and other custom designed applications. Our design, construction, and field service capabilities include gas processing, storage, and utilization projects in energy, power, industrial, and biogas markets. As we continue to improve our ESG profile, we are committed to investing in renewable energy technologies, and anticipate this will be an important part of our future growth.

We have offices and manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Indiana, and Montana, and have field teams supporting North and South America. With a strong company culture built on a family atmosphere, we define success by how we impact the lives of the people around us.

Job Summary:

This role will collaborate with the entire C-Suite Leadership Team and be the Finance Business Partner to the Chief Growth Officer. The primary responsibility is to forge strong business partnerships and provide financial analysis/decision support to the leadership and commercial teams to ensure profitable growth and improve financial performance. Support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in developing a world-class Finance and Accounting Team by developing financial tools and sharing best practices.

This highly visible and impactful role will prepare the successful candidate to have upward career opportunities within the TransTech Finance and Accounting Team as well as the ability to pursue opportunities at TransTech in manufacturing, procurement, and general management organizations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Financial Analyst and Business Systems Analyst in enhancing financial reporting, financial analysis, and forecasting / budgeting / strategic planning processes.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support proactive decision making.
• In partnership with business unit and division Controllers, develop financial forecasts and annual budgets for each business unit, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow forecasts.
• Develop a robust monthly forecast process, including the implementation of driver-based forecasting tools within Financial Reporting and Consolidation software.
• Standardize, improve, and automate the annual budgeting process in new software.
• Participate in the preparation and analysis of the long-range strategic plan.
• Support the business units and commercial teams to ensure profitable growth through sales and gross margin analysis to proactively identify opportunities to drive margin improvement through price optimization, cost reduction, and mix management.
• Analyze and bridge actual results to budget/forecast, provide explanations of financial results to leadership team and help ensure accuracy of month-end close as part of internal controls.
• Monitor cost center spending vs. forecast/budget and provide proactive cost savings recommendations.
• Participate in Mergers & Acquisition due diligence, financing, transaction execution and integration to drive inorganic growth.
• Actively seek to improve and automate systems that support financial analysis and reporting, including installation of Financial Reporting / Consolidation / Forecasting / Budgeting software, expansion of PowerBI capabilities, and ERP implementations and improvements.
• Develop reporting to assess business unit performance; prepare Board presentation materials.
• Develop flexible analysis tools and pro-forma templates to increase the speed and accuracy of financial modeling.
• Ad-hoc projects and analysis / other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

• Five or more years of analysis/accounting experience in a manufacturing, construction, or field services environment.
• Progressive experience in a commercial FP&A role preferred.
• Pricing experience and understanding of product and project costing preferred.
• Strong experience developing forecasts and budgeting models.
• Advanced knowledge of financial reporting and planning software such as OneStream or Hyperion.
• Advanced knowledge of Business Intelligence systems, Power BI experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with multiple ERP systems is desirable.
• Possess the highest level of integrity and ethics.
• Dependability, trustworthiness, and ability to work on confidential projects.
• Continuous improvement orientation / process improvement mindset.
• Proven ability to forge strong cross-functional business partnerships.
• Willing to embrace change and able to implement change.
• Excellent analytical and problems solving skills.
• Must possess a sense of urgency, a strong work ethic and a results orientation.
• Ability to interact with all levels of associates and work in a Team-oriented environment with a service attitude.
• Able to explain complex financial concepts and results to non-financial managers.
• Strong leadership and team building skills.
• Good planning and organization skills combined with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Effective presentation skills – preparation and delivery.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance (or alternate major with minor in accounting or finance and relevant financial work experience).

Travel:

• 10-20% travel to other Company locations may be required.

Job Type: Full time

This organization provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.