Financial Planning and Analyst Manager

SUMMARY

At Magnolia, the Financial Planning & Analyst Manager is responsible for overseeing the budgeting process, performing financial analysis, and developing accurate forecasts. This position collaborates with various departments to improve policies, procedures, and processes, build models for strategic decision-making, and ensure accurate financial reporting to support well-founded recommendations. This position works from Magnolia Headquarters in Waco, Texas. It reports to the Director of Finance and has supervisory responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the primary finance business partner for assigned business channels, providing financial guidance, insights, and decision support to business leadership.
• Own the budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, and financial planning processes for assigned business channels. *
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, communicating financial performance, key risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. *
• Analyze business performance and key drivers to support strategic decision-making and improve financial results.
• Oversee the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cash flow projections for assigned areas of responsibility. *
• Partner with the Director of Finance on enterprise planning initiatives and escalate significant financial risks, opportunities, and strategic matters as appropriate.
• Champion process improvements, reporting enhancements, financial controls, and operational discipline across assigned business channels.
• Manage, coach, and develop direct reports; establish priorities, review work product, and serve as an escalation point for complex financial and business partner matters. *
• Perform other duties as assigned.

*Metrics evaluated on Performance Review

COMPETENCIES

• Teamwork: Foster a team environment supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Effectively evaluate team members' strengths and ensure members are operating in their strengths. Identify, communicate, and train employees whose performance needs to improve.
• Critical Thinking: Evaluate and address problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Have an analytical and unbiased approach. Understand financial metrics, budgeting, and resource allocation to make decisions.
• Expertise: Maintain a thorough understanding of your area and each role in it to ensure all work is completed accurately and on time. Stay current on trends and advances in your field. Foster employees' abilities to become experts by connecting them with the resources and training needed.
• Communication: Actively engage in listening to teammates and guests and be open to feedback from guests, peers, and management. Establish communication channels between employees, management, and guests. Utilize written and verbal communication skills to convey information effectively.
• Guest Focus: Establish and uphold a culture of exceptional guest engagement and service, setting a standard through exemplary leadership.
• Strategy and Goal Setting: Approach change with positivity and curiosity, leading through ambiguity. Break down team goals into daily or weekly goals, establish metrics, and communicate what actions employees must take to contribute to achieving these goals.
• Hard skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required, experience using NetSuite accounting software and Workday Adaptive Insights planning tool preferred, comprehensive understanding of financial statements and the accounting relationships among them, strong understanding of financial metrics and cash flow management.

ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration from a 4-year college or university preferred
• 1-3 years of management experience and/or 5+ years of related work experience or a combination preferred   

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and arms to reach, handle, feel; utilize fine motor dexterity of fingers; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Magnolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this description at any time.