Associate Director FP&A

Role Summary 

The Global Container FP&A Head will lead financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, business analytics and decision support for the Global Container business. The role partners closely with business, regional and functional leadership to provide clear financial insights, improve forecast quality, strengthen performance management, and support sustainable growth, margin expansion and cash generation across the global business. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan, profit assurance and rolling forecast processes for the Global Container business. 

• Coordinate planning calendars, assumptions, submissions, reviews and leadership presentations across regions and functions. 

• Develop robust financial models, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to support business decisions. 

• Improve forecast accuracy by strengthening assumptions, cadence, data quality and accountability across the organization. 

• Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly performance analysis for business leadership reviews. 

• Explain business performance versus plan, forecast and prior year, with clear linkage to operational and commercial drivers. 

• Track and analyze key performance indicators including sales, orders, backlog, margin, EBIT, cash flow, working capital, pricing. 

• Highlight risks, opportunities, performance gaps and required management actions in a timely and structured manner. 

• Partner with business and functional leaders to support profitable business growth. 

• Support pricing, margin improvement, productivity, working capital and transformation initiatives with financial insights and analytics. 

• Prepare business cases, ROI analysis and financial evaluations for strategic projects, capital investments and operational initiatives. 

• Lead cash flow forecasting and working capital performance analysis in partnership with operational finance teams. 

• Analyze inventory, receivables, payables and operational drivers impacting cash conversion. 

• Support initiatives to improve cash generation and capital efficiency.  

• Standardize and simplify management reporting, forecast templates, review decks and FP&A processes.

• Drive automation and continuous improvement to reduce manual reporting effort and improve insight quality. 

• Promote strong governance, data accuracy and consistency in financial reporting and analysis. 

• Lead, coach and develop FP&A COE team, building strong analytical, communication and business partnering capabilities. 

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and high-quality execution. 

Requirement

• CA, CPA, ACCA or MBA Finance
• 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A, business finance, management reporting and leadership exposure in a multinational environment
• Experience in hands on FP&A scope to manufacturing, industrial, equipment, or global business environments preferred. 
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, PowerPoint and executive presentation skills. Working knowledge of ERP,  BI/reporting tools 
• Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, communication, influencing, problem solving and team leadership skills. 
• Commercially curious, analytical, hands-on, detail-oriented, improvement focused and comfortable operating in a fast-paced global environment. 
• Given the global/regional and cross-functional nature of the role, flexibility to work and engage with stakeholders and team members across different time zones (including US) is required

Key Competencies 

• Strategic financial planning and business performance management 

• Executive-level financial storytelling and presentation capability 

• Strong commercial, operational and manufacturing finance acumen 

• Ability to convert complex data into actionable insights 

• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence 

• Forecasting discipline, process governance and continuous improvement 

• People leadership, coaching and capability building 

• High integrity, ownership mindset and strong attention to detail 

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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