FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS (Director) Columbus, Ohio Onsite ALTA IT Services has a direct hire opening for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager (FP&A Manager) to support a highly regarded national power company. Primary Responsibilities: Maintain and improve the corporate multi-year strategic planning financial model including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow models Utilize strategic planning analytical models to provide recommendations to the management team relative to key long-term decisions and initiatives rive budgeting and forecasting processes; Compile annual budget, development, consolidation, review, and presentation Maintain high-level analysis of actual period results versus strategic and annual planning targets Maintain and improve monthly cash flow analysis and forecasts (rolling 12 months) Develop simple, reliable weekly and monthly reporting documents (forecast vs actual, metrics, and KPIs) Develop additional tools and models that help with decision-making and maintain these on a monthly and quarterly basis as required Develop forecasts and/or budgets for products, functions, and overhead pools Make recommendations to management on financial performance projections using financial and business knowledge and experience Provide analysis that supports decisions related to capital allocations, develop a Capex plan based on information collected from other leaders Support periodic product pricing analysis through the preparation of materials, labor, and overhead cost inflation actual and forecast impacts Initiate variance analyses and provide an understanding of operational and financial performance to management Prepare meaningful analysis on financial trends and key metrics for COGS functions, including inventory transactions, gross margin analytics, and variances Analyze cost variances, determine root causes, and prepare recommendations and alternatives for improvements Provide monthly managerial reports in Excel and PowerPoint for review with functional heads, which include key metrics, financial results, and variance analysis for all Gross Margin components Investigate and deep dive into material costing and related transactions/questions (purchase orders, receiving, consumption, cost allocation) Compile data from multiple sources and develop performance reports for SG&A labor and non-labor reporting Analyze operational performance and provide reasons for cost and schedule variances, as well as the financial impact, recovery opportunities, and delivery impacts Cost accounting Subject Matter Expert for ERP and other operational systems (e