Fp&a Manager

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us

**Job Description**:
Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us

You will be a key finance professional, supporting the high-growth Fiix Software line of business. You will take ownership of key areas including the overall Fiix financial model, forecasting & analysis of headcount and Opex, R&D business partnering, contributing to the Fiix strategic model and other key FP&A projects.

Key Responsibilities

**Planning, Forecasting and Reporting**:

- Lead the regular forecast update cycle (monthly/quarterly), ensuring models reflect the most up-to-date financial reality of the business
- Support the development of the Annual Operating Plan and Long-term financial model as a key member of the Planning Team
- Monitor, analyze and approve spending requests ensuring adherence to approved budget and operating plan
- Drive transparency, control and optimization of operating expenses
- Work closely with Accounting to ensure actual and budget reporting are aligned
- Continually improve management reporting processes and scale reporting to reflect evolving needs of the business/parent company

**Analysis**:

- Conduct variance analysis on a monthly basis providing meaningful insights to support decision making, and enable business partners to manage their budgets
- Actively monitor financial & business performance; proactively communicate results and potential risks to internal stakeholders
- Continuously improve analysis & commentary on key operating spend including headcount costs & provide transparency on our largest expense items
- Partner with teams (including Product and Engineering) to perform numerical analysis, process analysis, or create new tools to help business partners drive strategic decision making. This will include but is not limited to:

- Business casing to help effectively compare and decide on the correct initiatives.
- Collaborate with business partners to improve operational efficiency and identify acceleration opportunities

**Other**:

- Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, our financial model and implement consistency & best practices across the team
- Exploration and potential implementation of FP&A software and ad-hoc special projects as assigned
- This role does not initially have direct staff reports

**Basic Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related
- Legal authorization to work in Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals now or in the future for this job opening.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Typically requires around 8 years total work experience, including at least 2-3 years in FP&A
- Related designation: CPA / CFA / MBA / investment banking or PE experience
- Experience in a SaaS organization is a key requirement
- Growth mindset and proven track record of execution with mínimal supervision
- Experience with key tools including Netsuite, Salesforce, & SAP
- Expert-level MS Excel skills and working with complex financial models
- Knowledge of key SaaS metrics, as well as the levers behind them
- Excellent communication & presentation skills; ability to distill financial information to non-financial stakeholders
- Attention to detail and high level of diligence
- Excellent stakeholder management skills - build relationships among peers
- Experience implementing an FP&A tool (eg. Adaptive, Vena, etc) is an asset

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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