Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

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Company Overview

With $5 billion in revenue and 3,800+ employees in the U.S. and Mexico, TBC Corporation is a leader in the mobility industry and one of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through wholesale and franchise operations. TBC serves wholesale customers in the United States and Mexico through TBC Brands, NTW, TBC International, and TBC de Mexico. Additionally, TBC responds to the needs of consumers in search of total car care at more than 465 franchised tire and automotive service centers under Big O Tires®. TBC is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the US and Mexico. TBC has 20 proprietary brands of tires specializing in passenger, commercial, farm and specialty tires. In 2005, TBC Corp. was purchased by Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA). SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. In 2018 Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in Europe, invested in the company which is now a 50:50, privately held joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin.

Our values are the foundation of our work, how we interact with each other, and the strategies we employ to fulfill our purpose. These are the practices we use every day – in everything we do:

• Integrity - We act honestly because nothing is more important than our reputation.

• Teamwork - We are better together.
• People-Focused - We put people first – our Associates, customers, franchisees, and partners – and cultivate a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive culture, top to bottom, inside and out.
• Accountability - We own our actions and decisions; we do what we say we are going to do.
• Leave Everything Better - We innovate to improve everything we touch, and we take actions now to protect the future.

Description

The Senior Director of FP&A is a key strategic leader within TBC Corporation’s finance organization. This role serves as the principal finance business partner for the Franchise segment and leads central FP&A processes across all business units. In the Franchise business partner capacity, this role is pivotal in partnering with executive committee members and cross-functional teams to enhance financial performance, optimize cost efficiency, and identify growth opportunities. The role is a key collaborator to drive Franchise to achieve its goals and provides key insights to enable decision making.

From a Central FP&A perspective, the role leads the forecasting and budgeting processes across the company’s business segments, including oversight of the forecasting system, implementation of improvements and responsibility for consolidated reporting. This position is pivotal in shaping financial systems and processes, especially during a major ERP and forecasting tool implementation. The Director will serve as a strategic and operational leader within the implementation team ensuring that budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance management capabilities are effectively transitioned and optimized.

Assists in preparing short and long-term financial projections as well as overall company objectives. Develops appropriate tracking methods for revenue and expenses.   Effectively communicates with Executive Committee and senior management. Extensive knowledge in a wide variety of field concepts and is expected to have a wide degree of creativity and latitude.  Relies on extensive experience to make decisions.  Manages financial staff of 1- 3 people.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary financial advisor to the Franchise executive team, supporting strategic planning and business goal achievement.
• Provides guidance to finance and accounting departments
• Prepare timely and accurate analyses, summaries and reports of financial data on the operating progress of the company’s Franchise operations
• Effective collaboration with business unit leaders to garner knowledge of the current operating environment to generate forward looking financial models and drive the business to achieve its goals.
• Generates short and long-term projections and budget for Franchise and overall Consolidated operations
• Lead the forecasting and budgeting processes across TBC’s segments, streamlining and enhancing them to drive greater accuracy, accountability and simplicity.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A’s efforts around new ERP implementation

• Represent the FP&A function to ensure ERP configuration supports forecasting, reporting and analytical needs
• Oversee implementation of new forecasting system
• Act as liaison between FP&A and ERP implementation team
• Train FP&A team members on changes in new ERP and assist in integrating into FP&A reporting and processes
•  Act as a change champion, promoting adoption of new tools and processes across the organization.

• Ownership of forecasting system
• Communicates Company’s goals and strategic initiatives to senior management
• Reviews monthly, quarterly and year-end consolidated reporting for Executive Committee and senior management

Continued Responsibilities

• Provides development, guidance and direction to team of 1 – 3 people
• Mentors staff under direct and indirect reporting relationships
• Ensures compliance to internal controls and Company policies
• Performs/reviews fluctuations of financial statements
• Performs and reviews complex accounting transactions
• Communicates effectively with senior management, parent company and board of directors
• Reviews new accounting policies, principles and controls
• Reviews/prepares/presents routine and more complex ad hoc reporting along with supporting documentation for monthly, quarterly and year-end results to executive management
• Strong commitment to customer service
• Performs job with integrity and transparency
• Is a leader for all of TBC
• Other duties as assigned.

Added Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Master’s Degree and/or CPA preferred
• 15+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or related field
• Strong computer skills- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage relationships both internally and externally
• Strong problem solving and customer service skills
• Able to operate in a fast-paced environment
• Bilingual in Spanish /English is a plus

Benefits

• • Market competitive compensation
  • 401(k) and Roth with company match. Immediate 100% vesting
  • Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision
  • Company paid short term disability and employer subsidized long term disability
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Discounted tire purchasing
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee assistance program
  • Generous paid vacation and paid time off
  • Customizable voluntary benefits
  • and More!!!

Mission Critical Competencies

TBC seeks team members who excel in demonstrating our critical competencies to drive organizational capability. In this spirit we view the following as mission critical for this role:

• Strategic Mindset: seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Change Management: effective Sponsorship, Change Agent and influencing skills. Adaptive, agile, flexible, open minded. Proven ability to build cross-functional commitment, lead, simplify and scale complex dynamic organizations through transformational change.