Platform Finance Business Partner

CECO Environmental Corporation is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. They are seeking a Platform Finance Business Partner who will provide financial leadership for a multi-functional business platform, focusing on financial planning, analysis, and forecasting processes.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a strong business and financial management partnership with the platform leader and leadership team, platform finance peers, and global accounting services and shared services teams
• Drive robust financial planning, forecast and execution
• Direct the implementation of 80/20 and Lean frameworks with the business lines
• Communicate business line plans that deliver against financial targets, including contingency and countermeasure plans with Root Cause analyses
• Develop and communicate financial projections and forecasts for Revenue, Orders, Expense, Income and Cash Flow results
• Support period-end closing activities to ensure revenue recognition is properly documented
• Drive working capital management and efficiency projects
• Provide analysis to easily understand Revenue and Margin changes and associated cash flow impact period over period and as compared to forecast
• Model, measure and report on productivity initiatives
• Lead preparation and management of platform/business line operational and functional expenditure budgets to ensure cost containment and spend management
• Prepare, present and deploy platform Annual Operating Plan and team budgets
• Prepare and manage annual Capital and Operating Expense budgets and spending
• Prepare and present platform Monthly Business Review (MBR) and Quarterly Operating Review (QOR) materials
• Support the formulation of platform long/short term strategies and associated Strategic Agenda items and initiatives
• Develop models and associated projections to assess and confirm planned growth and financial targets are achieved. Communicate and receive buy-in of these models with the platform leadership team
• Assist and co-lead M&A platform projects as needed
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (BS) in Finance, Accounting, or Economics (MBA preferred)
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in finance planning and analysis or finance leadership role within a diverse global organization in an industrial B2B operating environment
• Knowledge of Percentage of Completion (POC) project revenue and cost recognition methods and processes
• Leadership and mentoring of junior staff
• Liaison with Internal Audit and Accounting Services and Shared Services teams
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and IFRS
• Strong knowledge of ASC606 and CECO revenue recognition policies
• Solid computer skills in MS products, including Excel and PowerPoint, supporting planning, modeling, and analysis