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Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Finance · PA, United States of America

Job description

Lasko Products, an industry leader of home environment products for over 100 years, is seeking a Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis for our West Chester, PA headquarters.

Reporting to the Director of FP&A, the Sr. Manager performs a variety of project-oriented tasks to support the financial and strategic needs of Lasko. This position is responsible for organizational financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, sales and pricing analysis.  Concurrently, it ensures consistency with the business strategy, consistency and alignment across projects, as well as customer satisfaction and results. 

  Key areas of responsibility will include:

  • Works closely with business unit leads to incorporate financial and strategic analysis into key business decisions. This position will be the finance business partner for the Sales & Marketing teams.  
  • Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes including analysis, interpretation, and communication of results
  • Develops effective reports, presentations, and analysis for use by management and external stakeholders
  • Develops, analyzes, and reconciles statistical and accounting information for monthly and quarterly financial statement reviews
  • Assesses operating results in terms of profitability and performance against plan/prior year to ensure accuracy and identify opportunities
  • Develops Customer and Product Profitability reporting and partner with sales, product development and operations to drive profit improvements through pricing and cost savings initiative
  • Participates in annual strategic planning and budgeting, monthly forecasting, and management reporting processes
  • Creates appropriate metrics/KPI’s, reporting tools and dashboards that give insight into the performance of the business
  • Analyzes financial data to explain variance drivers, including revenue and gross margin volume/rate/mix analysis
  • Participates in the evaluation of investment opportunities including product and service expansion proposals, geographic expansion initiatives and capital projects
  • Works closely with S&OP team to ensure sales and operations are aligned

 

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

  • 8+ years of corporate finance-related experience and/or financial services professional looking to make transition into corporate finance with consistent career progression
  • Experience in a strategic finance or FP&A function, using financial analyses to inform business decisions
  • Strategic thinking / business analytical skills
  • Advanced skills in Excel and Power Point and proficiency with business intelligence tools
  • Experience in Consumer Products and/or a manufacturing environment preferred
  • Experience in developing pricing models to support product line reviews
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or Economics or a related field

About the Company

Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko designs, manufactures, assembles, and distributes portable fans, heaters, and humidifiers for the consumer market (Lasko brand), air purifiers (Germ Guardian brand), ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom exhaust fans to the construction industry (Air King brand) and water damage restoration products such as air scrubbers and dehumidifiers (B-Air brand).  Lasko’s products are sold in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company is recognized as the leader in the portable fan and portable heating categories and proudly operates American manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities across the US.  Lasko’s leading market share in fans and heaters is 2X – 4X larger than the #2 brand.  Lasko’s domestic production capabilities uniquely position Lasko to serve its customers.

Lasko’s Mission is to improve everyday life with trusted products which create a healthier and more comfortable environment.  The company’s success is based on 5 Core Values:

  • Be Bold:
    • Challenge the status quo
    • Courageously pursue the impossible 
    • Reject mediocrity
  • Be Together 
    • Work together for success 
    • Drive trust and candor with each other 
    • Prioritize "We" before "I"
  •  Be A Leader
    • Lead with personal conviction 
    • Inspire each other to deliver high- quality results
    • Leverage resilience and agility to drive excellence
  • Be Accountable 
    • Consistently deliver to our customers 
    • Embrace commitments as a contract 
    • Take pride in our actions
  • Be The Change 
    • Demonstrate a passion to win 
    • Make a difference at work in our communities 
    • Step forward and take initiative

The Lasko family owned and operated Lasko Products until November 2016, when private investment firms Comvest Partners and JW Levin Management Partners (“JWLMP”) acquired the business. Comvest Partners and JWLMP are committed to growing the business with investments in growth and productivity.

Geographic Reach

Based in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, Lasko Products operates in locations throughout the US and Canada. The company’s Tennessee, Texas, and Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities produce both indoor and outdoor fans and heaters. The company also sources select products internationally from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India.  Lasko operates distribution centers in all manufacturing locations plus Nevada and Ohio.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comvest and its portfolio companies recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race/national origin, gender/gender identification, sexual orientation, age, disability status, veteran status, religious affiliation, and other protected status.  We have a clear vision to be the place where diverse talent wants to come, stay, and do their best work.  We know our companies run on the hard work and dedication of our passionate and smart employees.  We believe that diversity within an organization creates long-term value for the organization itself and its constituents.  Comvest and its portfolio companies are high performing organizations that seeks to hire hard-working and dedicated high performers.  While Comvest and its portfolio companies always strive to look at a diverse pool of candidates, we will always choose the most qualified candidate for the job being recruited for, in order to strive for success for both the employee and the firm.

 

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