Markem-Imaje · 4 days ago
Financial Planning Manager
Kennesaw, GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expMarkem-Imaje is a trusted world manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions, offering innovative systems. The Financial Planning Manager - Americas role focuses on enabling data-driven decisions to enhance financial outcomes through advanced analytics and collaboration with finance and business users.
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Hiring Manager
Brittany Baertson
Responsibilities
Drive finance planning processes by effectively using predictive analytics and statistical models:
Work closely with stakeholders to understand business models and provide data-driven solutions to drive the revenue forecast
Improve performance-monitoring capabilities for faster sensing and responding
Effectively use current statistic methodology to produce and communicate financial prediction
Participate to the SO&P and short-term forecast meetings and process to drive enrichment and reduce bias in financial planning
Define and scope the finance use cases that can benefit from ML solutions
Drive revenue and OPEX forecast task for Americas in the system:
Perform system submission for the entities in scope
Maintain hierarchies that are needed for revenue forecast. Act as system (Onestream) expert for the region
Track KPI’s on predictive analytics such as bias, enrichment power and forecast accuracy
Perform exploratory data analysis and identify new and emerging drivers and KPI’s:
Discover new data sources, document them and promote their reuse
Design and maintain data pipelines for more efficient and repeatable data science projects regarding financial planning
Network with domain experts to better understand the business mechanics that generated the data
Collaborate with machine learning scientists to continuously improve and refine model performance (e.g., identifying new data sources, hypothesis testing, feature engineering, model prototyping, analyzing model output and model explainability)
Curate and engineer the data from refined stores (i.e., labelling and annotating the data)
Use advanced analytics techniques to support strategic decision=making:
Apply statistical models and techniques, such as regression analysis, time series analysis and hypothesis testing, to understand financial phenomena and predict future trends. Deliver variance insights and drive visibility on raising trends
Proactively explore data to identify trends, patterns and insights outside of direct business requests
Effectively use tools to manipulate large-scale databases, synthesizing data insights
Drive process improvement through automation and optimization: Continuously evolve processes and tools related to data analysis, visualization and storytelling to improve decision making
Effectively communicate insights to finance stakeholders and senior management:
Build reports, dashboards, and visualizations to democratize data insights
Use data storytelling to deliver business insights to improve stakeholder understanding and uptake
Clearly communicate underlying methodologies and decision-making processes of models and algorithms providing more transparency for stakeholders
Qualification
Required
5+ years of proven success in a financial planning role
BA in finance, business management or equivalent
Strong formative understanding of statistical and mathematical concepts, theories and applications such as linear algebra, probability theory, calculus, algorithms and data structures
Good understanding of algorithms such as linear regression, logistic regression, regularization, decision trees, clustering algorithms etc
Understanding of key concepts in data management, data mining, data analytics, data reporting and quantitative analysis
Experience implementing a robust and dynamic forecasting model that incorporates scenario planning capabilities, predictive analytics, and data-driven insights to enhance decision support
Proficiency in financial statements concepts and accounting principles (US GAAP)
Possess strong communication skills for explaining technical concepts in common business terms to a non-technical audience
Outstanding storytelling skills to present results to business leaders
Strong relationship building skills along with a drive for fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
Preferred
SAP BW/COPA/SD knowledge (user and good grasp of functioning) / Power BI (advanced)/ Onestream (user) is a plus
Knowledge of programming languages is a plus (e.g., Python)
Benefits
401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Wellness programs
Health savings account
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
Company paid short-term disability and long-term disability
Company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance
Supplemental employee and dependent life insurance
Optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance
Adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance
Commuter benefits
Parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence
Paid time off
Business travel services
Employee discounts
Employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services
Company
Markem-Imaje
Markem-Imaje provides product identification and traceability solutions.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2006-12-06Acquired
Leadership Team
Vincent Vanderpoel
President and CEO
C
Christian Salanon
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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2025-11-08
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