Vice President Finance, FP&A

Towson, MD- Remote (East Coast or Midwest)

Come Make the World With Us
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of 53,000+ professionals in 60 countries who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, BLACK+DECKER, IRWIN, LENOX and more.

The Job:

As a Vice President of FP&A, you’ll be part of our Global Finance Tools and Outdoor (T&O) team, reporting to the CFO for Tools & Outdoor. You will be primarily responsible for partnering with the Tools & Outdoor Organization through a wide array of leadership, management, analytics, and reporting activities. You will be responsible for the planning and analysis required for detailed performance assessments, strategic planning, business planning, and accurate and timely forecasts.  Support strategic initiatives related to investments, cost optimization, innovation, and mergers and acquisitions across the company.  This role develops and sets the company's broad financial objectives and KPIs to drive accountability and performance.

You’ll get to:  

• Partner with Business Leaders, the President, the CFO, and Corporate functions to drive strategy and business goals and objectives.
• Oversee financial planning and analysis globally with teams supporting brand and engineering and complete P&L management.
• Create and build consensus around the financial analytics roadmap to support key growth initiatives and provide value-added insights to the leadership team to support decision-making.
• Analyze business performance across all key metrics and functions with the ability to identify issues, drive to the root cause(s), develop the appropriate corrective actions, and drive action into the business.
• Partner with Operations to actively engage in inventory planning and cash management processes to optimize working capital and maximize cash flow.
• Ensure that the highest controllership standards are maintained, including those related to account reconciliation, asset stewardship, and financial transaction integrity.
• Develop and manage planning cycles and long-range plans and budgets.
• Be part of a “world-class finance team” capable of growing the business profitably and actively driving value creation opportunities.

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You should have a track record of successfully leading change and building productive working relationships within the business unit and function, and you must have a strong appetite for challenge and growth. Being able to bring enthusiasm, responsiveness, vision, and solutions to the team is a crucial aspect of this role. You also have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance. Advanced degree or CPA preferred.
• 15-plus years of progressive accounting/finance experience and leadership roles. 
• The successful candidate should have an FP&A background. 
• Experience in the manufacturing or consumer products industry is strongly preferred.
• A proven track record of results, including double-digit earnings growth, working capital reduction, SG&A control, and operational productivity.
• Experience in presenting to senior-level executives in a results-oriented culture.
• Strong influence skills and an ability to work effectively in a matrix environment.
• Ability to attract, recruit, and develop world-class financial talent.
• Proven ability to develop a financial vision and road map.
• Strong strategic planning and budgeting expertise.
• Risk-taking personality. One who challenges conventional solutions to drive business growth and process improvements.
• Results-driven with the ability to flex between short-term tactical and longer-term strategic needs.
• Exposure to Six Sigma or similar process improvement tools.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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The base pay range for this position in Maryland is $180,500- $379,000 per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site. 

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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