Summary of Role

Leads all Financial Planning and Analysis efforts for World Courier North America.  Improves planning and reporting processes by strengthening analytic frameworks, data quality, and system-enabled workflows. Partners with sales and operations to interpret performance drivers, explain variances, and translate results into actionable forecast and plan updates. Develops planning tools and financial models that improve decision quality across budgeting, pricing, staffing, and investment choices. Provides forward-looking financial and operational analysis that enables business leaders to anticipate risks and capture opportunities.

Responsabilities

• Develops and deploys finance support plans for assigned business areas to ensure consistent, timely decision support.
• Partners with operational leaders to review monthly results, isolate key variances, and convert findings into prioritized actions and forecast updates.
• Monitors operating expenses and headcount to identify cost trends and overspending.
• Leads budget discipline by providing headcount management support, productivity/efficiency tracking and savings initiatives measurement; reporting progress to leadership.
• Delivers forecasts and annual plans that reflect current trends, opportunities, and risks, including documented assumptions and sensitivity analysis.
• Builds and standardizes tools, templates, and financial models that improve estimate, plan, and management reporting quality and cycle efficiency.
• Champions process improvement and system enhancements that strengthen analytical workflows, reporting usability, and data-driven decision-making.
• Leads and coordinates all efforts for the annual planning process.
• Coordinates and prepares the Monthly Business Review Presentation.
• Works with Regional Controller to ensure accounting/reporting processes and deliverables are aligned with analytical needs.
• Manages a team, and develops team capabilities by setting clear goals, managing performance, and providing active coaching.
• Generates ad hoc analysis reports as needed.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

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Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

5+ years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting support, management reporting, data analysis, or a related field required.

2+ years of experience in a people management capacity required.

Certification as an AFP Certified Corporate FP and A Professional (FPAC), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or equivalent preferred.

Work Experience

• 7+ years of experience in finance, FP and A, corporate finance, business finance required.
• 3+ years of experience in a management capacity preferred.
• Proven people leadership skills, including the ability to manage and develop a financial planning and analysis (FP and A) team.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and diverse teams.
• Exceptional project management skills, including delivering multiple initiatives of varying scope in a cross-functional environment.
• Strong quantitative, modeling, and reporting skills, with the ability to interpret data and communicate insights to support strategic decisions.
• Proven track record in building and improving budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes, including controls and documentation.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset, including standardization and automation of planning and reporting workflows.
• Experience implementing or enhancing budgeting/planning systems; implementation experience is an asset.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) and performance management tools; experience with Oracle Hyperion and SAP is an asset.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Ability to build financial dashboards, KPI dashboards, monthly business review vusuals, executive scorecards.
• Proficiency in Power BI.
• Experience in using AI to enhance reporting capabilities and improve efficiency.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including building decision materials that clarify performance drivers and trade-offs.
• Thorough understanding of business principles, processes, and corporate policies to support financial oversight and protection of company assets.

What Cencora offers

​Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: World Courier de Colombia S.A.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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