Director, Financial & Cost Analysis Location: Atlanta, GA

 Description Reports To: SVP, Financial Planning & Analysis
Location/Department: Concourse / Finance
Salary Grade: 16
FLSA Status: Full-Time Exempt

Summary: Responsible for performing both financial analysis and cost analysis to identify opportunities, highlight risk areas, and drive business improvement results in both revenue as well as cost areas. This role will require both detailed analysis skills utilizing large amounts of information and the ability to translate the analysis into recommendations that will be presented to Senior Management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Recommend and develop associated action plans, including multifunctional input, for revenue growth as well as cost optimization opportunities
• Identify risk areas from a revenue and cost perspective and develop associated action plans, including multifunctional input, to mitigate those risks
• Manage and develop organization including cost accounting group
• Develop financial analysis models to evaluate revenue and cost trends internally while incorporating external factors (commodities, etc.) as well
• Manage the processes and controls associated with the Bill of Material and associated specifications and costing
• Provide Specifications & Costing assistance to Simmons Canada and other organizations as required
• Support the New Product Development (NPD) team with timely and accurate costing on new products
• Recommend and develop cost accounting process and system improvements
• Ensure strong linkage with multiple functions (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales Ops, IT) to enhance business accuracy and results

Leadership Skills:
• Inspire (create compelling future, develops and motivates, positive influence, celebrates successes)
• Impact (accomplish important work, reliable, executes, continually raises the bar)
• Innovate (champions new ideas, continuous improvement, adaptable, practical solutions)

Functional Skills:
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Optimization
• Cost Accounting
• Capital Management
• Presentation design and delivery
• Effective oral and written communications
• Organization and analysis
• Product knowledge
• Change management
• Process creation and refinement

Education/Experience/Job Factors/Work Environment:
* 5-10 years related experience
• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA, CPA and/or equivalent work experience
• Up to 25% travel including plant locations throughout North America.

Position Qualifications:
• Independent and well-organized with attention to detail
• Very strong work ethic
• Very strong Excel and ERP system skills
• Positive attitude
• Ability to work effectively in a changing environment
• Solid interpersonal skills and work habits
• Prior supervisory experience

Major Relationships:
• CFO
• VP Operations Finance
• Specification and Costing associates
• NPD team
• Engineering team
• Field Cost Accountants
• Controllers
• Operations Managers
• Divisional Controllers
• IT department

An Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V

Drug-Free Working Environment