Friday, January 09, 2015
Director - FP&A - NVIDIA - Santa Clara
Job description
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), reporting to either the Vice President of Finance or a Senior Director, FP&A, and supporting senior business leaders for either a functional organization (R&D, research and development, for both hardware and software groups; or G&A, general and administrative, for Information Technology (IT), Human Resources, Legal, Finance, and Facilities); or our Enterprise Business Units (for NVIDIA's commercial product and service offerings). As an integral member of the finance and business leadership teams, the Director's overarching responsibilities are to provide financial information that is relevant, trusted, and insightful, and enables senior leaders to make effective decision-making that improve the Company's performance. Strong focus also placed on continual enhancement of the quality, efficiency, and scale of financial information produced, through business controls, process improvements, financial tools and automation. These are critical and highly visible positions, where extensive experience in financial analysis and business modeling relevant to the high tech industry are required. These positions require ability to form strong working partnerships with senior business leaders and develop and mentor a team of financial managers and analysts to effectively execute and support the Company's objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Partner with finance and senior/executive business leaders to provide effective finance support within a constant changing environment, including with respect to (as applicable): financial modeling and analysis of end markets and growth opportunities, optimum pricing and go-to-market strategies, expanded product and service offerings, product roadmap and market segmentation, optimum management of inventory supply and demand; monitoring of key financial information and leading indicators to evaluate intended financial results against actual performance; and resource deployment, human capital and all other investments, to optimize the Company's ROI.
- Present financial data and analysis to senior leadership always with goal of analytical insight for effective decision-making to improve the Company's execution and results.
- Timely execution and delivery of financial information and all related support relevant to the Company's FP&A calendar and quarter-end close processes and procedures, including: monthly actual/forecast/variance analysis of revenue, inventory, gross margin, operating expenses, capital and all other expenditures, multi-year financial plans, as well as all necessary financial information to support Executive Staff, Board and Audit Committee financial presentations.
- Initiate/support process and control improvements for increased efficiency and effectiveness of data.
- Maintain highest integrity with regard to the Company's financial accounting and reporting policies; strong partnership with Accounting team on same.
- Develop and mentor a team of financial managers and analysts to enable the teams' objectives and support individual development opportunities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of experience in business finance roles, including 5+ years managing a team of analysts in the preparation of financial and business analysis.
- World-class organizational skills, encompassing an extremely high attention to detail, a strong ownership-ethic, and intense focus on accuracy and accountability.
- Expertise in defining and guiding the design of financial-based modeling.
- Deep domain knowledge in using industry-standard tools, including Excel; knowledge of SAP a plus.
- Proven track record in building strong partnerships across a large organization to define and implement financial objectives and enabling change.
- Finance degree required; MBA or CPA highly preferred.
- Energy and passion for delivering results in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
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