In this critical role, the Director of Finance will assist with providing financial and strategic decision support to the business to ensure achievement of short and long term financial goals. Working with management, the Director will facilitate the understanding of key business dynamics including productivity analysis, margin improvement, and business analysis (such as client retention, loss reporting and quality metrics). Driving research and analysis of trends, leading indicators and business statistics, the Director supports operating planning and forecasting through highly complex business analysis. In addition, the Director develops business cases and recommends financial strategies to ensure business growth/market presence and margin improvement.
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Business Analysis: Uses deep understanding of objectives, issues and root causes and provides insightful, fact-based data analysis to help solve complex problems.
Assists with providing financial and strategic decision support to senior management to ensure achievement of short and long term financial goals
Drives research and analysis of trends, leading indicators and business statistics; displays comprehensive understanding of business model and key drivers
Business Partnering: Partners with Key Stakeholders and Business Partners to align on business priorities and drive effective solutions/execution. Constructively communicates compelling arguments based on facts and data, and obtains necessary buy-in to deliver on business objectives.
Builds working relationships with business leaders and other partners in support of key priorities and objectives through complex analytics and insights
Leverages networks and collaborates with resources across organization to achieve business objectives
Strategic Planning and Initiatives: Partners with business leadership to develop strategies and initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements. Executes on strategic initiatives such as M&A support, product launches, market entry, and process improvement efforts.
Develops business cases and recommends financial strategies to ensure business growth/market presence and margin improvement
Maintains an awareness of general economic, competitive, business and financial conditions and communicates impact on business operations to key stakeholders
Operating Planning and Forecasting: Creates annual operating plan that is aligned to the strategic plan and performs forecasting to provide visibility into business results to enable business decisions.
Drives business analysis to support operating planning and forecasting
Financial Operational Policy: Establishes and maintains consistent financial operational policies and procedures to govern related practices.
Drives identification of best practices related to financial operations policies and procedures; recommends modifications as needed
Ensures continued compliance with all policies and practices such as Loss Reporting/Technical Lost Business
Talent Development and Management: Deliverately builds capability for short and long term.
Indirect Management of the team to sets direction, goals and expectations about performance, hold associates accountable for development and provides appropriate feedback
Coaches and develops associates, builds diverse team and encourages innovative thinking to identify broad growth opportunities
Delegates responsibilities to associates, both to deliver on commitments and to continuously build team members' capabilities
Management Reporting and Financial Close Activities: Produces and distributes recurring and ad hoc management reports. Responsible for financial reporting accuracy; partners with shared services organizations and ensures adequate control environment to mitigate financial and business risks in collaboration with process owners.
Leverages recurring and ad hoc management reporting to identify trends, build business cases, highlight opportunities and risks, and drive business decision making
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
BS -- Accounting , Finance, Economics or equivalent
8+ Years of Experience in Finance
Advanced skills in MS Excel
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Preference will be given to candidates who have the following:
3+ Years People Leadership (direct or indirect)
MBA Finance or MS in Business Analytics or similar degree
Graduate of Finance Leadership Development Program
Graduate of Executive MBA Program
Business Process Improvement
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