Director, Financial Analysis, Corporate Functions

Location(s)
Chicago IL

Details

In this role you willbe reporting directly to the VP, Chief Financial Officer for Corporate Functions to support and interface with Corporate Functions on financial needs. This includes the creation of qualitative and quantitative analyses that provide critical insights enabling leaders to make data-driven decisions. Define, design, and build financial models, reports and presentations to support internal planning and budgeting as well as to support external reporting. Understand key metrics and leverage financial information to deliver required financial targets. Candidates must demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking skills,a strategically oriented thought process,exceptional communication skills and must conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism.

Work with leaders both within finance and the organization to support goals. Lead the development of financial disciplines, modeling, and analysis including planning, and data requirements, drive processes, and develop efficiency tools. Drives decision-making and recommended outcomes to improve financial performance. Developing staff/talent in the finance organization.

Position Responsibilities:

• Drives strategic objectives within the team and responsible for maintaining the periodic goals to meet the year end objectives
• Drives the Key Drivers (KPIs) and Decision-Making Financial Analysis; responsible for periodic alignment checks to make sure these are still appropriate and align with changes in the company objectives; build insights from data & make recommendations for strategic alignment
• Develop and provide leadership in budget, forecasting, and reporting processes for the Corporate Functions; guide the Corporate Functions in the budget process.
• Manage and monitor all aspects of the P&L for Corporate Functions. Drive actionable information and advice to functional teams. Evaluate financial outcomes of various decision alternatives; provide management with information on potential decision impacts along with recommended options and action plans. Advise on key business planning assumptions, identify, and quantify risks and/or opportunities
• Translate content needed for senior level presentations; ensure content provided meets requirements; assist in preparation of presentations for senior management
• Provide analysis, insight, and decision support recommendations to the business with emphasis being placed on the ability to continuously seek out and discover root cause relationships and conclusions that are not always intuitive, obvious or have a precedent.
• Move forward projects/improvements that need leadership and support. Seek out ways to continuously improve operations/processes.
• Support management rollforward reporting/management operating report process
• Oversee close review for corporate functions
• Understands management reporting requirements from financial/functional reporting teams and translates business needs into actionable items for departmental functions; acts as mentor and partner as needed. Increase transparency of corporate functions financials.
• Lead the development and analysis of financial models that drive strategic insights and help address diverse business problems.
• Assist in the evaluation of our business strategy and initiatives relative to our broader corporate strategy.
• Provide more hands on/ day to day support for analysts.
• Recruit, develop and retain talent.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated proficiency of leadership skills with 4+ years' direct people leadership accountability experience; 8+ years of experience in a finance role with analysis experience or equivalent combination of experience.
• Strong experience using MS Office software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access) and knowledge of capabilities of applications.
• Demonstrate effective financial, strategic and executive leadership. She or he will appreciate the rigorous, analytical requirements of a public company, and have the ability to build the requisite infrastructure to support those needs within the business.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a quantitative discipline. MBA a plus.

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS:

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize work, and handle multiple projects and deadlines in a complex business environment
• Strong financial analysis/modeling skills
• Strong understanding of planning and budgeting process.
• Ability to plan, organizes, and prioritizes work and handles multiple projects and deadlines in a complex business environment.
• Ability to self-manage progress and deliverables with a high degree of accountability and urgency
• Ability to work at strategic, operational and tactical levels.
• Exceptionalverbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex analysis and recommendations clearly. Ability to change message based on target audience.
• Developing executive presence and ability to foster trusting relationships and influence others.
• Eagerness to tackle ambiguous problems
• Experience partnering with colleagues across an organization as well as an ability to work in a collaborative and team-oriented culture

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