Managing Director, FP&A

#1803 Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

As the Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis you will be responsible for creating, maintaining and improving financial forecasts and annual budgets. Compiles and analyzes financial and non-financial information to produce product segment profitability. Recommend improvements to areas of weakness to increase product profitability. Engage in cost center reviews and performance analysis compared to budget and forecast.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of financial analysts
• Drive and improve the forecasting and budgeting process
• Implement proper budget/forecast systems, policies and procedures
• Implement controls around forecasting and analytics to ensure accuracy
• Responsible to meet the deadlines with accurate reporting and analysis
• Prepare and review the profitability analysis of each product line, offering insight and additional metrics on how the data can be analyzed
• Provides both analysis and insight into the company s operation to achieve more profitable results
• Ability to work with cross functional members in Risk, Operations, Treasury and Accounting
• Create, Maintain and improve financial model to quickly produce what-if scenarios
• Prepares ad-hoc and other reports as directed by management
• Identifies ways to promote efficiency within the budgeting and forecasting process and implement best practices to shorten the timeline for reporting
• Work with Accounting to analyze actual to budget/forecast monthly variances

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years previous experience in FP&A performing critical financial analysis and preparing forecasts and budgets
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Strong and extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.
• Experience in the auto finance industry or lending industry
• Previous budgeting experience a must have.
• Advanced Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail, demonstrated integrity and professionalism.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize diverse tasks.
• Excellent project managerial and interpersonal skills. Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Leadership experience in organizing, planning and executing projects from conceptualization through implementation across multiple internal and external reporting and organizational lines.
• Strategic thinking and leadership experience with an emphasis on relationship management and communication at all levels within an organization. Facilitate and coordinate multiple deadlines, create cohesive teams, and respond quickly to management requests.
• Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements
• Preferred:
  • CPA or MBA preferred
  • Financial services experience preferred
  • Ability to write and execute SQL queries a plus.