Job Description

Job Description
Job Summary

The VP of Corporate FP&A (FPAVP) provides holistic and robust financial management (budgeting, forecasting, special initiatives tracking) for all Corporate functions. The position will serve as the lead Business Partner and liaison between Corporate FP&A and all Corporate leaders/functions.

The FPAVP will work partner closely with Sales, Marketing, HR, Legal/Risk, and Executive Management to gather budget, forecast, track, and manage all Corporate related expenses, to make data driven recommendations, and help implement and validate solutions. The position will play an important role in the strategic investments for the Company and will work closely with the Chief Technology Officer and Strategy team leadership to collaborate on capital allocation associated with investments and ensure proper measures are in place to monitor and track performance/spend. The FPAVP will lead and supervise the analysts on the FP&A staff to insure timely and accurate completion of all FP&A deadlines, initiatives, and projects.

Primary Responsibilities

* Develop, implement, and maintain reporting tools that leverage existing data to provide key indicators of Corporate expense trending and forecasting
* Lead the Budget Planning and Forecasting processes across all Corporate operating units, including cost center budgets, capital plans, working capital and headcount.
* Preparation and consolidation of working documents and financial statements.
* Facilitate, in partnership with ESC, month end close. Review monthly financial results, analyze variances, investigate causes of key variances, and prepare summary reports.
* Proactively propose, design, create, and deliver expense modeling to support the Corporate team including strategic investments.
* Assess the impact of forecasted changes and model the impact it will have to the business.
* Prepare monthly standardized reporting packages.
* Support the Corporate functional teams as necessary to prepare cost/benefit analysis on major initiatives and perform audits after the completion of programs to understand actual results.
* Assist in the development of market research and analysis, financial models, business cases and white papers for key sales and strategic growth projects.
* Perform other analysis as requested by executive management.

Minimum Requirements

Education, Required Skills & Education

* Bachelors Degree in business, accounting, finance, or related field. MBA a plus
* Minimum of 10 years of Finance / Accounting Experience with a minimum of 5 years and financial reporting experience and 7 years of experience leading a team
* Excellent communication (verbal and written), interpersonal and professional interactive skills. Ability to know the audience and adjust message, or pivot, accordingly. Effectively paint a picture and tell the story; synthesizes and summarizes results. Disseminates information timely, and responsibly, making sure the receivers understand the content. Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
* Strong and self-confident personality with the ability to challenge assumptions and ideas and influence without authority.
* Uses technology to combine disparate data, tackle problems and make presentations to management. Can design reports, and self-service reporting tools business managers will use.
* Ability to synthesize information into recommendations and use those recommendations to drive change.
* Customer Service Respond promptly to requests for service and assistance as needed. Follow up as needed. Build trusting relationships.
* Planning / Organization - Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities/deadlines and shift priorities, as necessary. Uses time effectively.
* Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Gathers and analyzes information skillfully. Develops alternative solutions.
* Advanced computer skills (spreadsheet, database and graphics) and proficient knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook.