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Company

Cars Commerce · 22 hours ago

Sr Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Illinois, United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$115K/yr - $144K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Collaborating with business partners to identify business drivers of revenue and expenses to develop outlooks, forecasts, annual budgets

Overseeing monthly and quarterly financial variance reporting of actuals to forecast, budget and prior year

Turning variance analysis into business insights to effectively inform senior leadership on business performance to drive decision making and action

Providing insights and counsel to key business partners to ensure that performance targets are achieved in the most efficient means possible

Leveraging current performance reporting to conduct sensitivity analysis, trend analysis, business case modeling, marketing efficiency and efficacy

Developing highly predictive forecasts and financial models that account for major drivers and identifying factors that could alter expected results and the expected value of each factor

Collaborating with cross-functional leaders not only for forecasting and budgeting, but also for more strategic, less well-defined projects

Managing, coaching, and developing group a group of Managers and Senior Financial Analysts

Upholding consistent standards for all aspects of Financial Planning and Reporting

Effectively working across the Finance organizations to ensure no duplication of effort and no gaps in responsibility

Qualification

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Financial ModelingVariance AnalysisBudgetingFinancial ReportingMicrosoft SuiteAdvanced ExcelConstructive FeedbackCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

Proven track record of leading and developing a highly successful team

Planful and well-organized; ability to establish reasonable timelines and pace team to meet deadlines

Manage and balance multiple (and sometimes competing) priorities with the ability to quickly adapt to changing business needs

Identify gaps in workflows and processes; develop and implement robust, sustainable solutions

Strong focus on accuracy and high attention to detail

Proven ability to build simple, sustainable financial models that model complex business issue

Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and interface effectively with all levels of management in a cross-functional environment (business and technical)

A forward-thinking person who considers long-term trends and broad business implications when determining approach or recommending actions

Desire to continuously improve yourself and your team’s performance – efficiencies, deliverables, processes, standards, predictive and other key metrics

Demonstrated ability to self-teach and work independently, particularly on high level, less defined projects or ones that require cross-functional collaboration

Ability to utilize constructive feedback to further personal and professional development

Passionate, energetic, approachable with a positive, low-ego, can-do demeanor

Proficient in Microsoft Suite; highly advanced Excel and Powerpoint

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related field

MBA or CPA or other relevant work experience that demonstrates leadership, adaptability and potential

10+ years of experience in accounting or finance, including relevant experience with financial planning and reporting

Working knowledge of accounting concepts

Experience supporting Accounting in a publicly traded corporation

Experience developing a bottoms-up organic budget and forecast in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment