Collinson · 2 months ago
Head of Commercial Finance, Americas
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
10+ years expCollinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. The Head of Commercial Finance, Americas will provide end-to-end finance business partnering support to senior management, influencing strategic and operational decision making while driving better business performance.
Consumer Services
Responsibilities
Will lead in engaging, partnering and building relationships with the Americas Commercial team (Commercial SVP, Market Directors, Business Development and Account Management)
Providing value-added financial insight and support, driving continuous improvement in business performance
Provide constructive challenges back by financial models with varied sensitivity analyses towards business plans, client deals and forecasts, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, whilst supporting functional leads to find solutions
Provide and present clear advice on financial management, due diligence and strategy to ensure informed decisions can be made
Demonstrate leadership and influencing of senior management throughout
Work with operational finance to deliver insight through continuous improvements in planning, reporting and detailed performance analysis
Working with functional leads and Group FP&A to agree financials forecasts and plans and provide robust explanation to senior finance and non-finance stakeholders
Collaborating with other finance business partners and finance teams across Collinson to build a finance community that delivers effective and value-added support to the business
Providing effective challenge on spend and costs to ensure Collinson maximizes return on investment, creates value for money and eliminates waste
Fully engaged in new client opportunities or existing client renewals to ensure best outcome for Collinson
Lead role in supporting Americas requirements as we transition Collinson Finance systems and grow the Americas proposition particularly in Latin America
Supporting various business initiatives and projects as required
Providing ad-hoc analytical support to as required
Monthly business and executive reporting
Budgeting, forecasting and business planning process
Internal analysis and cost management (including recharges)
Business analysis and decision support leveraging robust financial models for new and existing client opportunities
Risk and opportunity management
Finance lead for growth and investment opportunities across Americas; responsible for business cases, investment management, finance due diligence
Product, project and initiative financial modelling
Responsible for ensuring the commercial financial governance of Americas and working with other functions to ensure local legal compliance
Qualification
Required
Experience in a similar group level role, ideally at a complex multinational matrix corporation
Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and influencing skills
Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills up to C Suite Level stakeholders
Ability to interpret data, analyze using appropriate tools, and present in a clear and concise form
Excellent spread sheet, PowerPoint and modelling skills
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration with a minimum of 10 years PQE
Commercially aware, understanding the needs of operations, finance and management
Understanding of risk, working with ambiguity and able to form and support opinions
Collaborative and persuasive manner
Preferred
MBA or qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent would be a plus
Benefits
100% employer paid medical, dental, life & LTD insurance for employees
100% match to your 401k deferrals (limited) with 100% vesting at 6 months
Supplemental Insurance including STD, additional Life
Priority Pass Membership
Global Mentoring Program
Wellness Programs
Lifestyle Benefits
Company
Collinson
Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Michael Brassil, FCA, CPA
CFO & SVP for the Americas
Jeremy Dalkoff
Vice President, Partnerships - Americas
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