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Ipsos in US · 2 days ago

Vice President, Finance

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$145K/yr - $163K/yr

12+ years exp

Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies, and they are seeking a Vice President of Finance to oversee the financial stewardship of their Public Affairs service line. The successful candidate will provide strategic thinking and analysis to drive profitable growth, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with internal controls and policies.

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Responsibilities

Lead the budget process including: a five-year strategic plan, annual budgets and ensuring that the process is consistent with Ipsos Group guidelines and aligned with the strategies of the North American business

Provide strong business partner support; an important element of this role is teaming with the Business Unit Leader in running the business and ensuring that it stays on track relative to all key metrics and financial goals

Provide financial management for the Business Line, and assist in the financial management of the business within North America

Responsible for preparation of management reports, budgets and forecasts in support of the Business Unit Leader

Prepare and publish the monthly financial reports

Monitor Business Unit budgets & forecasts including: Consolidating results; analyzing results per sector and/or service and communicating results to the Business Unit leader team, as appropriate; reporting results to Business Unit, Country and Regional management

Provide senior financial support on global projects including proforma analysis of project results/projections

Provide financial support for Product Development/Management and Project Management, in North America and in conjunction with the global team, specifically: working from start to finish on each key project to determine costs, providing alternatives and working with internal and external suppliers to obtain accurate and appropriate cost estimates; establishing, tracking, and analyzing key metrics; helping to identify opportunities to improve productivity and profitability

Provide Functional Leadership as part of the Canadian Finance and Accounting Team: Work well within a team environment including other financial leaders and our accounting center to provide strong leadership, guidance and collaboration

Direct, lead and provide day to day guidance and coaching to junior finance team members

Manage Ad Hoc Projects as assigned to him/her from time to time

Collaborate with external stakeholders, including auditors both internal and external

Qualification

Financial PlanningBudgetingForecastingFinancial AnalysisFinancial Software ProficiencyLeadership SkillsCommunication SkillsStrategic ThinkingCoachingStakeholder CollaborationProblem-SolvingIntegrityTeam Collaboration