Accounting & Finance - Financial Planning & Analyst Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner for assigned business channels, providing financial guidance, insights, and decision support to business leadership.
• Own the budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, and financial planning processes for assigned business channels.
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, communicating financial performance, key risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Analyze business performance and key drivers to support strategic decision-making and improve financial results.
• Oversee the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cash flow projections for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Partner with the Director of Finance on enterprise planning initiatives and escalate significant financial risks, opportunities, and strategic matters as appropriate.
• Champion process improvements, reporting enhancements, financial controls, and operational discipline across assigned business channels.
• Manage, coach, and develop direct reports; establish priorities, review work product, and serve as an escalation point for complex financial and business partner matters.

Metrics evaluated on Performance Review

• Teamwork
• Critical Thinking
• Expertise
• Communication

Competencies

• Teamwork: Foster a team environment supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Effectively evaluate team members' strengths and ensure members are operating in their strengths. Identify, communicate, and train employees whose performance needs to improve.
• Critical Thinking: Evaluate and address problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Have an analytical and unbiased approach. Understand financial metrics, budgeting, and resource allocation to make decisions.
• Expertise: Maintain a thorough understanding of your area and each role in it to ensure all work is completed accurately and on time. Stay current on trends and advances in your field. Foster employees' abilities to become experts by connecting them with the resources and training needed.
• Communication: Actively engage in listening to teammates and guests and be open to feedback from guests, peers, and management. Establish communication channels between employees, management, and guests. Utilize written and verbal communication skills to convey information effectively.

Guest Focus

• Establish and uphold a culture of exceptional guest engagement and service, setting a standard through exemplary leadership.

Strategy and Goal Setting

• Approach change with positivity and curiosity, leading through ambiguity. Break down team goals into daily or weekly goals, establish metrics, and communicate what actions employees must take to contribute to achieving these goals.

Hard skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required, experience using NetSuite accounting software and Workday Adaptive Insights planning tool preferred, comprehensive understanding of financial statements and the accounting relationships among them, strong understanding of financial metrics and cash flow management.

Eligibility Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration from a 4-year college or university preferred
• 1-3 years of management experience and/or 5+ years of related work experience or a combination preferred

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.