Manager Financial Planning & Analysis
Durham School Services · Warrenville, IL · 3 wk ago
Sales$110k–$138k/yrFull-time
About the role
This highly visible position supports the annual budget and quarterly forecast for the company, partners with the Charter and Real Estate teams, and performs regular and ad-hoc reporting to facilitate better decision making across the Company. The role offers significant exposure to the executive team and excellent growth opportunities for an experienced finance professional.
Responsibilities
- Act as a key member of the annual budget process to produce the roll-up of the Company level budget, and bridge consolidated results to sense-check the overall budget.
- Support VP of Finance on the creation of the annual five-year plan.
- Analyze monthly results comparing against forecast, budget, and prior year; identify key drivers of variances and prepare insightful commentary.
- Lead and support budget, forecast, and monthly results for the Charter and Real Estate teams.
- Assist field finance with monthly review packages.
- Diagnose and implement process improvements to enhance financial forecast quality.
- Develop analytics to uncover root causes of performance trends and translate analysis into clear, actionable insights for multiple audiences.
- Interact daily with accounting and other corporate departments, serving as the Finance liaison.
- Work with AR team and field finance on collection of outstanding balances.
- Manage large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
- Build financial, scenario-based models to support decision making.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA, CFA, or MBA is desired.
- A minimum of three to five years of finance experience, primarily in a corporate finance environment.
- Strong commitment to providing excellence in client service.
- Ability to work under rigorous time constraints and manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated financial modeling and analysis experience.
- Proactive, professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality results with an emphasis on attention to detail.
- Ability to interface efficiently with all levels of management—provide clear, concise explanations of complex problems.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and business acumen solving tough problems with creative, data-driven solutions.
- Expert knowledge of MS Excel and advanced knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
- Significant financial experience using financial/ERP systems, including Essbase.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Basic life insurance coverage.
- Holiday pay and PTO accrual.
- Retirement savings plan enrollment.
Pay
$110,000 - $138,000 annually.