Manager of Finance Planning & Analysis

Responsibilities

• Manages partnership relationships and financial analysis support with executives and leadership teams; helps ensure that financial analysts proactively provide appropriate ongoing financial analysis and support for current operations and future operational proposals.
• Provides guidance and input, along with team of financial analysts, for the development of service line financial plans, budgets, forecasts, financial/statistical reports, market/customer analysis, pricing, costing models, financial impact assessments, and recommendations for operational improvements.
• Models and analyzes opportunities to generate revenues and lower costs within relevant service lines, along with development of metrics and tools to understand underlying drivers & trends related to these opportunities.
• Works with senior management to move forward initiatives needed to ensure achievement of the annual and long-range financial plans; identifies and communicates proactively on issues that may impact achievement of goals, and helps develop mitigation action plans.
• Complies with policies and procedures to ensure the quality of financial reporting and analysis, and to enhance the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Finance function.
• Communicates policies and procedures effectively and consistently.
• Continuously improves financial processes to ensure appropriate utilization of resources.
• Collaborates with Finance partners to set key targets and measures for effectiveness and executes processes to achieve goals.
• Creates consistency of analysis tools and processes, where possible, creating the most effective and efficient practices for service lines & Finance functions.
• Provides project management leadership for improvement initiatives/special projects for service line partners.
• Identifies areas for improvement/projects such as revenue enhancement, cost containment, or other operational efficiencies, budget improvements, and cost/decision support projects.
• Leads design and facilitates execution of financial processes, including establishment of new (related) service line reporting and portfolio management activities.
• Assists Corporate Development and Finance Leadership with analysis of partnership opportunities and potential acquisitions, development of business plans, and valuation analyses.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership skills to include effective verbal and written communication, problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution and organizational influence skills required.
• Works effectively and proactively with senior leadership to ensure financial goals are met required.
• Effective interpersonal and customer service skills required.
• Excellent reasoning and analytical skills with the ability to effectively communicate and present technical financial information to management required.
• Demonstrated project management methods to improve outcome and ensure effective resource utilization required.
• Extensive working knowledge of spreadsheets, word processing, database and other applications, including working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to develop reports required.
• Working knowledge of valuation methodologies and excellent cost and revenue analytical skills, including the ability to model various scenarios and alternatives required.