Finance Manager

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Finance or a related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Master's Degree preferred. Advanced degree may be used to reduce work experience by 2 years. 7 years increasing financial responsibility. Previous managerial/leadership experience preferred. Working understanding of GAAP. Other Certification preferred.

Position Purpose:

Assist operational business area management in developing, implementing and managing all financial matters. Provide business judgment for decisions with financial implications. Interprets and administers policies, processes, and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units. Maintains appropriate control environment consistent with Sarbanes Oxley reporting requirements.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

1. Ensure accurate and timely financial performance analysis and reporting. Provide in depth ongoing analysis and reporting of actual performance versus budgets and forecasts, including identification of root causes and corrective actions.
2. Administer annual budget development to include underlying assumptions, target setting and development of staffing and revenue/margin/expense plans to meet business targets. Includes understanding and analysis of revenue/margin, capital, direct and indirect costs as applicable to assigned business areas.
3. Provide analysis/business case support of operational initiatives and opportunities; coordinate financial tracking and reporting of status.
4. Ensure appropriate planning and effective execution of financial deliverables.
5. Assignments are defined in terms of activities and objectives. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
6. Develops appropriate reporting mechanisms to communicate results in a meaningful manner to leadership team and senior management.
7. Maintain an environment of continuous process improvement, both in support of operations and with financial processes. Capture and report savings as appropriate.

Additional Functions:

1. Engage in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and controlling work activities of staff. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer. This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.