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Manager Finance

Westchester, ILOnsiteFull TimeManager / HeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Finance
  • MS Office
  • MS Excel
  • financial reporting systems

Nice to have

  • CPA

Role summary

The Manager of Finance leads the finance team, focusing on advanced financial analysis, complex modeling, and strategic business acumen. Responsibilities include delivering financial results, driving forecasting, strategic planning, and operational planning processes. This role partners with leadership to achieve critical initiatives and projects. Key duties involve supporting forecasts and plans with insights into business drivers, identifying risks and opportunities, performing financial modeling for decision-making, data mining for trends, preparing monthly reports, and problem-solving with other business areas. The role also involves training and developing new team members.

Position Overview

The Manager of Finance leads the finance team with advanced financial analysis, complex modeling, and strategic business acumen. The manager is responsible for the timely delivery of financial results and driving the forecasting, strategic planning, and operational planning processes. This individual will regularly partner with the organization and finance leadership to drive results on critical initiatives, ongoing projects, and new opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Supports the overall forecast, strategic plan, and operating plan development while providing insights into key business drivers and identifying risks and opportunities.
  • Supports balance sheet and cash flow planning, forecasting, and monthly analysis.
  • Applies knowledge of the business to offer insights and identify opportunities to improve results.
  • Performs financial modeling to support existing and new business initiatives/opportunities, resulting in better decision-making and improved overall performance.
  • Performs data mining and other forms of research to identify trends and relationships that drive results.
  • Prepares monthly reporting and business analysis, supporting the organization with ongoing enhancements.
  • Drives outcomes by working with other business areas to problem-solve new issues.
  • Trains and develops new team members on basic tasks, duties, and other skillsets.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent is required.
  • 5-7 years of equivalent work experience required.
  • CPA/MBA Preferred.
  • Advanced Computer Skills; MS Office, MS Excel, and financial reporting systems.
  • During periods of peak activity (e.g., strategic plan, operating plan, etc), additional hours may be required.
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