Manager, Finance & Business Support

Descripción del puesto:

Role Purpose

Drive growth in Loyalty by engaging with the business and providing financial leadership through business stewardship, support, and challenge

Key Accountabilities

* Assist the development of the business strategy and learn to challenge priorities

* Create business cases to support strategic resource allocation

* Evaluate longer-term cost & revenue optimization opportunities

* Perform tactical interventions with the business to close gaps vs. plan and achieve project delivery

* Develop, manage and monitor operating expense budgets

* Enhance commercial acumen by proactively engaging with business counterparts to understand business drivers and industry / competitive challenges

* Support the multi-year strategic planning process, formal budget review process and quarterly forecast review process

* Review monthly / quarterly financial performance reports and commentary of high value business areas including transparency of risks and opportunities

* Assist decision-making of senior management by assessing risks and opportunities to improve key financial and winnings metrics

* Identify improvement opportunities by benchmarking performance within / across regions

* Play a proactive role in identifying opportunities to make the broader finance team more efficient and effective, supporting the execution of new technology and ideas

Key Skills

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* Ability to sustain high impact, trusted relationships and make connections across the business

* Ability to see connections between financial levers, surfaces un-intended consequences

* Ability to facilitate innovative approaches based on external thinking

* Ability to challenge the status quo, and have courage to 'do the right thing'

* Strong technical skills (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)

* Strong communication skills, verbal and written

Key Experiences

* Experienced business leader with at least 5 years of finance, strategy, and/or management consulting experience

* Loyalty experience preferred, including experience with financial modeling of loyalty programs

* Experience leading cross-functional teams, driving change, and challenging & communicating with senior leadership in a complex matrix organization

* Financial Systems (e.g. Peoplesoft, Essbase)

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field required. Master's Degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field preferred

Requerimientos del candidato/a:

Role Purpose

Drive growth in Loyalty by engaging with the business and providing financial leadership through business stewardship, support, and challenge

Key Accountabilities

* Assist the development of the business strategy and learn to challenge priorities

* Create business cases to support strategic resource allocation

* Evaluate longer-term cost & revenue optimization opportunities

* Perform tactical interventions with the business to close gaps vs. plan and achieve project delivery

* Develop, manage and monitor operating expense budgets

* Enhance commercial acumen by proactively engaging with business counterparts to understand business drivers and industry / competitive challenges

* Support the multi-year strategic planning process, formal budget review process and quarterly forecast review process

* Review monthly / quarterly financial performance reports and commentary of high value business areas including transparency of risks and opportunities

* Assist decision-making of senior management by assessing risks and opportunities to improve key financial and winnings metrics

* Identify improvement opportunities by benchmarking performance within / across regions

* Play a proactive role in identifying opportunities to make the broader finance team more efficient and effective, supporting the execution of new technology and ideas

Key Skills

*
* Ability to sustain high impact, trusted relationships and make connections across the business

* Ability to see connections between financial levers, surfaces un-intended consequences

* Ability to facilitate innovative approaches based on external thinking

* Ability to challenge the status quo, and have courage to 'do the right thing'

* Strong technical skills (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)

* Strong communication skills, verbal and written

Key Experiences

* Experienced business leader with at least 5 years of finance, strategy, and/or management consulting experience

* Loyalty experience preferred, including experience with financial modeling of loyalty programs

* Experience leading cross-functional teams, driving change, and challenging & communicating with senior leadership in a complex matrix organization

* Financial Systems (e.g. Peoplesoft, Essbase)

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field required. Master's Degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field preferred