Manager, FP&A

Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in the search for a Manager FP&A for one of our clients in the financial services industry, located in Chicago, IL. The Manager FP&A will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, modeling, financial analysis, and accounting responsibility that are focused on supporting the financial operations, valuation, and gross margin analysis. Our client is looking to hire immediately and has opted to open this position on a contract to hire basis. Qualified candidates will be considered immediately and begin the interview process.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in lean initiatives and improvement programs across the various operating functions adopting a hands-on approach.
• Drives objectives within the team and responsible for maintaining the periodic goals to meet the year end objectives
• Develops and/or assists in developing budgets, reporting, and forecasting of expense and capital projects, guide corporate functions and business teams in the budget process
• Manage and monitor Income Statements and consolidations for supported businesses and corporate functions. Drive actionable information and advice to corporate and business teams. Evaluate financial outcomes of various decision alternatives; advise on key business planning assumptions, identify, and quantify risks and/or opportunities
• Translate content needed for senior level presentations; ensure content provided meets requirements; assist in preparation of presentations for senior management
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and financial modeling support to the corporate function and business leader
• Implement standardized processes and utilize various reporting tools to provide efficient and transparency financial analysis
• Ability to develop recommendations/solutions to problems encountered in day-to-day work.
• Support close process and project reporting
• Supports financial integration activities
• Assist in preparation of presentations for senior management
• Seek out ways to continuously improve processes; support project analysis and input on business cases and provide additional support across corporate
• Provide direction and leadership to analysts across FP&A team
• Other duties may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or a related field or local equivalent with an advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 5-8 years of Finance & Accounting experience
• Insurance experience a plus but not required.
• Demonstrate effective financial, strategic, and executive leadership. She or he will appreciate the rigorous, analytical requirements of a public company, and have exposure to build the requisite infrastructure to support those needs within the business
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize work, and handle multiple projects and deadlines in a complex business environment
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Tableau and Workday G/L and Adaptive experience a plus but not required.
• Strong knowledge of Excel including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs and formulas
• Strong knowledge of financial statements (income statements, balance sheets and cash flows).
• Ability to work through shifting priorities and deadlines
• Strong modeling skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to communicate complex business information to a range of non-finance audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and computer skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, specifically Excel, comfortable with pivot tables and lookups, and Power Point required
• Experience with a major ERP System (Oracle, SAP, Net Suite, etc.)