The Senior Finance Manager is a key business partner helping to support the GBS function. This position provides reporting and analysis to further the functional leadership’s understanding of actual financial performance and support the annual planning processes (budget and long-term plan). This position provides reporting, financial analyses, interpretations, key metric reporting to management and ensures consistent financial controls across the global landscape of the function.  In addition, this position is responsible for working with Tax, Legal, Treasury, and other Corporate Functions to ensure that cross charges, transfer pricing, and management reporting is accurate for individual locations within a global function. This role provides direct management and oversight of a Senior Financial Analyst and is responsible for consistent application of US GAAP including being involved in accruals and capitalization. The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for identifying ways to eliminate non-value work and looks for ways to innovate new ways to drive insight for the business while adhering to standardized approaches across Global FP&A.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with the Senior Finance Director and Senior Financial Analyst to consolidate and analyze Global Business Services (GBS) results throughout various business cycles (actual, forecast, budget).  Review / analyze a variety of deliverables as part of the month-end close process, including but not limited to, accruals, intercompany cross charges, and reclasses.
• Manage and review headcount reporting, in partnership with HR and GBS leadership to explain variances and drive forecasts / budget.
• Prepare business case analyses as determined by strategic projects for current year – examples may include contractor vs. employee analysis and location-based analysis.
• Act as primary point of Finance contact for key transformation projects in the GBS area, including partnership with other global functions (e.g., tax, legal).  Act as liaison with local finance controllers to ensure local and global costs are accurate and that global reporting hierarchies (e.g., TM1) are set up and used correctly.
• Partners with peers supporting other areas of SG&A to align and implement best practices for reporting, forecast processes, and month-end processes. Challenges the current state to see where technology can be used to optimized current reporting and processes.
• Coach and Develop Talent: Manages, motivates, and develops the finance team to provide effective and value-added support to the business.  Utilizes coaching and facilitation skills to manage employee relations. Provides regular performance feedback and oversees development/training plans for individuals within the team.  Rewards and recognizes performance achievements.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or Business (or related)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills required
• Proven knowledge of financial accounting standards and / or GAAP
• Demonstrated ability of being a dynamic self-starter, to work independently and apply sound judgment to solve complex problems with incomplete and/or ambiguous information required and to proactively initiate action steps required.
• Proven ability to effectively interface with various levels of management and influence decision making.
• Good communication and diplomacy skills.
• Ability to handle complicated or sensitive information.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a process from end to end.
• The ability to prioritize deliverables and meet deadlines.
• Innovative - Develops new solutions to solve business problems and obstacles.
• Proposes and implements improvements to systems, and methods of work.
• Ability to analyze and solve business problems with incomplete or ambiguous information.
• Teamwork – effectively work across business functions
• Experience with transaction & reporting systems including, but not limited to Hyperion, SAP, TM1 or other local systems preferred.