Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
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Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
ABOUT US:
At All Campus, the passion and talent our employees bring to work every day are at the core of our continued success as a company. We have just been named the #1 mid-size company to work for by Crain’s Chicago Business Best Places to Work (2021), in addition to being recognized as a one of the best workplaces in Chicago several years in a row (2018-2021 Crain’s, 2019-2021 Built In Chicago). We’ve achieved this honor by emphasizing diversity, excellence, integrity, appreciation, collaboration, creativity and camaraderie, as well as offering a very competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. All Campus is committed to fostering professional growth, as well as doing everything we can to keep employees happy, healthy, and passionate about the work we do.
All Campus is looking for team players who are highly motivated to deliver exceptional results for one of the leading providers of online program management solutions for higher education. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys coming up with new ideas, is comfortable communicating them to a variety of stakeholders and other managers, and who is excited by the prospect of working constantly to improve performance.
At All Campus, the passion and talent our employees bring to work every day are at the core of our continued success as a company. We have just been named the #1 mid-size company to work for by Crain’s Chicago Business Best Places to Work (2021), in addition to being recognized as a one of the best workplaces in Chicago several years in a row (2018-2021 Crain’s, 2019-2021 Built In Chicago). We’ve achieved this honor by emphasizing diversity, excellence, integrity, appreciation, collaboration, creativity and camaraderie, as well as offering a very competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. All Campus is committed to fostering professional growth, as well as doing everything we can to keep employees happy, healthy, and passionate about the work we do.
All Campus is looking for team players who are highly motivated to deliver exceptional results for one of the leading providers of online program management solutions for higher education. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys coming up with new ideas, is comfortable communicating them to a variety of stakeholders and other managers, and who is excited by the prospect of working constantly to improve performance.
SUMMARY:
As the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, you will lead the strategic financial planning by creating, managing and coordinating workstreams to develop financial forecasts and operational plans. This role will play a significant role in the analysis of future business opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives within monthly financial reporting, budgeting/forecasting and financial analysis.
You will use your broad business background, analytical prowess and technical/statistical acumen to deliver insights, commercial understanding and driving adoption within the organization. Your goal is to assist all departments in making better, faster and data-driven decisions through solid financial analysis, modeling, forecasting and reporting efforts. This position reports to the CFO and will have direct reports.
As the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, you will lead the strategic financial planning by creating, managing and coordinating workstreams to develop financial forecasts and operational plans. This role will play a significant role in the analysis of future business opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives within monthly financial reporting, budgeting/forecasting and financial analysis.
You will use your broad business background, analytical prowess and technical/statistical acumen to deliver insights, commercial understanding and driving adoption within the organization. Your goal is to assist all departments in making better, faster and data-driven decisions through solid financial analysis, modeling, forecasting and reporting efforts. This position reports to the CFO and will have direct reports.
Key expectations for the role include:
- Bring a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude and build/review BI dashboards, stakeholder tools, and financial models to support informed decision making
- Work with our leadership team (CFO, COO, CEO, EVP Marketing, EVP Enrollment, etc.) to roll out new analytics capabilities and enhancements
- Collaborate with the Marketing and Operations Teams to define and maintain a portfolio roadmap to continuously improve analytics that support business operations and decisions
- Partner with the Marketing and Operations teams to help the team deliver on the sprint goals by removing impediments and escalating issues to management as necessary
- Be responsible for motivating the team, championing change within the organization, and facilitating the launch/renewal analysis retrospectives to ensure continuous improvement from sprint to sprint
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Financial Leader
- Conduct in depth operational performance of programs and determine current and future ROI, Contribution margin and other financial impacts vs original projections
- Maintains a 12-month rolling forecast both accrual and cash basis and provide on-going reconciliation of variances
- Enhance the corporate budget process and model to ensure annual plans and forecasts accurately capture costs across all functional areas
- Work with leaders throughout the organization to form budgets that support corporate growth and manage costs in a competitive environment
- Create and evaluate financial metrics across the organization and provide updates to leadership which allows for proactive financial management
- Assist with comparative financial statement preparation (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows) and analysis of the results
- Lead or assist with ad-hoc assignments and analysis as needed
Team Leader
- Strong independent leadership skills with the ability to lead a team, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
- Define clear responsibilities and accountabilities for all project roles
- Define and track key milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
- Manage scope to ensure value is delivered and commitments are achieved within time, cost, and quality parameters
- Communicate risks and rewards associated with decisions stakeholders in business (non-technical) terms and ensure risk mitigations are sustained
- Provide clear, concise direction to the team and deliver comprehensive progress reports to management
- Strong project-management skills, with the ability to handle multiple, high-priority projects in a highly demanding environment.
- Lead and manage with integrity and proper judgment to effectively respond to ambiguity. Always maintain transparency and open and honest communication, early escalation.
SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:
- This position does require supervisor responsibilities
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE an equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Data Analytics or Bachelor’s Degree with equivalent work experience ; MBA preferred
- 10+ years relevant work experience, including human capital management
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Experienced financial modeling skills to drive decision making; very strong Excel skills required
- Analytical, strategic and problem-solving skills, with experience of resolving complex business problems with well-structured analytics
- Developed high-level management reporting in addition to reporting for key third party stakeholders
- Ability to work with and properly relay information to both business and technical partners.
- Highly motivated, assertive self-starter with the ability to work autonomously and as an active team participant
- Exceptional communication skills able to tell data story to business stakeholders and answer what happened, why, etc.
- Experience with the following business applications is highly desirable: Quickbooks
All Campus is currently a remote work culture, we have returned to the office in a flexible format.
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