Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Executive & Board Reporting
• Lead preparation of ELT and Board of Directors financial presentations, ensuring materials are accurate, concise, insightful, and executive-ready.
• Translate financial results and business drivers into clear narratives highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions; present findings confidently to senior leadership.
• Maintain executive reporting, KPI dashboards, and supporting analyses with exceptional consistency and attention to detail, proactively anticipating leadership questions.
Financial Planning & Analysis
• Own and drive the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes, coordinating cross-functional & cross-Business Unit inputs and delivering an integrated enterprise view of performance.
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior year; identify underlying business drivers and communicate implications for revenue, expenses, profitability, cash flow, and key KPIs.
• Develop scenario analyses and financial models to support strategic and operational decisions, while continuously improving forecasting accuracy, reporting, and financial visibility.
PBCS & Financial Systems
• Serve as the primary business owner and subject matter expert for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and related consolidation, budgeting, and forecasting tools.
• Partner with Accounting, IT, and other stakeholders to maintain accurate data flows, system configurations, reporting hierarchies, controls, and financial outputs; identify opportunities to automate and streamline processes.
Cross-Functional Business Partnership
• Act as a trusted finance partner to ELT members and functional budget owners, providing financial guidance, constructive challenge, and support in budgeting, forecasting, investment decisions, and performance management.
• Work closely with Corporate Accounting & Verra Mobility Business Units to ensure alignment between management reporting, forecasts, and actual results, and communicate financial concepts effectively to both finance and non-finance audiences.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or other advanced qualification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or related financial leadership roles, including Director or senior management-level experience.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and presenting financial materials for executive leadership and/or Boards of Directors.
• Strong experience leading budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, management reporting, and financial analysis.
• Experience with Oracle PBCS / Oracle EPM strongly preferred; advanced Excel, financial modeling, and executive presentation skills required.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, consolidation, and management reporting, with demonstrated success working cross-functionally with senior executives, Accounting, and operational leaders.
Leadership & Personal Attributes
• Exceptional attention to detail - Produces highly accurate work and maintains an elevated standard for executive and Board-level materials.
• Executive presence and communication - Communicates complex financial information clearly, succinctly, and credibly; connects the "what" to the "why."
• Calm under pressure - Maintains composure, judgment, and accuracy during tight deadlines and high-visibility situations.
• Ownership and urgency - Takes accountability for completeness, timeliness, and quality while effectively prioritizing competing demands.
• Collaborative business partner - Builds strong relationships, challenges assumptions constructively, and helps leaders make better financial decisions.
• Sound judgment and discretion - Handles sensitive financial and strategic information appropriately and thoughtfully.
Work Location
This position is based in Mesa, Arizona and requires regular in-office attendance. In-person collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional partners is a critical component of the role.
What Success Looks Like
Success means ELT and Board materials are consistently accurate, clear, and decision-oriented; forecasts provide meaningful visibility into business performance; PBCS and planning processes are reliable and well controlled; and leaders view FP&A as a trusted, high-value business partner.
This is not a "report the news" position.