National Express LLC

Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

National Express LLC$95K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required; CPA, CFA, or MBA preferred.
  • 3-5 years of finance experience in a corporate setting.
  • Strong commitment to client service excellence.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
  • Proven financial modeling and analysis expertise.
  • Proactive attitude with strong interpersonal skills.
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on high-quality outcomes.
  • Strong analytical skills and business acumen.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a key member in the annual budget process for company-wide roll-up.
  • Support VP of Finance in developing the five-year strategic plan.
  • Analyze and compare monthly results to budget and prior year, identifying variances.
  • Lead budget, forecast, and results for Charter and Real Estate teams.
  • Assist field finance with monthly review packages and insights.
  • Implement process improvements for enhanced financial forecast accuracy.
  • Develop analytics to uncover performance trends and transform into actionable insights.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Basic life insurance coverage.
  • Holiday pay and PTO accrual.
  • Retirement savings plan enrollment opportunities.
Full Job Description
The Manager, FP&A will support the annual budget and quarterly forecast for the company, partner with the Charter and Real Estate teams, performing regular and ad-hoc reporting to facilitate better decision making across the Company. This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to the Company's executive team and an excellent growth opportunity for an experienced finance individual.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Act as a key member of the annual budget process to produce the roll-up of the Company level budget, and bridging consolidated results to sense check the overall budget
  • Support VP of Finance on the creation of the annual five-year plan
  • Analyze monthly results comparing against forecast, budget and prior year, identify key drivers of variances and prepare insightful commentary
  • Leading and supporting budget, forecast, and monthly results for the Charter and Real Estate teams
  • Assisting field finance with monthly review packages
  • Diagnose and implement process improvements to improve financial forecast quality
  • Develop analytics to uncover root causes of performance trends and translate the analysis into clear and actionable insights for multiple audiences
  • Interact daily with accounting and other corporate departments and serve as the Finance liaison
  • Working with AR team and field finance on collection of outstanding balances
  • Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager
  • Build financial, scenario-based models to support decision making


REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required; CPA, CFA, or MBA is desired
  • A minimum of three to five years finance experience, primarily in a corporate finance environment.
  • Strong commitment to providing excellence in client service
  • Ability to work under rigorous time constraints and manage multiple tasks
  • Demonstrated financial modeling/ analysis experience
  • Proactive, professional demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated ability of producing high quality results with an emphasis on attention to detail
  • Ability to interface efficiently with all levels of management - ability to provide clear, concise explanations of complex problems to management
  • Demonstrated analytical skills and business acumen solving tough problems with creative data driven solutions
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel and advanced knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint
  • Significant financial experience using financial/ERP systems, including Essbase


We offer medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance coverage, holiday pay, and PTO accrual. Additionally, employees are able to enroll in a retirement savings plan.

The pay rate range, along with most all of the other terms and conditions of employment, vary between different sites, geographical markets, customer/ contractual terms and positions.

About National Express LLC

National Express LLC is a transportation company that provides student transportation, transit, and shuttle services. The company operates in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. National Express LLC is a subsidiary of National Express Group, a global transportation company headquartered in Birmingham, England. National Express LLC was founded in 1972 as Durham Transportation and was acquired by National Express Group in 1999. The company has a strong commitment to safety and customer service, and has won numerous awards for its performance in these areas.
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