Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Summit LLC

$110K — $138K *
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 is desired.
  • 3-5 years of finance experience in a corporate finance environment.
  • Strong commitment to client service excellence.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
  • Demonstrated experience in financial modeling and analysis.
  • Proactive professional demeanor with effective interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail with a proven record of quality results.
  • Effective communication skills to explain complex problems to management.
  • Demonstrated analytical skills with a focus on creative data-driven solutions.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel; advanced skills in MS Word and PowerPoint.
  • Significant experience with financial/ERP systems, including Essbase.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the annual budget process, producing a company-wide consolidated budget.
  • Support the VP of Finance in creating the five-year plan.
  • Analyze monthly financial results, comparing against forecasts and budgets, and providing insightful commentary on variances.
  • Oversee budgeting and forecasting processes for Charter and Real Estate teams.
  • Help field finance teams with monthly review packages.
  • Implement process improvements for enhanced financial forecasting accuracy.
  • Develop analytics to identify root causes of performance trends, translating findings into actionable insights.
  • Collaborate with accounting and corporate departments as the Finance liaison.
  • Work with accounts receivable and field finance on collections management.
  • Manage large projects or processes with minimal oversight.
  • Build scenario-based financial models to aid in decision-making.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Basic life insurance coverage.
  • Holiday pay and PTO accrual.
  • Opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan.
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

The salary range for this role is $110,000 - $138,000 annually.

Qualifications

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

Summit School Services has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with its policies and values, including sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. Summit School Services is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children and passengers.

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.

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