Finance Manager

ADP is seeking a Finance Manager.
In this critical role, the Finance Manager will provide financial and strategic decision support to the business to ensure achievement of short and long-term financial goals. Partnering with the Finance Director and management, the Manager will facilitate the understanding of key business dynamics including productivity analysis, FTE requirements, margin improvement, and business analysis (such as client retention, loss reporting and quality metrics). Driving financial best practices, the Manager will optimize financial opportunities regarding revenue enhancement and expense management throughout the organization. In addition, the Manager acts as a support function for the operating plan, forecast process, strategic plan and management reporting/financial close activities.
This role supports General Managers by providing information and insights that allow them to set direction and manage key priorities such as client profitability, associate productivity, client satisfaction, competitive position, product enhancements and other business opportunities. The role assists partners in understanding business dynamics through financial modelling, trend analysis on leading indicators and other business metrics. The role supports the full life cycle of the client and their experience through sales, implementation, and service cycles.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Business Partnering: Partners with the Finance Director, Key Stakeholders and Business Partners to align on business priorities and drive effective solutions/execution. Constructively communicates compelling arguments based on facts and data and obtains necessary buy-in to deliver on business objectives. Assists in setting direction and managing key priorities such as client profitability and retention, competitive position, FTE requirements, expense management, product enhancements and other business opportunities. Serves as the Finance lead for the Service Operations organization and provides support for Traditional payroll regions.
• Business Analysis: Uses deep understanding of objectives, issues and root causes and provides insightful, fact-based data analysis to help solve complex problems impacting Service and Implementation. Provides financial and strategic decision support to management to ensure achievement of short- and long-term financial goals. Assists management in understanding the business dynamics which includes productivity, relationships, model, trends, leading indicators, and business statistics. Provides insights and commentary to support Senior Leader presentations.
• Strategic Planning and Initiatives: Partners with Finance Director and Business Leaders to develop strategies and initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements. Assists with strategic initiatives such as M&A support, product launches, market entry, and process improvement efforts. Helps with business cases, assesses return on investment (IRR, NPV, Payback) and recommends financial strategies to ensure business growth/market presence and margin improvement. Maintains an awareness of general economic, competitive, business and financial conditions and communicates impact on business operations to key stakeholders.
• Operating Planning and Forecasting : Supports annual operating plan that is aligned to the strategic plan and performs forecasting to provide visibility into business results to enable business decisions. Provides consultative input or business analyses to support operating planning and forecasting.
• Financial Operational Policy: Establishes and maintains consistent financial operational policies and procedures to govern related practices. Drives identification of best practices related to financial operations policies and procedures; recommends modifications as needed. Ensures continued compliance with all policies and practices such as Loss Reporting/Technical Lost Business.
• Management Reporting and Financial Close Activities : Produces and distributes recurring and ad hoc management reports. Responsible for financial reporting accuracy; partners with shared services organizations and ensures adequate control environment to mitigate financial and business risks in collaboration with process owners. Leverages recurring and ad hoc management reporting to identify trends, build business cases, highlight opportunities and risks, and drive business decision making.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• BS - Accounting, Finance, Economics or equivalent.
• 6+ Years of Experience with direct/indirect People leadership experience

Preferred / Recommended Qualifications (Not requirements)

• Graduate of Finance Leadership Development Program
• Graduate of MBA or Master's Program
• Consulting Experience

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