Senior Director, Strategic Finance and FP&A (Finance)
Job Description:
The Senior Director, Strategic Finance and FP&A will be responsible for supporting key initiatives within Equifax Workforce Solutions, working closely with Finance Leadership to provide value-added, strategic financial and business reporting. This role will also support consolidation efforts within Finance, such as the month-end close process, internal and external audit requests, budgeting, forecasting, investor relations requests, and Executive-level presentations.
What You'll Do:
- Formal communication of results to business partners and Senior Executives with thought leadership around reaching short- and long-term strategic financial objectives
- Prepare local business unit presentations in coordination with appropriate key contacts within Equifax Workforce Solutions, such as:
- Monthly business updates with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership,
- Monthly financial reviews with the Equifax business unit Presidents, business unit SFOs, CFO, and CEO,
- Quarterly business updates with Equifax Senior Leadership and Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership,
- Board presentations with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership and Board of Directors
- Execute with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on the closing process; coordinate with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on internal and external audit processes
- Prepare MD&A reporting for local business unit's annual reports along with External reporting (10Q and 10K); consolidate reporting for Investor Relations and earnings release for local business unit financials
- Develop and maintain P&L reporting structure by line of business; lead monthly review of LOB performance and coordinate response across the FP&A organization
- Create standardized reporting of key performance indicators and operational metrics
- Apply analytic reasoning to draw out insights in alignment with business priorities, explain the logic and reasoning to stakeholders, and deliver recommendations in alignment with strategy
- Govern financial data hierarchical structures to ensure consistency with financial reporting; subject Matter Expert on Financial Systems and member of the training team for local finance team; adhoc requests to support business, as needed
What experience you need:
- Bachelor's degree required, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or Engineering preferred
- 7-10 years of relevant work experience
- Hyperion Planning and Essbase experience a plus
- Experience in transforming raw data sets into compelling and meaningful visual illustrations
- Detail-oriented and organized
