The Boyd Group
Finance Director, Decision Support - South (Atlanta)
The Boyd Group, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
The role of the Finance Director, Decision Support is to lead a team of Finance Business Partners and FP&A Professionals that serve to and bring together cross-functional stakeholders within the Company. Working closely with the Vice President Finance, the Director will be responsible for creating relevant, accurate, and timely information and insights that will drive critical strategic, operational, and financial decisions across the Company. The Director is a leader that drives the team by example, exhibiting a hands-on work ethic and whose team delivers concise analysis. The Decision Support team, under the Directors leadership, thrives on creating and delivering value-added analyses to all aspects of the business.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly planning and forecasting processes; owning the overall effectiveness to drive accurate financial forecastsTimely, concise and consistent management reporting, including dashboards, ad-hoc business trends, and recurring monthly business review informationDevelop insights and recommendations to improve business performance, understand key drivers of variance in performance and gather insights to report these variances to leadership along with recommendations for improvementsLead the company's annual budgeting and recurring forecasting process to ensure that both internal and external financial benchmarks are achievedOwn the corporate model and financial plan and drive decision-making through the application of sound modeling, data-driven analysis, research and business judgmentConduct scenario analysis to understand opportunities and risks to the financial planWork closely with Decision Support team members to manage Divisional and Corporate level models to ensure seamless consolidation into the forecastIdentify opportunities within ad-hoc and recurring financial reporting and refine associated processes to improve transparency and accuracy of financial reportsSupport the establishment of long-term overall business strategy, planning goals and frameworkEstablish and sustain capital budgeting and reporting processFacilitate meeting and communications to co-develop and confirm annual plan timeline/structure with key stakeholdersAct as an advisor to team members in performing analysis and supporting decision makingApprove and present activities performed by team members to leadership for feedbackOversees the following team members:
Finance Business Partners
Role that is aligned to a specific Division and provides an integration point between Finance and the DivisionPerform proactive analysis and reporting to drive value-added insight and decision-makingPerform ad-hoc reporting based on requestsFP&A
Responsible for FP&A Activities (long range planning, budgeting, forecasting)Serve as analytical data expert for the Finance organizationResponsible for identifying key business drivers and relevant metrics for performancePerforms data aggregation and manipulation to create comprehensive dashboards and recurring management reportingEducation and/or Experience Required:
Undergraduate degree in Business (preferably Finance or Accounting)Relevant designation: CPAMinimum of ten years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, including a minimum of 3+ years in a FP&A leadership roleExperience leading business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for a growing organization operating in multiple jurisdictionsAbility to visualize data to convey analytical insightsExcellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbalAbility to extract, dissect, and analyze large and complex quantities of data drawn from various systems and create actionable insights for various key stakeholders within the CompanyProven analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with strong financial modeling experienceOutcome-oriented with an ability to make a difference in short-orderPublic company experience will be considered an assetRequired Skills/Abilities:
Skills:
Business strategy modeling and portfolio managementInfluencing business decisionsDriving business value & performanceExceptional attention to detail and a focus on process rigorStrong quantitative, analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills combined with outstanding business acumenAbility to work well under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environmentExperience advising and engaging senior stakeholders and leading initiatives across cross-functional teamsAbility to drive urgency while maintaining high quality of workStrong team leadership skillsKnowledge:
Specialized knowledge in the auto body repair industry would be an assetSound knowledge of financial statements and operational reporting
Other Requirements:
Valid passport required, may be required to travel up to 25% of the time within the US and Canada
Must be located in the Greater Atlanta area
Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The physical demands of your job must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.
Compensation Details
Key Job Responsibilities:
Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly planning and forecasting processes; owning the overall effectiveness to drive accurate financial forecastsTimely, concise and consistent management reporting, including dashboards, ad-hoc business trends, and recurring monthly business review informationDevelop insights and recommendations to improve business performance, understand key drivers of variance in performance and gather insights to report these variances to leadership along with recommendations for improvementsLead the company's annual budgeting and recurring forecasting process to ensure that both internal and external financial benchmarks are achievedOwn the corporate model and financial plan and drive decision-making through the application of sound modeling, data-driven analysis, research and business judgmentConduct scenario analysis to understand opportunities and risks to the financial planWork closely with Decision Support team members to manage Divisional and Corporate level models to ensure seamless consolidation into the forecastIdentify opportunities within ad-hoc and recurring financial reporting and refine associated processes to improve transparency and accuracy of financial reportsSupport the establishment of long-term overall business strategy, planning goals and frameworkEstablish and sustain capital budgeting and reporting processFacilitate meeting and communications to co-develop and confirm annual plan timeline/structure with key stakeholdersAct as an advisor to team members in performing analysis and supporting decision makingApprove and present activities performed by team members to leadership for feedbackOversees the following team members:
Finance Business Partners
Role that is aligned to a specific Division and provides an integration point between Finance and the DivisionPerform proactive analysis and reporting to drive value-added insight and decision-makingPerform ad-hoc reporting based on requestsFP&A
Responsible for FP&A Activities (long range planning, budgeting, forecasting)Serve as analytical data expert for the Finance organizationResponsible for identifying key business drivers and relevant metrics for performancePerforms data aggregation and manipulation to create comprehensive dashboards and recurring management reportingEducation and/or Experience Required:
Undergraduate degree in Business (preferably Finance or Accounting)Relevant designation: CPAMinimum of ten years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, including a minimum of 3+ years in a FP&A leadership roleExperience leading business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for a growing organization operating in multiple jurisdictionsAbility to visualize data to convey analytical insightsExcellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbalAbility to extract, dissect, and analyze large and complex quantities of data drawn from various systems and create actionable insights for various key stakeholders within the CompanyProven analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with strong financial modeling experienceOutcome-oriented with an ability to make a difference in short-orderPublic company experience will be considered an assetRequired Skills/Abilities:
Skills:
Business strategy modeling and portfolio managementInfluencing business decisionsDriving business value & performanceExceptional attention to detail and a focus on process rigorStrong quantitative, analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills combined with outstanding business acumenAbility to work well under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environmentExperience advising and engaging senior stakeholders and leading initiatives across cross-functional teamsAbility to drive urgency while maintaining high quality of workStrong team leadership skillsKnowledge:
Specialized knowledge in the auto body repair industry would be an assetSound knowledge of financial statements and operational reporting
Other Requirements:
Valid passport required, may be required to travel up to 25% of the time within the US and Canada
Must be located in the Greater Atlanta area
Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The physical demands of your job must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.
Compensation Details