Director, Finance - Conduent

Through our dedicated associates, Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments – creating exceptional outcomes for our clients and the millions of people who count on them. You have an opportunity to personally thrive, make a difference and be part of a culture where individuality is noticed and valued every day.

The Finance Director position supporting Enterprise Operations for Conduent is a mission critical position that helps drive efficiency, quality, and growth in the organization.  The position is responsible for all aspects of Finance related to this 13,000+ FTE organization. 

General Profile and Responsibilities

• Manages Operations Finance department to deliver world class results leads performance management, development plans, team productivity, resource planning, and SLAs.
• Makes sound investment recommendations, supported by data, to improve a profitability and monitors their performance
• Drives preparation of all financial reporting, budget, and forecasts partnering with departments and functional leaders
• Understands major assumptions and drivers of the business to create accurate forecasts and improve business performance
• Identifies risks and opportunities to help create risk mitigation plans to deliver on commitments
• Assess and evaluate financial performance of organization against targets, budgets, and forecasts, and provide analysis to the Senior Leadership
• Coordinates P&L review with accounting and operation teams during month-end close to produce accurate results and provide meaningful variance explanations
• Ensures understanding and compliance with company policies and Internal Controls
• Establishes strong relationships and open communication across the organization and positions self to become a trusted business advisor
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present ideas/concepts succinctly and ability to influence
• Consolidates and reviews complex financial data to assess tracking against forecast/plan
• Create economic models to simplify forecasts, improve accuracy, and understanding of business drivers
• Detail orientation - holds self to a high standard of quality results and implements processes to produce error free work
• Proactive self-starter that can identify business needs and create solutions with minimal guidance
• Does not present problems, provides solutions along with alternative recommendations supported by data
• Challenge’s assumptions of the business to refine our operating model using sound logic
• Anticipates questions and designs analyses to be flexible and nimble
• Strong sense of urgency to complete tasks as quickly as possible
• Plans work effectively to achieve deadlines while handling ad hoc requests
• Career-driven and pushes self to achieve next level results
• Provides additional support for ad-hoc reports and analysis as needs arise
• A bachelor’s or graduate degree/certification in Finance/Accounting; CPA/MBA preferred
• 7+ years of experience as a financial manager required

Conduent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, gender identity, gender expression, sex/gender, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, use of a guide dog or service animal, military/veteran status, citizenship status, basis of genetic information, or any other group protected by law.

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At Conduent we value the health and safety of our associates, their families and our community.  For US applicants while we DO NOT require vaccination for most of our jobs, we DO require that you provide us with your vaccination status, where legally permissible. Providing this information is a requirement of your employment at Conduent.