Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - American Credit Acceptance

Summary/Objective

The Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis will contribute to P&L, liquidity, and capital forecasts, the annual budgeting process, operating expense variance analysis, and a variety of other financial analysis. 

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of monthly Management Reporting Packages
• Work with all levels of the organization to report, monitor, and manage key financial and non-financial performance indicators and analyze variances amongst them
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, expenses, operations, and portfolio balances/originations
• Manage the continued development of budgeting & financial forecasting for a variety of inputs & scenarios
• Prepare analysis and interpret complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
• Provide timely explanations of variances between actual results and forecasts/budgets
• Ad hoc projects, including financial analysis and key assumption development for business cases / key initiatives
• Contribute to quarterly competitor & strategic partner earnings call updates as well as ad hoc competitor analysis reporting
• Contribute to bi-monthly industry reporting to ownership team and key executives
• Work on special projects to support various business units with their financial analysis
• Perform other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• 5 - 15 years of experience (Financial Services experience preferred but not required)
• CPA, CFA, or MBA preferred but not required
• Experience in a financial planning, financial analysis with a proven track record of success
• Superior strategic thinking and financial analysis skills, well-developed problem solving skills
• Solid financial and analytical skills, ability to communicate effectively across the organization and manage multiple projects/priorities
• Strong experience analyzing trends, variances, and other performance measures
• Must have the ability to prioritize workload and perform multiple tasks under tight deadlines. Superior attention to detail a must. Must bring a process improvement/work simplification mindset
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment, and able to make well-reasoned and timely decisions.
• Possess a strong work ethic, hands-on, and be enthused about working in a collaborative team environment
• Must be comfortable interacting and working with the executive leadership team
• Have the initiative to get results

Supervisory Responsibility

This position have supervisory responsibilities of 1 - 6 staff.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Travel

This position will require limited to no travel.

EEO Statement

ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.  ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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.

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