Senior Finance Manager, SKILLFINDER INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY

Job: Senior Finance Manager, SKILLFINDER INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY

Job title: Senior Finance Manager
Job location:         New York, NY  10001 United States
       
Requisition code:        
Date posted:         09/09/14
Job type: Full-Time
Compensation: Salary, range is from 120000.00 to 160000.00 annually
Job Category: Branch Management

Job description:

A leading investment bank based in New York is looking for a senior Finance Manager with the profile below.

Job Purpose:

The role holder manages and performs business finance support and critical control processes for the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets businesses in the Americas.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Provides finance support for the Americas Corporate Finance and Capital Markets deal teams. This includes producing monthly financials and business MIS for various product heads and CF Americas head, highlighting key trends and potential risks and opportunities. Responds to issues and ad-hocs on a timely basis and also providing commentary on significant business drivers to management.

2. Provides advice and guidance on finance issues, including new deals and development of new products, to ensure that the business complies with internal control policies and procedures, taxation, capital, regulatory and statutory accounting requirements.

3. Manages the monthly General Ledger closing. Works with the global Product Control teams and Chennai support team to ensure Actual vs. Flash process is performed properly each month. Responsible for month end PeopleSoft General Ledger journal postings, Pipeline revenues and Balance Sheet reporting and monthly review and substantiation of the business balance sheet.

4. Develops accurate bottoms-up view of annual business budget and quarterly forecasts for revenue, cost, RWA and balance sheet.

5. Responsible for the write-up of accounting memos for new Corporate Finance deals.

6. Responsible for the review of CF Deal wise for the Americas along with Performance Management Information (PMI) and Risk Management Information (RMI) outputs, ensuring data quality and that Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) reported is accurate. Responsible for any RWA adjustments for the CF and CM businesses.

7. Interacts with various finance stakeholders (eg, Country Finance, Finance Systems, Tax, etc) on ensuring that any regulatory and/or financial reporting query is answered on a timely and accurate manner.

8. Responsible for the review of daily Global PMC and FM P&L commentary.

Qualifications & Skills

* Graduate of Accounting or Finance equivalent ( preferred CPA holder)
* 7 years relevant experience within Financial Institutions ( preferred Corporate Finance background)
* Accounting experience and knowledge of product control, managing general Ledger, managing annual business budget and quarterly forecasts for revenue, cost and balance sheet.
* Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple deliverable in a timely and effective manner in a very fast pace environment.
* Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint (MS Project preferable)
* Excellent analytical and Finance skills, with proven ability to interpret, analyse and present financial information and performance metrics.
* Project management skills to undertake, supervise and monitor specific projects and events.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and oral Ability to take the initiative and a strong desire to learn

Job Requirements

Education, training, experience:

Director - Retail Banking

Job title: Director - Retail Banking

Job location: Kansas City, MO  64601 United States
       
Requisition code:        
Date posted: 09/04/14
Job type: Full-Time
Compensation:        
Residency: Only current U.S. residents will be considered
Job Category: Branch Management
                      Executive Mgmt./Director/Sr. Exec.
                      Retail Banking/Customer Service/Teller

Job Description

The Director of Retail Banking will be responsible for the direct management of the branch network and the marketing of financial products delivered via the branch network. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, training and coaching managers in loan and deposit products, branch operations, sale of retail products, and ensuring the branch network is in compliance with regulations. Competitive salary and excellent fringe benefits available.

Job Requirements

Education, training, experience:

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree, advanced degree is preferred
-Five or more years of retail branch management

Required/Preferred Skills/Experience

- Strong organizational and management skills
- Thorough knowledge of branch operations
- Extensive background in customer service and financial product sales
- Strong networking and business development skills
- Ability to coach and develop branch managers
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make critical decisions independently
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills

Finance Manager, Amazon.com, Richmond, VA

Finance Manager, Amazon.com, Richmond, VA 

General Information

Job title:         Finance Manager

Job location:         Richmond, VA   United States

Requisition code:       
Date posted:      09/08/14
Job type:           Full-Time
Compensation:  $150K
Job Category:   Other

Job Description

Finance Manager openings in Hazleton, PA, Chattanooga, TN and Middletown, Delaware

Finance is all about the numbers…unless you work at Amazon; it’s knowing the numbers and so much more. Enthusiasm and energy help us deliver new ideas, and solutions. Do you view problems as treasures, and are you willing to dive deep to develop those solutions and deliver results  Will you seek to challenge the status quo, and accept that your ideas and mechanisms may be tested daily  At Amazon, we move with purpose and speed, and this requires we work with a dynamic network of Operations, HR, Tech and Retail partners. Our Finance Managers work with multiple sites, they help others understand financial decisions and are the trusted business advisor. They employ every facet of data and communication to ensure our partners and our leaders have the most up to date and reliable information to help them make the best possible decision.

This is a perfect position for someone who knows how to manage fast and smart. You will also provide the business with big leadership bringing a deep knowledge and a proven record of accomplishment. You already know how to make sense between which details that make all the difference, and those that don’t add value. You know the difference between investing wisely, and money wasted.

Job Responsibilities include:

Manage others, develop exceptional talent, and encourage your team to challenge assumptions

• Promote recruiting efforts across the network to continually hire and develop the best 

• Manage and participate in finance and accounting activities across several locations 

• Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with on-the-floor associates & managers to promote & encourage continued customer focus

> Recommend,develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability

> Partner  with your team and develop all weekly and monthly financial close  activities, all planning, forecasting, and reporting models while overseeing their continuous innovation and communication to both your operations & other business partners

> Work  with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key      decision data is accurate, automated and timely

Key Characteristics:

1. Proven expertise collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful reports to drive business improvement and cost reductions
2. Proven      ability to develop strategic relationships with your business partners –      you influence the decisions. You can  root cause issues quickly and      uncover core issues using data, then assist, consult with, and teach the      business how decisions affect costs in their sites and create new      mechanisms as they are needed
3. Proven      ability to manage a team with competing priorities & provide      level-headed guidance during unexpected events

Basic Qualifications:

(Amazon’s required minimum skill set and job qualifications)

•     BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering or similar discipline with analytical bias
• 5+ years relevant experience in positions that require analysis and reporting financial results
• 3+ years’ experience directly supervising teams and developing people
• Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of business impact and results
• 3+ years of experience with advanced proficiency in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
• Ability to travel; 10%+ travel expected, primarily to local operations, in addition to regional support
• 3+ years of proven familiarity with concepts of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

 Preferred Qualifications:

MBA and/ or Professional certification (CPA/CMA/Qualified Accounting certificate) + relevant experience
- Management experience with demonstrated leadership skills with proven ability to take on and create new assignments
- Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis combined with proven ability to communicate those analysis
- Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to manage new ideas and creative solutions
- Manage and prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, growing and ambiguous environment
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase and/or Cognos) and other financial systems such (i.e. Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
- Previous experience within a Manufacturing, Distribution Center or Logistics processes and systems a plus
- Career progression and willingness to relocate for advancement opportunities