Job Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning:
- Partner with regional Chief Finance Officers and Market Manager(s) to develop strategic market plans
- Develop and present strategic insights about the markets
- Align with market goals and objectives to priorities and initiatives
- Act as a thought partner to Market Mangers on key business decision
Financial, Sales, and Project Management:
- Conduct analyses from financials to understand business goals to identify opportunities to improve business results
- Participate in the month-end close process with the broader WM finance team and research and resolve data issues
- Partner with regional Chief Finance Officers to prepare for business reviews with senior management
- Run disciplined expense management and markets
- Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive ad-hoc requests related to results, presentation development, and analysis to key stakeholders
- Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques. Develop mock-ups quickly and iteratively for management presentations, reports, and dashboards
- Work with Market Managers to assess talent, using data analytics and metrics
- Develop and maintain robust sales management processes for Market Manager
- Run ongoing enhancements and modifications to internal sales management processes
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with preferred Finance/Accounting, Engineering
- Intermediate to advanced level ability expected in MS Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables, Nesting formulas)
- Exceptional analytical skills with ability to synthesize data to make acute business decisions, attention to detail is a must with continuous focus on design excellence
- Proven experience delivering timely, high quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects with competing priorities
- Demonstrated ability in dealing with different stakeholder groups and driving the agenda/plan/change management
- Capable of exercising leadership; willing to make challenging decisions
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- High energy, proactive, strategic thinker with excellent ability to solve issues and conflicts
- Excellent written and oral communication, strong time management and prioritization skills
- Able to work in a dual matrix reporting environment and ability to partner with multiple stakeholders
- Willingness to travel (limited)
- 3+ years of relevant experience preferred