Director Finance

Overview

This role serves as finance leader and primary financial business partner for the Enrollment & Verification business line. Responsibilities include leading financial planning and analysis, overseeing financial reporting and close activities, providing actionable insights to business and executive stakeholders, and managing financial oversight for a business of approximately $200 million in annual revenue.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance leader and primary financial business partner for the Enrollment & Verification business line.
• Lead financial planning and analysis, including:
  • budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning
  • scenario analysis and financial modeling
  • developing assumptions, consolidating business inputs, analyzing actual results vs. plan and forecast
  • communicating material variances, risks, and opportunities
• Oversee financial reporting and close activities, including monthly close, annual close, audits, and management reporting.
• Provide clear financial analysis, trend reporting, and recommendations to business leaders and executive stakeholders, including the CEO when appropriate.
• Manage financial oversight for a business of approximately $200 million in annual revenue.
• Develop forecasts and performance models for a volume-driven business with transaction fees, third-party costs, and service delivery expenses.
• Translate financial data into practical business insights and clearly explain the story behind the numbers.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve finance processes.
• Improve the accuracy, consistency, and usability of management reporting.
• Partner with business leaders on investment decisions, resource planning, pricing, profitability, and business cases.
• Establish and monitor internal controls for assets, capital investments, costs, liquidity, and financial reporting; maintain effective financial governance across the Enrollment & Verification business line.
• Lead, coach, and develop a finance organization of approximately 7 to 9 direct reports.
• Delegate effectively while remaining actively involved in complex analysis, problem-solving, and key deliverables.
• Build strong working relationships across finance, operations, and business leadership.
• Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and learning.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Capabilities

• Approximately 10 to 15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience supporting business operations.
• Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
• Demonstrated P&L leadership or ownership within a complex business.
• Experience overseeing financial reporting, monthly and annual close activities, and audit support.
• Ability to identify trends, investigate financial issues, and uncover underlying drivers behind business performance.
• Experience presenting financial analysis and recommendations to senior executives.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify reporting, improve processes, and introduce automation.
• Strong business-partnering skills, including the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions and influence decisions.
• Experience leading and developing finance professionals while remaining actively involved in the work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate proactively and make complex financial information understandable.
• High level of accountability, integrity, and follow-through.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a services-based, transaction-driven, or high-volume business.
• Experience managing financial models involving transaction fees, third-party costs, and service delivery costs.
• Background in pricing, revenue recognition, accounting, controllership, business cases, or M&A analysis.
• Experience working in an international or globally connected organization.
• Experience with TM1, Anaplan, Microsoft Dynamics GP, or comparable financial planning and accounting systems.
• CPA, MBA, or another relevant advanced credential.
• Experience working with government contracts or program finance may be helpful but is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

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