Senior Director, Strategic Finance and FP&A (Finance)

Job Description:

The Senior Director, Strategic Finance and FP&A will be responsible for supporting key initiatives within Equifax Workforce Solutions, working closely with Finance Leadership to provide value-added, strategic financial and business reporting. This role will also support consolidation efforts within Finance, such as the month-end close process, internal and external audit requests, budgeting, forecasting, investor relations requests, and Executive-level presentations.

What You'll Do:

• Formal communication of results to business partners and Senior Executives with thought leadership around reaching short- and long-term strategic financial objectives
• Prepare local business unit presentations in coordination with appropriate key contacts within Equifax Workforce Solutions, such as:
  
  • Monthly business updates with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership,
  • Monthly financial reviews with the Equifax business unit Presidents, business unit SFOs, CFO, and CEO,
  • Quarterly business updates with Equifax Senior Leadership and Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership,
  • Board presentations with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership and Board of Directors
• Execute with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on the closing process; coordinate with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on internal and external audit processes
• Prepare MD&A reporting for local business unit's annual reports along with External reporting (10Q and 10K); consolidate reporting for Investor Relations and earnings release for local business unit financials
• Develop and maintain P&L reporting structure by line of business; lead monthly review of LOB performance and coordinate response across the FP&A organization
• Create standardized reporting of key performance indicators and operational metrics
• Apply analytic reasoning to draw out insights in alignment with business priorities, explain the logic and reasoning to stakeholders, and deliver recommendations in alignment with strategy
• Govern financial data hierarchical structures to ensure consistency with financial reporting; subject Matter Expert on Financial Systems and member of the training team for local finance team; adhoc requests to support business, as needed

What experience you need:

• Bachelor's degree required, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or Engineering preferred
• 7-10 years of relevant work experience
• Hyperion Planning and Essbase experience a plus
• Experience in transforming raw data sets into compelling and meaningful visual illustrations
• Detail-oriented and organized