Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the financial foundation of a rapidly scaling multi-billion-dollar auto lending business. As a Senior Financial Analyst at Stellantis Financial Services, you will be responsible for analyzing, interpreting, and planning the company’s financial performance while ensuring adherence to accounting principles and standards. You will look beyond the numbers to provide meaningful insights that ensure we meet or beat financial targets in our next phase of growth.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conducting financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for use in the development of financial business decisions
- Drive the month end close in partnership with the business and accounting for your area.
- Utilize month end close results and business insights to develop and lead a 12-month rolling forecast.
- Assists with the annual budget process as well as periodic re-forecasts.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams serving as their trusted financial advisor.
- Works closely with accounting management and senior management in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.
- Identifies ways to promote efficiency within the financial reporting process through new templates, systems, and data relationships.
- Reconciles general ledger data to various sub-ledger and system data.
- Assist in developing presentations to executive management, affiliates, and external entities.
- Develop appropriate planning and reporting tools using current and new systems.
- Identifying financial risks and recommending mitigation strategies, while also ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
- Ad hoc financial analysis of financial and operating metrics as directed by management.
- Support business area as needed on special projects.
- Preserve organization’s value by being a good custodian of confidential information.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Competencies Required
Competencies:
- Analytical – Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Strong analytical skills
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions
- Customer Service - Responds promptly to customer needs; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
- Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; .
- Initiative - Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
Required Experience:
- Minimum 4 years of experience in Finance Analysis or Accounting.
- Advanced Excel including Power Query and Power Pivot.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail, demonstrated integrity, and professionalism, while effectively multitasking and prioritizing diverse tasks.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, along with strong organizational and time management skills.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
Skills Required:
- Travel 0-10% - as required on an as needed basis.
- Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Phoenix, AZ.
Qualifications Preferred:
- MBA or CPA Preferred
- Strong and extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.
- Experience in the auto finance industry or lending industry
- Proficiency of ERP and Financial Reporting applications.
- Ability to write and execute SQL queries.
- Proficiency in dashboarding tools including PBI, Tableau, etc.
- Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, use hands and arms to operate office equipment including but not limited to a keyboard, mouse and phone, will occasionally need to reach, stoop, stand or walk. The employee must be able to see (close vision), hear, speak, and communicate verbally. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Stellantis Financial Services, Inc (SFS) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing its employees an environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, and intimidation. It is the policy of SFS to comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations and to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, change of sex, and/or transgender status or any protected status. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to recruitment and placement, promotion, training, transfer, retention, rate of pay and all other terms and conditions of employment. Employment and promotion decisions will be based solely on merit, ability, achievement, experience, conduct and other legitimate business reasons.