Senior Manager, Finance

Westlake Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role you will lead FP&A for Solera's Vehicle Solutions pillar, steering forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans to inform strategic choices. You will synthesize data from multiple sources to deliver clear, executive-ready analyses and reporting. You’ll partner with cross‑functional teams to translate market dynamics into actionable insights and drive performance improvements. This is a chance to shape financial strategy at scale and influence pivotal decisions across the business.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans for the Vehicle Solutions pillar
  • Analyze performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights for strategic decisions
  • Conduct variance and forecast analysis to understand drivers and improve forecasting accuracy
  • Perform heavy data mining to build models around trends and business drivers for decision prioritization
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture drivers, market dynamics, and operational initiatives impacting financials
  • Coordinate with corporate FP&A on consolidation and regular reporting, including monthly uploads to TM1
  • Prepare and present monthly/quarterly/annual financial reports highlighting KPIs, variances, and opportunities
  • Partner with divisional leaders to provide financial guidance and evaluate investments
  • Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to advise strategic actions
  • Identify process improvements to enhance efficiency and internal controls
  • Drive continuous improvement in FP&A tooling and processes
  • Ad hoc reporting as needed

Key requirements

  • 7+ years of progressive FP&A experience, with at least 2 years in a managerial role
  • Strong analytical skills, financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Experience supporting software or technology divisions; knowledge of SaaS models and metrics (preferred)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to influence decisions across functions
  • Proven leadership and mentoring abilities
  • Clear verbal and written financial presentation skills
  • Self-motivated, inquisitive, problem-solving mindset
  • Advanced Excel; PowerPoint and Word; experience with budget planning software (TM1) and ERP/analytic tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Cognos, Oracle) (preferred)
  • collaboration
  • influencing decision-making
  • strong communication
  • advanced Excel
  • Power BI
  • Tableau

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