[Remote] Finance Manager - Commercial
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. KeyBank is a financial institution seeking a Finance Manager for their Commercial Onboarding and Servicing organization. The role is responsible for driving financial performance, managing forecasts, and providing strategic insights to senior leadership while leading a team of analysts.
Responsibilities
- Develops or enhances existing driver based forecast models to predict financial performance under different scenarios and reduces limitations related to qualitative overlays
- Owns the monthly forecast process with Line of Business partner and provides oversight to business performance versus Plan and actuals with the ability to quickly identify risks and opportunities to the forecast
- Ability to build nuanced business cases to manage new investments into AI as well as the associated benefits of new capabilities
- Creates reporting to track progress relative to gearing models and strategic initiatives
- Provides perspective on external benchmarks to business performance and strategic positioning
- Strategic partner to the Head of Commercial Onboarding and Servicing and to the entire Commercial Bank Leadership Team
- Partners with the Line of Business and Finance teams to provide insight and transparency into performance relative to strategic priorities and key performance metrics
- Presents to senior leadership on a quarterly or monthly basis with a focus on translating business driver trends to forward looking risks and opportunities
- Proactively reviews financials/client activity and works closely with Line of Business partners to elevate critical topics for monthly business reviews
- Lead and develop a high performing team of analysts
- Provides support around month-end close including variance analysis and impact to future performance
- Proactively seek out opportunities to eliminate inefficient or redundant activities and reporting
- Continuously identifies areas where manual processes can be transformed to automated or self-service activities
- Supports Finance initiatives as needed
Skills
- Bachelors Degree (Finance, Accounting or related field)
- 5+ years of diverse analytical experience in Finance, preferably with exposure to banking
- Proven leader with experience managing a high performing team
- Organized self-starter with the ability to think and work independently and creatively
- Ability to anticipate questions and proactively develop materials or analysis
- Strong financial acumen
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish solid working relationships with multiple teams and individuals with varying levels of expertise
- Proven team player, willing to assist others as needed to ensure that group deadlines are met and quality standards achieved
- Detail oriented with the ability to thoroughly analyze and resolve issues with limited direction
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access and PowerPoint)
- Experience working with financial system reporting environments (i.e., Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, Essbase, IBM TM1, etc.)
- Experience with tools such as Tableau and SAS preferred
Benefits
- Eligibility for incentive compensation which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives
- Key has implemented an approach to employee workspaces which prioritizes in-office presence, while providing flexible options in circumstances where roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment
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