Director, Finance
We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning.
We are bonded by our shared purpose driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Our culture values diversity, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being.
We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work.
We achieve these priorities through inclusive programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day.
To learn more, please see .
Are you ready to grow your career in an organization that prioritizes your professional development? If you’re passionate about process excellence and the idea of joining a team transforming itself to best-in-class technology and processes excites you, we want to hear from you!
The Finance Director for Supply Chain is a highly visible, senior-facing role that provides companywide support from a central position.
This role will report to the VP of Finance for Group Operations and serve as a dotted line business partner to the SVP of Supply Chain.
This is a particularly exciting opportunity because this position will be entrusted to creatively stand up next level reporting and analytics for our global supply chain operations.
A successful candidate must be adept at basic monthly financial management, multiyear strategic planning, and creating / maintaining insightful operational metrics.
Areas of focus will include leading a team of three in accurate accounting processes, budgeting / forecasting, opportunity analyses, and helping drive scale and efficiency to all elements of our global supply chain.
This is a true finance partnership role, and the selected individual must become a respected and trusted voice at the table with many senior leaders in both Group Operations and Finance.
What you will do here :
Finance Partnership :
- Lead a team of three accountants / analysts to collectively run an accurate and analytical finance function
- Pair closely with the SVP of Supply Chain and his direct reports, becoming a responsive, reliable, and trusted partner for strategic evaluations
- Proactively align with finance leaders in other business units to share supply chain costs, create / distribute reporting, and serve as a point of expertise for their questions
- Partner with BU finance leaders to obtain plans for print sales and package / disseminate for supply chain planning
- Earn the trust of your partners through superior integrity, effort, and performance quality
- Raise concerns as necessary, but also creatively work to solution
- Stay closely connected to partners and identify financial impacts of evolving operational plans
Monthly Financial Management :
- Maintain a regimented month end accounting process with disciplined accruals, reclasses, journal entries, and reporting
- Prepare journal entries and accruals so that monthly financials accurately depict performance
- Institute a system of checks and balances so that errors can quickly be self-diagnosed in the same period
- Following close, evaluate performance and identify drivers of budget / forecast variances
- Complete all corporate reporting requests in a timely fashion with thoughtful and useful commentary
- Create and distribute monthly reporting on financial measures, operational measures, and insights garnered from the relationship between each
- Find opportunities for continuous improvement, and carve efficiencies into your processes
Strategic Planning :
- Maintain rolling multiyear financial forecasts and hold a constant understanding of financial health, risks, opportunities, and levers
- Prepare realistic budgets and forecasts, and thoughtfully convey the story behind the numbers
- Use a bottoms up approach to planning while shepherding business partners to spend profiles in line with financial targets
- Insightfully prepare bridges that distill noise into key drivers
- Prepare and present documents that honestly and impactfully support the objectives of your business partners
- Create next level metrics for unit cost tracking / reporting to provide deeper insights into our production / distribution costs
- Create opportunity analyses that comprehensively include impacts of all known elements and creatively account for unknown elements
Skills you will need here :
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis or similar finance-related role
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading an impactful team
- Strong accounting background with understanding of GAAP and compliance standards
- Past experience with supply chain operations is a plus
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and organization skills with an ability to handle multiple activities, prioritize and manage workload, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Strong analytical and modeling skills
- Comfortability and confidence interacting with and presenting to senior leadership
- Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and able to consistently meet deadlines
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Director, Finance
We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning.
We are bonded by our shared purpose driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Our culture values diversity, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being.
We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work.
We achieve these priorities through inclusive programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day.
To learn more, please see .
Are you ready to grow your career in an organization that prioritizes your professional development? If you’re passionate about process excellence and the idea of joining a team transforming itself to best-in-class technology and processes excites you, we want to hear from you!
The Finance Director for Supply Chain is a highly visible, senior-facing role that provides companywide support from a central position.
This role will report to the VP of Finance for Group Operations and serve as a dotted line business partner to the SVP of Supply Chain.
This is a particularly exciting opportunity because this position will be entrusted to creatively stand up next level reporting and analytics for our global supply chain operations.
A successful candidate must be adept at basic monthly financial management, multiyear strategic planning, and creating / maintaining insightful operational metrics.
Areas of focus will include leading a team of three in accurate accounting processes, budgeting / forecasting, opportunity analyses, and helping drive scale and efficiency to all elements of our global supply chain.
This is a true finance partnership role, and the selected individual must become a respected and trusted voice at the table with many senior leaders in both Group Operations and Finance.
What you will do here :
Finance Partnership :
- Lead a team of three accountants / analysts to collectively run an accurate and analytical finance function
- Pair closely with the SVP of Supply Chain and his direct reports, becoming a responsive, reliable, and trusted partner for strategic evaluations
- Proactively align with finance leaders in other business units to share supply chain costs, create / distribute reporting, and serve as a point of expertise for their questions
- Partner with BU finance leaders to obtain plans for print sales and package / disseminate for supply chain planning
- Earn the trust of your partners through superior integrity, effort, and performance quality
- Raise concerns as necessary, but also creatively work to solution
- Stay closely connected to partners and identify financial impacts of evolving operational plans
Monthly Financial Management :
- Maintain a regimented month end accounting process with disciplined accruals, reclasses, journal entries, and reporting
- Prepare journal entries and accruals so that monthly financials accurately depict performance
- Institute a system of checks and balances so that errors can quickly be self-diagnosed in the same period
- Following close, evaluate performance and identify drivers of budget / forecast variances
- Complete all corporate reporting requests in a timely fashion with thoughtful and useful commentary
- Create and distribute monthly reporting on financial measures, operational measures, and insights garnered from the relationship between each
- Find opportunities for continuous improvement, and carve efficiencies into your processes
Strategic Planning :
- Maintain rolling multiyear financial forecasts and hold a constant understanding of financial health, risks, opportunities, and levers
- Prepare realistic budgets and forecasts, and thoughtfully convey the story behind the numbers
- Use a bottoms up approach to planning while shepherding business partners to spend profiles in line with financial targets
- Insightfully prepare bridges that distill noise into key drivers
- Prepare and present documents that honestly and impactfully support the objectives of your business partners
- Create next level metrics for unit cost tracking / reporting to provide deeper insights into our production / distribution costs
- Create opportunity analyses that comprehensively include impacts of all known elements and creatively account for unknown elements
Skills you will need here :
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis or similar finance-related role
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading an impactful team
- Strong accounting background with understanding of GAAP and compliance standards
- Past experience with supply chain operations is a plus
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and organization skills with an ability to handle multiple activities, prioritize and manage workload, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Strong analytical and modeling skills
- Comfortability and confidence interacting with and presenting to senior leadership
- Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and able to consistently meet deadlines
Finance Manager
Overview
We are seeking Finance Managers with 2-years of automotive finance experience. Are you assertive, polished, and have a knack for communicating well with everyone?
Duties include selling new and used car buyers' financing, insurance, and other programs. You will also work with financial lenders to give fair interest rates to buyers and programs.
As with all positions within our dealerships, the Finance Manager is expected to uphold the highest ethical standards.
- Competitive Compensation Based on Experience and Education With Top Producers Earning
- Over $200K
- Demo or Demo Allowance Provided
- This Position is Full-Time
- Flexible Schedule
Family-Owned for over 50 years, Performance Automotive Network is a High-Volume, Fast-Paced Dealership Group in Greater Cincinnati, Northern KY, and Dayton, OH.
Brands include Lexus, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and RAM. We pride ourselves in providing cohesive teams with a work culture for all employees to enjoy!
Why Choose Performance Automotive Network!
- Performance Automotive offers careers, not jobs
- We have a long history of promoting from within our organization
- Steady company growth Since 1971
- Twelve locations in our Cincinnati Platform
- Listed as one of the T op 50 Dealership Groups to work for in the US by Automotive News
- Employee Benefits Available : 401k - With Generous Company Match!
Paid time offMedical insuranceHSA or FSA plansDental care Vision coverageShort- and long-term disability Life insurance Grief counselingGenerous employee discounts on vehicles, parts and services
Responsibilities
Finance Manager :
- Present finance, insurance, and other product options to customers with a proper menu presentation 100% of the time
- Adhere to all local and national regulations while working with Sales Managers to ensure maximum profit per delivery
- Protecting the company by staying compliant with all federal, state and local rules and regulations
- Establish and meet monthly standards. $1600 per copy on new & $2000 on used deliveries
- Execute all finance / title paperwork with customer
- 100% eContract utilization with all available lenders
- Work with lenders to obtain approvals on the same day the customer signs contracts
- Work with lenders, processors and customers to ensure every deal is funded within 3-5 business days
- Prepare and send every file to corporate office within 3 (72 hours) business days
- Correct any finance or title paperwork as needed in a timely manner
- Provide desk support when needed and work with management team
- Receive & process all forms of payment and prepare daily finance deposits each morning
- Follow up with customer’s questions and / or concerns
- Analyze individual charge-backs to ensure accuracy
- Train sales staff on new programs, products and procedures
- Maintain necessary finance forms and materials
- Support sales staff in any way possible
- Work with Service Advisors to address customer inquiries with regard to warranty and service contracts
Qualifications
- Strong communication skills to work with customers, employees and finance and insurance vendors
- Excellent organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- Professional appearance and work ethic
- Have good time-management skills
- Self-motivated
- Possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record
- Substance screening is required of all Performance Kings Honda Employees
Working Conditions :
- Flexibility with schedule
- Needs to have adaptability with closing time
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- Competitive compensation
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- Unlimited Vacation, 15 days minimum per year
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Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Qurate Retail Group comprises six leading retail brands QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop.
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- Data entry
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Job Description
Mission :
Manage administrative processes related to contracts with aircraft manufacturers and airline customers for the supply of aircraft engines, and associated business processes.
Job Description :
Administer contracts with aircraft manufacturers for the supply of installed aircraft engines and related products.
oUnderstand and track the implementation of purchase orders, payments, and product deliveries, as well as all other financial transactions with the aircraft manufacturers.
oDevelop, implement, and maintain, forecasts for financial flows between CFM and aircraft manufacturers for use during periodic management meeting.
oReport out status of financial flows to team stakeholders.
Implement the financial / administrative transactions for airline / lessor customer contracts for sale of products to support the operation of aircraft engines :
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Develop and provide any required financial analysis and data for periodic reviews and various management reports and be able to present such information to stakeholders.
Maintain data in databases, contract repositories and information systems.
Perform other contract management activities, including review, tracking, interpretation, and other related projects.
Implement and manage special projects, as needed, related to process improvements for the organization.
If requested, support sales and legal teams as required during proposal and contract negotiations with airline customers.
Complete company required training as well as training for an individual growth plan.
Complementary Description
Job Requirements
Requirements : Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
1-5 years relevant work experience, preferably in a finance related role
Skills :
Must possess excellent communication with all business levels
Must have strong analytical skills, attention to detail and dedication to accuracy.
Must be proactive, able to work independently and able to work under deadlines
Must be a team player, and able to work close contact with other team members.
Demonstrated ability to work in an international work environment is a plus
Must be able to travel occasionally (including internationally)
High Proficiency with Office, in particular Excel and Power Point
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