Job Description

You’re made ready to continue a fulfilling career with exciting new challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself.

In the role of the Finance Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the financial integrity of the business through sound fundamental practices. You will support the Enterprise Marketing function across financial and management reporting, planning and analysis. In this role, you’ll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role and make an impact. You will closely partner with the Senior Finance Manager, who serves as the finance lead supporting Marketing, to support strategic business initiatives, develop financial forecasts, analyze variances, and assess key business and industry drivers as part of the planning process. You will serve as a trusted finance partner to the Marketing organization, supporting cross-functional work with high visibility and impact. You will be knowledgeable on the day-to-day activities of assigned processes and will provide analytical and operational support on complex business issues.

More importantly, while in this role you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally!

Primary responsibilities include

• Supports the annual budgeting, annual strategic planning, and monthly forecasting processes, including analyzing key assumptions and related financial implications and partnering with the Senior Finance Manager on forecast development and key planning decisions.
• Supports the business by preparing financial reporting and analysis to influence business management and provide insight into accounting issues and the financial implications of business trends.
• Partners with the Senior Finance Manager to help ensure business leadership is focused on the most important financial outcomes and that plans are aligned with business unit and franchise strategies.
• Supports sound financial management and well-controlled processes, including Income Statement, Balance Sheet reporting, and reconciliations as appropriate.
• Develops executive-level presentation materials in partnership with the Senior Finance Manager, incorporating strategic analysis and commentary to explain financial results and metrics in a concise, elevated manner.
• Prepares monthly accruals to ensure properly reported results, develops insightful commentary, and identifies risks and opportunities to stated targets.
• Coordinates with and supports the Enterprise Marketing team and central Finance functions on planning, analysis, reporting, and ad hoc financial requests.
• Continuously scans, learns, and applies new knowledge to improve core processes while operating in an agile, flexible, and adaptable manner.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Financial planning and analysis experience
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Marketing finance experience

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule: Full time, 4 days in office 1 remote

Pay Transparency

• ‌The salary range for this position is $99,000-$127,000 per year, plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to, the budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits .

Work Authorization:
This role is not eligible for new employer sponsored or current H-1 B visa holders. Applicants, including current OPT, L and other visa holders, must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for new employer sponsorship for themselves or their spouses now and in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

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