The Digital, Data and Product (“DDP”) organization is a new team focused on delivering state of the art digital and data-driven products to Commercial Banking customers and employees. The GB DDP Business Management team is responsible for partnering with business counterparts across the GB to provide financial and strategic analysis, central oversight and coordination of budgeting, forecasting, strategic program management, and execution.
As a Vice President in DDP Business Management, you will be in a highly visible position and will leverage relationship building skills to support senior leaders within the DDP organization. You will act as the trusted financial partner to the DDP product and design teams collaborating with finance colleagues to provide best in class financial and strategic analysis and will serve as a thought leader on the business management leadership team.
Job responsibilities
- Support all financial processes and reporting including actuals, budget, forecast of various financial and headcount metrics and scenarios/views including program/project, taxonomy, product, application, allocations and business case financials
- Partner across the firm to develop financial management solutions and toolsets leveraging best practices and creative thinking that allow for consistent/streamlined processes and drive transformational change to financial processes/reporting to ensure accuracy, stability, efficiency, and transparency
- Create and present information to senior management that clearly articulates the business strategy and financial story while providing insights/recommendations on financial and headcount management activities and trends, and/or ad-hoc financial analysis on a frequent basis
- Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and timeliness in all financial reporting and presentations supporting GB’s product operating model
- Partner with P&A and Business Management teams across the firm to provide financial commentary and analysis regarding financial drivers and variances (i.e. actuals/forecast vs. budget)
- Serve as a thought leader on the leadership team and identify opportunities and recommend improvements for better process and reporting efficiencies
- Recruit, develop and manage top talent; lead a team of 1+ direct reports
- Leverage skills in 3 key areas, relationship building, financial analysis, and automation/visualization
Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities
- You will leverage skills in 3 key areas, relationship building, financial analysis, and automation/visualization
- Strong team leader and change agent; passionate about developing the Business Management function of the future, leveraging data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau)
- 8+ years of experience in a medium to large diverse organization in finance, strategy and or management consulting with 5+ years of management experience with exposure to planning, forecasting, budgeting
- Ability to work across senior levels of the organization, including the CB CPO, CIO and CFO, in a leadership role and drive change
- Strong judgment, professional maturity, personal integrity, strong work ethic, proactive and results-oriented, fact based, has the courage to ask the tough questions and challenge the status quo and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong quantitative, critical thinking and analytic skills, excellent quantitative and analytical problem solving skills, confidence with finance and accounting concepts, understanding of financial statements, has the ability to comprehend and clearly communicate complex concepts in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and provide strong documentation with exceptional attention to detail related to providing accurate and timely data
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills - ability to synthesize financial information into concise, insightful and actionable recommendations comfortable interacting with and presenting to all levels of management
- Requires bachelors degree, preferably in finance or related discipline