Director - Finance LFO

  • Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 01/31/2021
Full time

Job Description

Job Description

Provide financial support on complex issues for a business group, including business performance analysis, forecasting, and decision support. Provide direct support to senior management business partners. Be responsible for a product line or major function, while being knowledgeable about data sources that team uses and the appropriate use of those data sources. Develop well documented processes, maintains tools, produce quality analysis to support business needs, and make key decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for all reporting/diagnostic activity for a line or function. Be accountable to senior-level business partners for analysis and communication of metric and financial information. Serve as the primary contact for senior-level review of results and identifying issues and next steps.
  • Proactively engage and collaborate with business partners to drive high-quality, timely decision making, and the delivery of results. Primary focus for this role will be on annual financial and metric planning. Be responsible for providing quality work supporting decisions.
  • Be responsible for providing indirect leadership of finance staff to advance decision support materials for senior management. Coordinate initiatives with peers and management not under direct management.
  • Be able to provide the VP of FP&A with regular and ad hoc strategic thought leadership on change management projects and team development and leadership initiatives.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in a financial or quantitative field.
  • 7-10 years experience in financial role.
  • Possesses advanced finance, accounting, and analytical skills, along with the ability effectively coach others in the development of these skills.
  • Strong process leadership skills.
  • A very high level of leadership up/down/ and across to business partners.


Preferred Qualifications

  • MBA or other advanced degree/certification.