Corporate Functional Planning & Analysis Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Jersey City, NJ

About The Position

Join the Corporate Functional Planning & Analysis (P&A) team for an exciting opportunity to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams are responsible for a wide range of activities including financial control, forecasting and budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, delivery of regular management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities, and advising the line of business CFOs on how to increase profitability and efficiencies. As a Vice President in the Corporate Functional P&A team, you will be responsible for one of our key financial measures such as revenues, expenses, headcount, or profitability modelling, where you will be expected to deliver value-added financial reporting and analysis, and assist with strategic direction and decision making. You will be expected to provide leadership across the FP&A teams, and interact regularly with the FP&A Managers, the line of business CFOs and peers across Finance & Business Management and the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical nature
7+ years of work experience in Accounting, Finance, Planning & Analysis or Business Management
Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
Integrity in handling highly sensitive and confidential information
Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and FP&A Teams
Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely

Responsibilities

Prepare financial budgeting, reporting, forecasting and analysis
Provide efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy including, but not limited to location strategy, span of control, reporting and analytics
Create financial business cases supporting business initiatives
Develop and track performance metrics, create presentations, and generally provide financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
Oversee the process to deliver month-end results, the forecast for the remainder of the year, and the budget for future years
Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and present commentary to FP&A managers and line of business CFOs explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
Help design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
Enhance controls and streamline processes, introducing automation where possible