Finance Manager

Citizens Financial Group•Westwood, MA

21d•Hybrid

About The Position

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!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
Financial planning and analysis experience

Nice To Haves

Marketing finance experience

Responsibilities

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.