Senior Finance Manager (US)

TD Bank•Mount Laurel, NJ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Finance Manager provides a range of strategic Finance advice, analysis and support for key business areas/portfolios as assigned. Proactively manages senior relationships in order to provide seasoned and deep business insights, decision support and guidance and works closely with various stakeholders and team members as required. This role serves as a bank expert for a Finance function or discipline and/or portfolio or journey, accountable for leading or conducting expert financial analysis/research, reviews and/or audits to support functional goals/objectives. The scope may involve the integration of several key functional areas and/or business lines and requires a focus on longer-range issues, dealing with strategic and/or bank-wide organizational issues, and solving highly complex financial management/specialized accounting/taxation/audit/regulatory reporting and operational issues. The Senior Finance Manager is a primary interface with Finance partners/leaders and external parties, serving as a source of expert advice to senior management in their field of specialty, and may lead teams of related specialists/experts. They advise on execution strategy and lead the development and deployment of functional programs or initiatives within their own field or across multiple specialties, solving unique and ambiguous problems with broad impact. This role typically oversees standards, risk-based controls, and operating methods that have significant financial and operational impact within their field, requiring innovative thinking to develop new solutions and impacting the technical or functional direction and resource allocation of part of an enterprise function or business segment. They work within general policies and industry guidelines, engage stakeholders to take action, serve as a source of expert advice, influence change, and frame information in a broader organizational context.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree
10+ years of experience in Accounting or financial designation preferred

Responsibilities

Provides a range of strategic Finance advice, analysis and support for key business areas/portfolios as assigned.
Proactively manages senior relationships to provide seasoned and deep business insights, decision support and guidance.
Works closely with various stakeholders and team members as required.
Serves as a bank expert for a Finance function or discipline and/or portfolio or journey.
Accountable for leading or conducting expert financial analysis/research, reviews and/or audits to support functional goals/objectives.
Focuses on strategic and/or bank-wide organizational issues, dealing and solving highly complex financial management/specialized accounting/taxation/audit/regulatory reporting and operational issues.
Serves as a source of expert advice to senior management in field of specialty; may lead team(s) of related specialists/experts.
Advises on execution strategy and leads the development and deployment of functional programs or initiatives within their own field or across multiple specialties.
Solves unique and ambiguous problems with broad impact; typically oversees standards, risk based controls and operating methods that have significant financial and operational impact within the context of their own field.
Requires innovative thinking to develop new solutions.
Impacts the technical or functional direction and resource allocation of part of an enterprise function or business segment.
Works closely with business partners to gain deep understanding of the business and relevant objectives in order to contribute to the strategic direction of respective business and/or the enterprise.
Formulates relevant and meaningful data analysis through comprehensive data visualization tools, profiling tools, segmentation, as well as leveraging advanced modeling and analytics.
Leads on the interpretation of complex business issues, generates multifaceted insights and identifies opportunities to help drive business growth or address business/enterprise needs.
Effectively communicates relevant/meaningful recommendations on a range of finance management issues or related operational processes to all levels within the organization.
Acts as a subject matter expert for LOB Finance area supported and provides guidance/advice and recommendations to support dealings with internal/external partners.
Identifies and develops key business performance measures or metrics for own area and ensures benchmark/best practice information is shared with appropriate parties.
Works to maximize shareholder value by developing key strategies/tactics for own unit and by conducting business and/or financial analysis to support key business decisions and the achievement of business partner or department objectives.
Leverages advanced data and analytics where possible to ensure business leaders are provided with comprehensive information to enable strategic decision support.
Develops and/or assesses significant business cases/new initiatives applying expertise and ensuring criteria for own area are met (e.g., taxation, accounting practices, forecasted rates of return, evaluate outcomes, test assumptions, interface with others for appropriate input, identify benchmarks).
Proactively partners and supports the business to develop business, financial, operational, or organizational strategy for the organization.
Ensures alignment between business segment and enterprise goals/thresholds.
Provides strategic insights and proposes solutions for the organizations they support that deliver superior risk adjusted profitability.
Creates “story-telling” presentations on business performance (competitive analysis, etc.).
Acts as a catalyst in driving forward initiatives critical to delivering strategy.
Develops and implements growth strategies.
Partners with the business to develop financial plans and forecasts.
Acts as a respectful “challenger” to provide alternative points of view.
Leads the development/implementation of new financial models, operating service standards, methodologies, frameworks and paradigms to support on-going reporting, audit and/or analysis functions for own area.
Synthesizes complex and vast amount of information and translates into actionable insights and strategy.
Monitors and analyzes financial performance, acting as custodians of cost.
Adheres to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area.
Ensures respective programs/policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities.
Consistently exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality and privacy; escalates issues where appropriate.
Ensures business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets).
Participates in cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations.
Conducts internal and external research projects; supports the development/delivery of presentations/communications to management or broader audience.
Conducts meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions, makes recommendations, assesses the effectiveness of programs/policies/practices.
Monitors service, productivity and assesses efficiency levels within own function and implements continuous process/performance improvements where opportunities exist.
Identifies/recommends/supports the implementation of actions/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues.
Actively manages relationships within and across various business lines, corporate and/or control functions and ensures alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements.
Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts.
Maintains a culture of risk based management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite.
Participates fully as a member of the team, supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/points of interest.
Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise and participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit.
Keeps current on emerging trends/developments and grows knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques.
Participates in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team.
Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status/progress of projects and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities.
Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external business partners/stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce.
Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally.