Financial Analysis, Senior Manager - Cox Fleet

Job Description

Cox Fleet, a Cox Automotive brand, is hiring a Financial Analysis, Senior Manager. The Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager will work closely with business leaders, group finance leaders and other key stakeholders to support Cox Fleet. Cox Fleet is a key strategic focus area and a primary growth engine for Cox Automotive. This role will provide support to Cox Fleet in the form of financial analysis, strategic initiatives, business cases and ad hoc financial analysis – including the development and coordination of financial/operational data trend analysis and reporting. This role will also be responsible for analyzing business performance and synthesizing it into a concise story, leading communication to business leaders and influencing decision-making.Key Responsibilities

Conduct forward looking analysis to identify trends and develop recommendations to support and inform leadership and influence decision making

Manage the ad-hoc analyses of available data to communicate financial and operational insights, business performance, challenges, and opportunities

Build presentations summarizing insights and present to executive-level audiences

Serve as the COA/GL structure specialist to ensure that our financial reporting most efficiently supports each silo of the business

Serve as consolidation support for 3rd-party data/metrics

Promote modeling, reporting, and presentation best practices

Lead efforts to improve financial and metric data and processes to enhance analytic capabilities to better understand business performance

Identify, recommend and implement continuous process improvements, develop new capabilities, automate manual processes, and lead ad-hoc projects

Leadership & Development

Assist in building and enhancing a strong team that provides proactive support and results-driven execution of responsibilities.

Remain current on best practices and trends relevant to finance and related technologies.

Understand market conditions and competitive landscape.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders within Manheim and across Cox Automotive ensuring that they understand and value the services provided by the Finance team and respond to feedback regarding opportunities for improvement.

Perform related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Education & Specialized Knowledge

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting with 8+ years of experience preferred. Qualified candidates may also have a Master's Degree with 6+ years of experience, a PhD with 3+ years of experience or 12+ years of equivalent work experience in a financial environment.

Advanced MS Excel skills required, including logical and reference formulas, financial functions, correlation through logic, best practice structure/design, assumption toggling, charting/graphing, and formatting for executive presentations

Advanced MS PowerPoint skills with proven ability to create and present executive level presentations

Experience with OneStream is a plus

Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills with a high degree of intellectual curiosity

Strong communication skills – can present views in a clear and compelling manner to different organizational levels

Ability to build strong trusted working relationships and influence internal and external business customers at all levels including executive level management

Strong process or project management skills with a focus on continuous improvement

Highly-organized with high sense of ownership, excellent follow-through, and a strong bias for action

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.