Senior Manager Finance Services

Through our dedicated associates, Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments – creating exceptional outcomes for our clients and the millions of people who count on them.

You have an opportunity to personally thrive, make a difference and be part of a culture where individuality is noticed and valued every day.

Do you enjoy leading a team while managing and facilitating a stellar client partnership?

Would you like to take ownership of delivering successful projects?

Join the Conduent Transportation Team as a Sr. Manager for Financial Services. This office location for this role is in San Francisco, CA.

To be successful in this role you will:

Be highly analytical, technically strong, with excellent communication skills (written and verbal), collaborative management style with high integrity. We are seeking candidates that have the potential to be “up to speed” quickly to be a key financial leader/contributor within the organization for internal reporting as well as providing appropriate external information to our tolling client. Candidates will be professionals with demonstrated successes, financial reporting/forecasting and strategic planning, skilled in implementing financial process and cultivating a dynamic culture that respects and enables employees to excel in delivering accurate financial reporting. You have the ability to problem solve, analyze data, and make recommendations on your findings.

Day in the Life:

This position spends 50% working with reporting on corporate finances & 50% working with on-site financial team to reconcile all tolling and on-line transactions

Client Reporting / Reconciliation

Reviews account & banking reconciliations, credit card, check and cash, for multiple tolling agencies.

Responsible for delivering accurate and reconciled data to client on time.

Reviews reconciliation prior to going to the client for accuracy and completeness

Reviews and is responsible for all financial reporting to our client

Primary contact for tolling client, accountable for reviewing and resolving open issues; including reporting, working with development team, defining resolution expectation between client and development team and sending a closure package

Areas of focus:

Manager Functions

Manages and oversees the daily operations of the accounting operations team

Supervises Individual Contributor team of approximately 10 to ensure financial monthly deliverables are met based on service level agreement.

Facilitates development, coaches, mentors, interviews and resolves conflicts and conducts performance evaluations.

Corporate FP&A

Builds and maintains the preparation of financial reporting, budget, forecast/plan (P/L, B/S, Cash/Cashflow, AR and Collections, Capital Expenditure, etc) with all departments and functional areas concerned (Operations, Sales, Accounting & Finance Corporate, etc.

Integrates month-end close process analysis by partnering with Accounting & Operations teams for assigned operating units.

Reviews P&L for accuracy and completeness, understanding business reasons for any deviations to established projections.

Provides accurate and timely information for strategic and operational decisions at the business/functional level.

Prepares variance analysis & explanations on the material budget/forecast changes for complex operating units/contracts.

Supports financial reporting requests from Corporate and/or Business Operations.

Supports preparation of projected financials for pricing proposals to new or existing customer/contracts. Oversee and support planning processes.

Prepares actual v. budget variances, re-forecasts, and long-term plans for clients monthly

Produces ad hoc analysis as required

Updates and tracks operating indicators and financial metrics

Duties and responsibilities:

Builds and maintains the preparation of financial reporting, budget, forecast/plan (P/L, B/S, Cash/Cashflow, AR and Collections, Capital Expenditure, etc) with all departments and functional areas concerned (Operations, Sales, Accounting & Finance Corporate, etc.

Integrates month-end close process analysis by partnering with Accounting & Operations teams for assigned operating units.

Reviews P&L for accuracy and completeness, understanding business reasons for any deviations to established projections.

Provides accurate and timely information for strategic and operational decisions at the business/functional level.

Prepares variance analysis & explanations on the material budget/forecast changes for complex operating units/contracts.

Supports financial reporting requests from Corporate and/or Business Operations.

Supports preparation of projected financials for pricing proposals to new or existing customer/contracts. Oversee and support planning processes.

Prepares actual v. budget variances, re-forecasts, and long-term plans for clients monthly

Produces ad hoc analysis as required

Updates and tracks operating indicators and financial metrics

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business, Finance, or Accounting – CPA preferred

Strong leadership skills to lead / mentor an accounting operations team

Proven experience supporting VP-level and C-suite business partners, with ability to guide and influence business partners when necessary

5+ years of relevant FP&A and/or Accounting experience

Expansive expertise with MS Excel & Power Point required

Strong understanding of US GAAP

Experience with financial systems a plus – e.g. JD Edwards System, Management Financial Reporting and Planning, Oracle Planning & Budgeting Cloud

Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate information across all levels.

Conduent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, gender identity, gender expression, sex/gender, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, use of a guide dog or service animal, military/veteran status, citizenship status, basis of genetic information, or any other group protected by law.

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