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Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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Phoenix, AZ, USA
Full-time

Partners with the Senior Financial Reporting Manager, Director of Finance, and Chief Financial Officer to drive the financial planning and analysis function at Make-A-Wish America.  Collect, interpret, and model retrospective and prospective data to assist in business direction and decision-making.  Prepare and present reporting tools to all areas of Make-A-Wish America operations.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Development and management of long-range financial planning models to run in parallel to the strategic planning cadence
  • Leadership in driving a robust annual budgeting process for the Make-A-Wish national office, including target setting, model/template creation, partnership with key constituents and formalization of final budget reviews
  • Ownership and leadership of national office financial forecast process, including partnering with all functions to develop variance analyses and forward-looking driver-based outlooks, as well as creating forecast rollup, review, and approval processes
  • Lead and own holistic financial reporting strategy and execution, including monthly performance reporting, dashboard creation, and action-oriented communication to departments
  • Execute on various other analytic projects as assigned to provide decision support for key trends in performance
  • Play a role in financial project assessment as part of our project management intake process. Partner with key functions to help co-create driver-based ROI and cost-benefit assessments
  • Perform other related job duties, as assigned.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s Degree Required with an emphasis in Finance or Business / MBA Preferred
Skills/Experience: 
  • 5+ years of demonstrated success in an FP&A role that includes forecasting, planning, and analysis responsibilities
  • Advanced skills in Excel, model building and in PowerPoint and reporting tools
  • Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into dynamic analysis
  • Ability to package key analyses and reporting components and a related ability to communicate to key partners in an easy to understand but action-oriented manner
  • High standards of accuracy and precision with strong organizational skills
  • Articulate, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Working Conditions:

  • Work in an office environment.
  • Occasional travel may be required.
  • May require work outside a traditional Monday – Friday work week, and outside normal business hours.
Job Function: 

Organization Info

Make-A-Wish America

Overview
Headquarters: 
Phoenix, AZ, United States
Founded: 
1986
About Us
Mission: 

We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

Based in Phoenix, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® is one of the nation's leading charities, serving children in every community in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam. With the help of generous donors and approximately 25,000 volunteers nationwide, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants a wish every 38 minutes, on average. Since our inception in 1980, we have granted more than 226,000 wishes. Visit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America at www.wish.org (http://www.wish.org) and discover how you can share the power of a wish®.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Apr 9 2018
Active Until: 
May 9 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Make-A-Wish America
industry: 
Nonprofit