Senior Manager, Corporate Planning


Company:: Moody''s Corporation
Location:: New York City, NY
Job Type:: Full Time
Category:: Accounting

Yrs of Exp:: 5+ to 7 years
Posted:: 1/19/2013

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Job Description

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Objective

Position objective is to provide leadership in the support of business and finance management through all phases of the financial planning and analysis processes.

Functional Responsibilities

Manage and support all phases of the consolidated financial planning and reporting processes
Responsible for leading the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes and developing analysis to support the decision making process

* Manage periodic P&L actual/budget/forecast variance analysis during the monthly/quarterly close process and act on results to assist in effective business management

Responsible for cash modeling in support of treasury related analysis including capital structure planning and capital deployment decisions.
Develop materials for senior management presentations, discussions and reviews
Provide analytical support and suggestions regarding the development of planning systems, processes and outputs
Work with the accounting teams to ensure integrity and relevance of management accounts

* Participate in special projects as assigned by Finance management

Scope/Supervision and Interaction

Interaction with various business and staff functions and senior business management
Manage team of three direct reports in order to deliver on stated objectives
Makes decisions appropriate for level of responsibility, raises concerns to the appropriate level of management and keeps management informed of activities

* Presents management with the recommendations for resolving key and complex issues

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
CPA or MBA a plus
5+ years of relevant financial / commercial experience with planning and analysis processes

Key Competencies

Proven ability to manage projects including:

o Regular planning processes and ad hoc analytical projects

o Larger projects involving project teams (who are not direct reports) and steering committees

2+ years experience leading, supervising and mentoring analysts, preferably as a direct line report
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Able to work both self directed as well as part of a team
Prior experience working with senior leaders on financial planning and/or reporting
Operates with a sense of urgency, ability to work under tight and sometimes competing priorities
Experienced with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
Experience working with proprietary planning and reporting tools; ability to utilize systems functionality, extract data and manipulate to support reporting and planning processes

Consolidation Team for Corporate Planning Group.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer.

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