Director, Decision Support - Government Markets

LexisNexis Legal & Professional; Dayton (OH); In loco; USD 180.000 - 250.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in the United States seeks a Director of Decision Support for Government Markets, located in Dayton, OH or Raleigh, NC. You will partner with the CFO and senior leaders to shape forecasting, profitability, and strategic initiatives across government business units.

You will lead a high-performing finance team, drive M&A analytics, transformations, and governance while delivering timely insights and actionable recommendations to maximize returns and value across

Competenze

• 10+ years of experience in a financial role with deep P&L understanding.
• Degree in finance or accounting, MBA or equivalent preferred.
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT.
• Strong knowledge of financial processes, systems and management accounting.

Mansioni

• Serve as a key member of the leadership team, providing financial oversight for responsible segments.
• Lead all financial processes: budgeting, forecasting, monthly close and variance analysis.
• Advise on strategic direction and drive value through actionable recommendations.
• Support M&A lifecycle from upfront models to post-merger integration.
• Maintain strong relationships with the BU CFO, senior partners and other functions.
• Pursue continuous improvement: simplification, automation and standardization.
• Provide governance over reporting and analytics for timely decision-making.
• Deliver timely, insightful commentary and action plans from results.

Conoscenze

P&L management

Financial analysis

Leadership and people management

Formazione

Financial degree or diploma

MBA or advanced business degree

Strumenti

Oracle Fusion

Dodeca

PeopleSoft

Descrizione del lavoro

Director, Decision Support - Government Markets - Lexis Nexis United States

Open to candidates located in Dayton, OH and Raleigh, NC.

Are you energized by the opportunity to work directly with the CFO and senior business leaders, turning financial insights into strategies that influence growth, investment, and critical business decisions?

Are you ready to lead and develop a high-performing finance team while shaping forecasting, profitability, M&A, and transformation across a dynamic business?

About Our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 150 countries with over 11,800 employees worldwide and is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. A long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market, LexisNexis is pioneering ethical, powerful generative AI solutions at the intersection of law, data, and technology. As the company accelerates into an AI-first future, securing our platforms, data, and people has never been more critical.

About the Role

This role is a proactive business partner responsible for providing financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting to support effective business decision-making. The position requires responsiveness to change, proactively anticipating data, insights, and analytics to help the business make data-driven decisions. Reporting directly to the CFO of LexisNexis United States , this role works closely with the business unit management team and receives support from other functional finance teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Management Team Member: Serve as a key member of the business management team, providing leadership, management and financial oversight for the responsible segments.
• Financial Processes: Lead all financial processes, both strategic and tactical. This includes reviewing monthly sales revenue and cost reports with insights into trends and variances and preparing customer and product profitability analysis. Additionally, advise the business unit on strategic direction, drive value creation by providing clear recommendations for action, and develop revenue, direct cost, and labor driver assumptions and has overall responsibility for the forecasting cycles. Ensure supported segments and solutions understand the key drivers of their financial performance.
• Nurturing and developing talent: The role requires managing a team based in multiple locations. As a senior member of the finance team, the individual is expected to proactively identify and develop talent, provide ongoing training and development opportunities, and foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment to ensure the growth and success of all team members.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Support the lifecycle of mergers and acquisitions, from upfront acquisition models and due diligence (with support from a pool of expertise) to post-merger integration projects.
• Relations Network: Develop excellent relations and maintain regular contact with the Business Unit CFO, Senior Director/Director, Business Partners, and other support functions. Proactively liaise with commercial teams, constructively challenging assumptions during month-end and forecast processes to ensure investments deliver appropriate returns.
• Continuous Improvement: Embrace a culture of continuous improvement, seeking simplification, automation, and uniformity.
• Internal Control: Provide strong stewardship and governance of the business unit. Review and implement management reporting and analytics to deliver timely, forward-looking, actionable data that supports effective decision-making. Improve or remove outdated data, metrics, reports, and processes.
• Timely Delivery: Own and ensure the timely delivery of required information. Provide quality commentary, including insights into results and action plans to capitalize on opportunities or mitigate risks.

Experience and Qualifications

• Required Experience
• Have 10+ years of experience in a financial role, with a deep understanding of P&L metrics and drivers in a global organization.
• Have a Financial Degree or Diploma, MBA, or advanced business degree.
• Well versed with AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT
• Have excellent knowledge of financial and management accounting, processes, and systems.
• Be a team player with the ability to manage through influence and multiple relationships.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Oracle Fusion, Dodeca, and Peoplesoft.
• Have the ability to operate in a specialist area and use knowledge to deliver results.
• Have a good understanding of accounting principles and concepts.
• Be able to communicate daily with non-finance professionals and handle potentially emotive topics.

Leadership Competencies

• Personal Drive: Technical and professional expertise, self-development, ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, intellectual curiosity.
• Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication skills