Director, Finance

Clarivate Analytic; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis to join their global finance team. This pivotal role involves providing financial business partnership, reporting, and consolidation within the Academia & Government Segment. You will lead sales and revenue analysis, manage monthly revenue reporting, and oversee planning and forecasting processes. Collaborating with various teams, you'll ensure data integrity and support the design of variable compensation programs. This hybrid position offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization’s financial strategies and operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant FP&A experience in financial analysis and reporting.
• Proven experience in financial modelling and planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities for A&G segment.
• Consolidate and maintain subscription Net Sales and revenue reporting.
• Provide analysis and financial modelling for business initiatives.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Financial Modelling

Planning and Forecasting

Sales and Revenue Analysis

Variance Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or Finance

Master’s degree

Job description

Clarivate is seeking to hire an experienced Director, Financial Planning and Analysis to join our global finance organization! Reporting to the Sr. Vice President of FP&A you will play a key role in providing financial business partnership, reporting and consolidation within the Academia & Government Segment of Clarivate. The scope of this role will include, but is not limited to, sales and revenue analysis, development and maintenance of monthly revenue and metrics reporting and variance analysis, planning and forecasting processes, and operating expense analysis including sales variable compensation. You will partner with our variable compensation team and sales organization to support the design and management of variable compensation programs for the segment.

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments...

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or Finance

• 10+ years of relevant FP&A experience

• Sales, Revenue and Expense experience

• Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modelling, planning, forecasting and management reporting

It would be great if you also had...

• Masters degree a plus

• Experience with supporting a subscription-based organization and/or a professional services business preferred

What will you be doing in this role?...

• Support monthly, quarterly and year-end closing activities for A&G segment and provide accurate financial reporting and consolidation. Analyze variances to plan and forecasts and validate drivers with the A&G FP&A team.

• Consolidate and maintain subscription Net Sales, ACV/ARR, revenue reporting and metrics.

• Assist the existing team in the annual financial plan and quarterly forecast processes by leading the coordination of sales, revenue and retention forecasting and liaising with the various A&G FP&A teams to identify deal type, mix and timing.

• Work closely with the Sales Operations and data teams in the creation of additional revenue and customer metrics/performance reporting/dashboards while maintaining current analytics.

• Support the SVP, A&G Revenue sales organization operating expenses and monitoring performance to plan/forecast.

• Work with different functional teams to ensure revenue and customer data integrity and perform any necessary data clean-up.

• Assist in preparing the segment Monthly Business Reports and Quarterly Board of Directors Update.

• Provide analysis and financial modelling in support of business initiatives, business cases and product profitability reporting.

• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis as needed.

• Manage team members in the delivery of these services and support the growth of the enterprise.

About the Team

The A&G FP&A Team consists of 25+ individuals, located across the US, Israel, and Europe. You will work with colleagues across the company and on a global scale. You will be interacting with executive leadership across the A&G segment and reporting to the Sr Vice President of FP&A.

Hours of Work

This is a hybrid position based out of one of our Clarivate US office locations in the Eastern time zone (Philadelphia, PA; Alexandria, VA; Ann Arbor, MI; Boston, MA). Ability to be flexible with working hours across regions and time zones worldwide.

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Clarivate is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vets/Minorities/Women/Disabled