Director, Finance_Workplace Services

Charles Schwab Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 250 000 - 350 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Charles Schwab Corporation in San Francisco seeks a dynamic Director of Finance to lead the Workplace Services finance team and act as a trusted business advisor to WS partners. You will drive revenue forecasting, analytics, and complex business cases, shaping profitability analyses across RPS, SPS, and DBS initiatives.

You will develop talent, influence executive decisions, and continuously improve reporting, forecasting, and financial modeling.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience
• Experience in financial planning and business analysis
• Ability to influence senior leadership and partners
• Experience attracting and coaching high-performing teams
• Direct people management experience
• Strong relationship-building and executive presence
• Change agent with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Bachelor’s degree; MBA preferred
• Experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Proficiency with IBM Cognos or Essbase; Business Objects preferred

Responsabilités

• Lead, develop and coach a finance team.
• Advise business partners on strategic options and impacts.
• Identify opportunities to engage partners at strategic and operational levels.
• Collaborate with WS Finance, Central Finance and others to simplify complex issues.
• Innovate reporting, forecasting and financial modeling processes.
• Develop deep knowledge of WS business and products to act as a trusted advisor.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses on business performance and P&L metrics.
• Manage driver-based modeling and financial planning/forecasting processes.
• Communicate clear messages to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Connaissances

Financial leadership

Financial planning

Business analysis

Strategic advisory

Executive presence

People management

Relationship building

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Decision making

Formation

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Outils

IBM Cognos

Hyperion Essbase

Business Objects

Description du poste

Your Opportunity

Director of Finance_Workplace Services

Role Overview:

We are looking for a dynamic Director of Finance to lead a team that supports Workplace Services (WS). The Director will maintain and enhance key relationships as a trusted business advisor with our key business partners.The Director will also provide support and collaboration within the overall WS Finance team in support of revenue forecasting, analytics, and complex business cases. Finance is heavily involved in financial modeling, pricing, and product/solution profitability analyses and provides financial planning, analysis and reporting in support of WS and its business functions including Sales, Strategy and Product Management.

WS serves the needs of employers and their employees through three businesses

• Retirement Plan Services (RPS): administering retirement or 401(k) plans
• Stock Plan Services (SPS): administering equity compensation plans
• Designated Brokerage Services (DBS): helping those firms that have a responsibility to monitor employee trading and acting as the designated broker for their employees

Key Outcomes:

• Lead, develop and coach a team of finance professionals
• Advise business partners on strategic alternatives and potential impact of decisions. Provide insights into critical trends and evaluate opportunities in support of strategic and competitive growth initiatives
• Identify opportunities to engage business partners on a strategic and operational level to support our firm objectives and engage colleagues from across the organization as needed
• Collaborate and partner with business, WS Finance, Central Finance, and team members to simplify the complex, break down barriers, and incorporate the ideas of others
• Innovate and continuously improve our processes for reporting, forecasting, and financial modeling
• Develop deep knowledge of WS business and products and become a valued thought partner with business partners and stakeholders in other areas of Schwab
• Perform ad-hoc analyses related to understanding business, product performance and P&L metrics
• Manage our driver-based modeling and financial planning/forecasting processes
• Develop and present communications with clear and concise messages resonating with a target audience, particularly senior leadership, and business partners with deep industry and product knowledge

What you have

Required Experience & Key Skills:

• A minimum of 10+ years of increasingly responsible financial leadership roles with experience in financial planning and business analysis
• Ability to leverage strategic and analytical capabilities to provide thought leadership and advice to senior leadership and their teams
• Ability to attract top talent and build high-performing teams. Proven experience inspiring, empowering and developing individuals to achieve a high level of team engagement and trust with an authentic leadership style.
• Experience with direct people management/leadership
• Exceptional ability to influence and build relationships and trust with business partners, as well as executive presence to respectfully challenge the status quo.
• Change agent focused on continuous improvement and demonstrated ability to take decisive action in a highly collaborative approach
• Bachelor’s degree
• Expertise with relational database skills and experience with IBM Cognos (or Hyperion Essbase)
• MBA or equivalent preferred
• Financial services industry experience highly preferred
• Proven relational database skills and experience with IBM Cognos (or Hyperion Essbase) required, experience with Business Objects preferred.