Manager, Corporate Finance & Strategy

collectorsuniverse; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Collectors Universe is seeking a Manager to join its Corporate Finance & Strategy team. You will own planning processes, forecasting, and board reporting while upgrading planning systems and driving strategic financial insights from the Santa Ana, CA headquarters or remotely from San Francisco, CA.

This hands-on role requires partnering with Accounting and People/HRIS to align headcount planning, budgeting, and forecasting with the company’s growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage the annual operating plan (AOP) cycle and quarterly planning cycles for corporate functions - templates, submissions, iteration with function leaders, and consolidation into the plan
• Support strategic long range planning (LRP) and scenario analysis for growth investments and strategic decisions
• Contribute to the quarterly consolidated forecast - own corporate OpEx and allocation inputs, review consolidated output for accuracy, and draft the accompanying analysis
• Maintain the quarterly pacing model and support consolidated cash flow forecasting, improving both the mechanics and the accuracy over time
• Own your areas of the monthly and quarterly close in partnership with Accounting - variance analysis, close metrics, and the reporting that goes to leadership
• Prepare the analysis and draft narrative behind quarterly board materials, board books, and executive reporting packages
• Build clear, credible materials for an executive audience, with a bias toward over-communication when results diverge from plan
• Own company-wide headcount planning and the headcount approval process, keeping plan, approved requisitions, and actuals reconciled
• Partner with People/HRIS and Talent Acquisition on Workday data integrity, and own the Finance view of headcount used in forecasting and reporting
• Improve the core FP&A processes you own, replacing manual effort with durable process and system design
• Partner with the Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables, providing direction and review on the areas you own
• Help maintain the Finance calendar and hold deliverables to their deadlines across Finance and cross-functional partners
• Serve as primary administrator of Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) - model structure

Job description

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We're always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the UK, and France.

As part of our interview process, we request that candidates have their cameras on during video interviews. This helps foster meaningful conversation and allows us to create an experience that closely resembles our standard working environment. Certain interview steps may take place by phone. For remote roles, and at our discretion, candidates may be asked to participate in an on-site interview as part of the final stages of the process.

We understand there may be occasional circumstances requiring accommodation and are happy to discuss them as needed. Your recruiter will be able to clarify expectations and answer any questions you have.

The Finance & Strategy team contributes to Collectors' mission by enabling decision making with key financial insights. The team partners with our senior business leaders to support strong operational management of the business and to facilitate strategic decision making focused on key growth investments, operational improvements, new business opportunities, and strategic transactions.

We are looking for a Manager to join our Corporate Finance & Strategy team. This role owns several of the core planning and reporting processes of the Corporate F&S function - annual operating plans, long range plans, consolidated expense budgeting and forecasting, headcount planning, corporate allocation processes, and our planning systems - and contributes the analysis behind our quarterly forecast, annual operating plan, and executive and board reporting. You will work closely with the Director of Corporate Finance & Strategy and partner with a Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables.

This is a hands-on, builder's role. Our planning processes and systems are being materially upgraded, and we are looking for someone who improves what they inherit rather than simply running it - someone comfortable moving between a detailed Adaptive model and an executive-ready summary in the same day.

You'll report to the Senior Director, Corporate Finance & Strategy and work from our Santa Ana, CA corporate headquarters or remote, in San Francisco, CA. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process.

What You’ll Do

Close, Forecasting & Planning:

• Manage the annual operating plan (AOP) cycle and quarterly planning cycles for corporate functions - templates, submissions, iteration with function leaders, and consolidation into the plan
• Support strategic long range planning (LRP) and scenario analysis for growth investments and strategic decisions
• Contribute to the quarterly consolidated forecast - own corporate OpEx and allocation inputs, review consolidated output for accuracy, and draft the accompanying analysis
• Maintain the quarterly pacing model and support consolidated cash flow forecasting, improving both the mechanics and the accuracy over time
• Own your areas of the monthly and quarterly close in partnership with Accounting - variance analysis, close metrics, and the reporting that goes to leadership

Executive & Board Reporting:

• Prepare the analysis and draft narrative behind quarterly board materials, board books, and executive reporting packages
• Build clear, credible materials for an executive audience, with a bias toward over-communication when results diverge from plan

Headcount Planning:

• Own company-wide headcount planning and the headcount approval process, keeping plan, approved requisitions, and actuals reconciled
• Partner with People/HRIS and Talent Acquisition on Workday data integrity, and own the Finance view of headcount used in forecasting and reporting

Systems & Process:

• Improve the core FP&A processes you own, replacing manual effort with durable process and system design
• Partner with the Senior Financial Analyst on shared close and forecast deliverables, providing direction and review on the areas you own
• Help maintain the Finance calendar and hold deliverables to their deadlines across Finance and cross-functional partners
• Serve as primary administrator of Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) - model structure