Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis
Credit Acceptance Corporation
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Job summary
Credit Acceptance is seeking a strategic Vice President of FP&A to drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for the enterprise.
You will partner with the CFO and executive team to deliver insights, model capital allocations, and lead AI-enabled finance initiatives while mentoring a high-performing FP&A group.
Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge in budgeting, forecasting and executive reporting.
- Experience partnering with C-suite to drive performance.
- Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Strong communication and leadership capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Strategic planning and partnership with CFO and leaders.
- Own annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, rolling outlooks.
- Deliver timely management reporting and variance analysis.
- Support capital planning, liquidity management and M&A evals.
- Lead finance technology roadmap including AI-enabled tools.
- Build and develop a high-performing FP&A team.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Job description
Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company recognized both locally and nationally across multiple workplace categories. Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated team members who are driven to succeed as professionals individually and together as a team. Backed by a strong product, exceptional people, and a stable financial foundation, we have grown into a leading provider of used and new car financing across the country. Our support teams work with multiple departments in a dynamic environment that promotes flexibility and autonomy, while offering the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals. We work to comply with our company standards, exceed customer expectations, and drive our Great Place to Work culture. We deliver high quality services aligned to business needs, driving innovative improvements that support our company strategy and modern operating principles.
The Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) provides strategic financial leadership and insight to support executive decision-making, enterprise value creation, and long term growth. This role leads the company’s budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, strategic planning, management reporting, and business performance analysis functions. The VP of FP&A serves as a trusted advisor to the CFO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors by delivering actionable financial insights, identifying opportunities and risks, and driving accountability for financial and operational performance. This role also leads the continued evolution of financial processes, analytics, systems, and AI-enabled decision support capabilities.
Serve as a key strategic advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team, translating business strategy into financial objectives, performance metrics and actionable recommendations.
Lead the annual strategic planning process and long range financial plan and provide financial insights for the Board and Executive Committee discussions.
Partner with business leaders to evaluate growth opportunities, operational initiatives, capital investments and strategic alternatives.
Own the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasts and rolling financial outlooks across revenue, expenses, earnings, cash flow and key operating metrics.
Establish rigorous forecasting methodologies that improve predictability and accountability across the organization.
Analyse drivers of financial performance and communicate variances to management.
Deliver timely management reporting, executive dashboards and variance analysis for GAAP and non GAAP performance.
Develop business insights that improve profitability, capital efficiency and shareholder value.
Monitor key performance indicators and provide recommendations to improve operating results.
Support partner with Treasury to support capital planning, liquidity management, share repurchases, funding strategies and other corporate finance activities.
Evaluate mergers, acquisitions, new products, partnerships and strategic investments.
Develop valuation and scenario models to support executive decision-making.
Establish and execute a finance technology roadmap that advances the use of automation, AI, data visualisation and predictive analytics.
Partner across Finance, IT and Data teams to strengthen financial systems, reporting capabilities, data governance and process efficiency.
Build, lead and develop a high-performing FP&A organisation, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and succession readiness.
Strengthen succession planning and organisational capability within the finance function.
Other duties as assigned.
- Exceptional financial modelling and analytical capabilities.
- Strong understanding of corporate finance, performance management and strategic planning.
- Proven ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Excellent executive presence and communication skills.
- Strong business acumen and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience developing board level and executive level presentations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, financial planning software and data analytics tools.
- Knowledge of AI-enabled finance and predictive modelling tools preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale process improvement initiatives.
- Strong organisational leadership and talent development skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
- 12+ years of progressive finance experience.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing managers and professional finance teams.
- Significant experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance or business finance leadership roles.
- Extensive experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and executive reporting.
- Proven success partnering with executive leadership to drive financial and operational performance.
- MBA, Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline.
- Public company experience.
- Financial services, lending, banking, fintech or specialty finance experience.
- Experience supporting investor relations, earnings preparation and board reporting.
- Experience implementing FP&A systems, planning platforms or AI-driven finance solutions.
- Certified Public Accountant or equivalent (i.e. Chartered Accountant).
$290,000+ base salary + an annual bonus plan #LI-Remote #zip
Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work.
- Positive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions.
- Respectful by collaborating and actively listening.
- Insightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role-specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions.
- Direct by effectively communicating and conveying courage.
- Earnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting.
- Identify the Right People by recognizing top talent.
- Set Clear Expectations by managing change and directing others.
- Train team members and focus on developing talent.
- Performance Manage by ensuring accountability and driving results.
- Create the Right Environment by establishing trust and managing conflict.
- Maintain the Right Number of team members needed to build an effective team.
- Remain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Attendance as required by department.
We understand that your career search may look different than others. Our hiring team wants to make sure that this would be a fit not just for us, but for you long term. P.S. we have great details around our stats , success , history and more. We’re proud of our culture and are happy to share why — let’s talk!
Credit Acceptance is dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive working environment for all.
We want every Team Member to feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work - because diverse perspectives make us stronger.
- Flexible work options including work from home, on site and hybrid positions.
- Company provided technology packages for all Team Members.
- An atmosphere that is collaborative, challenging and filled with forward thinking Team Members.
- Extensive growth opportunities as demonstrated by our track record of promoting internally.
- Ongoing business training and career development opportunities.
- Competitive market-based salary with bonus compensation, quarterly profit sharing and annual merit bonuses.
- Generous PTO and holidays that include 27.5 total days during first full year of employment.
- Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work.
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