EBG Looking for Vice President, Finance at Miami, FL Full Time

EBG is an e-commerce solutions provider specializing in travel and entertainment, and also offering retail products and services, voluntary benefits and insurance.

EBG powers a robust portfolio of technology solutions and operates a network of employer and membership-based platforms reaching a captive audience, providing leading brands with incremental distribution opportunities. EBG’s expanded network reaches over 100 million users from participating companies and closed loop affinity and membership groups.

EBG owns and operates one of the largest and most comprehensive employee savings programs in the country — serving over 40,000 corporate clients through its proprietary platforms TicketsatWork, Plum Benefits, Working Advantage and Beneplace.

EBG is a b2b2c company headquartered in Miami (Aventura), with offices in New York, Orlando, Austin and Las Vegas.

Job Description

As the VP, Finance, you will play a critical role in driving the company’s financial planning and analysis strategies, supporting the tracking and achievement of our strategic objectives, and oversight of corporate cash management. You will collaborate with executives and business leaders, provide analytical rigor, and evaluate strategic initiatives to ensure effective decision-making. Additionally, you will lead a team and be responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, re-forecasting, and providing insightful performance analysis.

Essential Functions

• Develop and execute financial planning and analysis strategies that align with the company’s strategic objectives.
• Manage the annual budgeting process, working closely with business unit leaders and accounting to ensure accuracy and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Create financial models for annual budgeting, frequent intra-year re-forecasting, and long-range planning, incorporating various scenarios, opportunities, and risks.
• Develop comprehensive financial models to support strategic decision-making, including new product launches, process improvements, IT investments, and other initiatives.
• Collaborate with executives to establish a strategic roadmap and growth targets, providing analytical insights and evaluating strategic initiatives.
• Align strategic initiatives with long-range operational plans by coordinating with business leaders to ensure returns on initiatives track towards the company’s financial objectives.
• Generate monthly financial reports and lead performance analysis meetings with business leaders to review actuals and discuss future expectations. Provide recommendations and insights to business leaders and executives.
• Develop internal and external executive reporting documents, including board presentations, management presentations, and other ad hoc financial presentations.
• Lead the delivery of accurate, timely, and insightful analysis of month-end financials, actual vs. budget, and re-forecasts.
• Work with the Accounting team on month-end bonus and incentive accruals, refund analysis, revenue recognition, margin analysis, and credit agreement add-backs to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Coordinate with business leaders and analytic teams for tracking of business segment performance and company initiatives compared to expectations and near- and mid-term business trends.
• Identify and drive recommendations for business process changes based on analysis, experience, and industry best practices.
• Communicate financial information to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner, ensuring understanding and alignment.
• Optimize cash management for working capital and investment needs; forecast 13-week and 52-week business cash flows.
• Oversight of debt capital requirements, including quarterly and annual compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant and progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, and accounting with a strong track record of driving strategic initiatives.
• Proven experience leading and managing a team.
• Excellent financial modeling skills, with the ability to handle highly quantitative, complex analysis.
• Expert-level proficiency in Excel and creating budgets and financial models.
• Experience with data analytics & data visualization platforms such as Tableau, MS Power BI, or SAP applications.
• Effective business communication skills, with the ability to work well with executives, internal and external partners, and influence across various levels of an organization.
• Outstanding financial modeling skills and comfort working with large data sets and the data analytics team.
• Experience working closely with an internal Accounting team and a strong understanding of accounting, GL structures, and account mapping.
• Familiarity with corporate credit agreements, including financial covenant language and other credit compliance.
• Experience in high volume E-commerce, travel, entertainment, or hospitality industries preferred.
• Ability to travel as the business demands, approximately 10%

Additional Information

Entertainment Benefits Group offers outstanding employee benefits including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• 401k Match
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability (Company Paid)
• Basic Life and AD&D (Company Paid)
• Additional Voluntary Benefits (additional life, legal, critical care, and more)
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• 3 Weeks of PTO + 5 Personal Days
• Paid Holiday Break from Christmas to New Year
• Paid Holidays
• Fitness Centers (location dependent)
• Annual Day of Giving
• Company Bonus Program
• Share in the FUN! EBG gives $1000 per year in Tickets-At-Work gift cards to full-time employees to experience and enjoy the savings marketplace!