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Finance Director – Strategic Initiative & Operations
Finance Director – Strategic Initiative & Operations
About the Role
Join Hertz for a chance to lead in creating the new landscape of transportation and mobility! The Finance Operations & Strategy team supports the Operations and Corporate functions leading Hertz’ most exciting and innovative strategic initiatives, including the Transformation Management Office, Electric Vehicles, Rideshare driver rentals, Retail Car Sales, Last-mile Delivery, and Fleet Analytics. These functions are trailblazing new and exciting opportunities for Hertz’s future, and the Strategic Initiatives & Operations Finance team is closely embedded into all of them as a valued business partner.
As a Finance Director, you will be responsible for leading the three primary segments (Vehicle Remarketing, TNC, or TMO). This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to join a high-energy, dynamic team that is focused on personal and career development. This team works closely with multiple members of Hertz’ Senior Management Group and has clear visibility into the Company’s highest priority initiatives. This role will equip you with financial partnership experience in both field operations and corporate functions and will springboard you onto a path towards finance leadership.
What you will do?
This role gives you a wide exposure to use different competencies and expand your skillsets. In addition to leading foundational financial processes, you may go from designing an improved forecasting methodology to creating a complex financial model. The next day you may create a labor optimization plan or request insights that predict customer risk. You also may travel to our retail locations to conduct location audits and observe operations first-hand. We are blending operational and financial data together to maximize the value a Finance team can bring to the organization.
While every day is different, you can expect to spend time being responsible for the following:
LEADERSHIP
Understand vision and strategy; motivating others to action. Communicate with authenticity.
Make sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information while balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. Realize when to shift strategic direction.
Set appropriate objectives and regularly measure progress at the team and individual level.
Coach individuals through ongoing interactions that diagnose and correct/reinforce behaviors
Motivate team and align work accordingly. Remove obstacles to get work done.
Create new ways for the organization to be successful and put ideas into practice.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Create and design solutions to improve existing processes
Challenge conventional approaches to existing processes and tools
BUSINESS PARTNERING
Seek and build alliances within the finance organization and across the business to ensure that finance is included as a vital strategic partner in the business decision making processes
Provide financial leadership for strategic business direction and align financial strategies
FORECASTING AND REPORTING
Oversee the development of long-term and short-term forecasts; drive resolutions of issues/gaps by analyzing data and making informed recommendations
Challenge results and perform reasonability assessments
Proactively identify key performance indicators that drive better decision making
Condense and synthesize vast financial data into a meaningful and actionable message
Oversee the preparation of the monthly financial reporting package. Utilize dashboards to identify opportunities for management to improve performance and achieve financial goals
Anticipate future market or industry trends to drive business performance decisions
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING
Plan and coordinate efforts of others in performing forecasting and budgeting
Challenge business to be more aggressive in the development of business strategies
Present, defend and negotiate business plans to management
Identify and quantify opportunities and risks associated with business performance and strategy
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS/ DATA VISUALIZATION
Anticipate future market or industry trends to drive business performance decisions
Guide team towards optimal Operational and Financial data for highest-quality insights
Design business specific dashboards to synthesize vast financial data into meaningful and actionable messages and identify opportunities to improve performance
BUSINESS CONTROLS
Plan and conduct financial/operational audits of retail locations. Verify compliance of activities with policies, regulations, and procedures
Reports audit findings to business leaders and recommend actions for operational improvement
Essential Requirements:
Essential Requirements
Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience (MBA, Masters or CPA preferred)
Excellent PC skills, including proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint
Oracle/Hyperion experience
Tableau or equivalent data visualization a plus
SQL proficiency a plus
Some travel required
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At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company.
Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Hertz is a drug free workplace.
EOE, including disability/veteran
