VW Credit Looking for Finance Operations Manager at United States, United States Full Time

Job Description

United States-Illinois-Libertyville
Other Locations United States-Virginia-Herndon

Role Summary:
The Finance Operations Manager role is to direct and execute the company’s financial systems strategy. Responsible for conceptualizing, optimizing, and coordinating the systems investments for the US and Canadian Controlling and Financial Reporting departments. This role manages the alignment of ongoing maintenance and future upgrades to ensure the proper alignment and execution within the NAR Finance departments. Requires close alignment with Finance Senior Management, ensuring project coordination and proper investment planning.
Role Responsibilities:
Finance System Strategy Development & Implementation – Time Allocation 65%

• Leading the Finance systems implementation and maintenance strategy for the VCI/VCCI organizations.
• Ensuring Financial system solutions are aligned and optimized between Accounting, Controlling, and other impacted departments.
• Managing the business development and execution of the NAR Finance department 5-year roadmap together with supporting IT Business Units(Shared Services & Data)
• Optimization of Finance process automation via Shared Services BU, Data BU, Decision science and PQM solutions.
• Leading the organizational prioritization of Financial system solutions

Industry Knowledge – Time Allocation 20%

• Ensuring Finance departments have access to current industry trends of recent financial system developments and product offerings
• Conducting Finance department level reviews with current and potential vendors to identify potential systems improvement and efficiency opportunities
• Identify Industry leading solutions that maximize Finance department potential.

Vendor Business Input – Time Allocation 15%

• Serve as primary Finance systems business vendor contact.
• Establish standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors and associated costs.
• Participate in vendor selection process to ensure selected vendors meet required performance standards.
• Coordinate new vendor onboarding to include development of appropriate Statements of Work
• Coordinate purchasing and legal efforts to maximize potential of existing and new vendor solutions across the Finance department.

Experience:
Required –
13+ years of relevant work experience:

• Public accounting experience required, senior manager level is desired
• Financial planning and reporting knowledge
• Captive Finance knowledge of Leasing, Consumer Loan, Commercial Loan & Insurance products
• Specialized Financial systems reporting experience

Education:
Required –

• Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting

Desired –

• Masters degree in Accounting or Finance

General Skills:

• Ability to lead and coordinate projects independently
• Focus on investment and financial solution optimization
• Understanding of finance department level processes and system dependencies
• Financial systems knowledge including department inter-dependencies
• Successful IT project implementation
• IFRS Accounting Standards
• Financial Portfolio Modeling
• Strong Microsoft Application skills

Specialized Skills:
Required –

• Financial systems knowledge: FIS FM, Oracle EBS, Oracle ARCS, Oracle FCCS, GL Wand, VoKUs, CMIS, Global Treasury Platform, Asset Backed Securities Platform,
• Project Coordination with IT BU’s and Operational departments supporting the Finance technology strategy (IT Shared Services, IT Data, Decision Science, PQM, VWFS Digital Solutions)
• Finance department level understanding of system inter-dependency and team processes

Desired –

• RPA(Robotics) and Machine Learning modeling implementation
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile Framework

Work Flexibility:

• 10%-20% of Travel will be required.

Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws