Company: Gerber Collision & Glass
WELCOME TO GERBER COLLISION & GLASS
Our Team Members Drive Us! Gerber Collision & Glass is one of the largest collision repair companies in North America. With $2+ billion in sales, over 800 locations and growing, our 10,000+ team members across the United States and Canada are passionate about delivering our goal to WOW Every Customer and Be the Best!
We invite you to join our team. Gerber offers a great place to launch and grow careers. As we continue to grow, we have endless opportunities for you to grow with us.
Gerber Collision & Glass recognizes, values and welcomes all applicants with unique talents and abilities from all backgrounds and characteristics. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including individuals with disabilities and Protected Veterans.
Job Description:
The role of the Finance Director, Decision Support is to lead a team of Finance Business Partners and FP&A Professionals that serve to and bring together cross-functional stakeholders within the Company. Working closely with the Vice President Finance, the Director will be responsible for creating relevant, accurate, and timely information and insights that will drive critical strategic, operational, and financial decisions across the Company. The Director is a leader that drives the team by example, exhibiting a hands-on work ethic and whose team delivers concise analysis. The Decision Support team, under the Directors leadership, thrives on creating and delivering value-added analyses to all aspects of the business.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly planning and forecasting processes; owning the overall effectiveness to drive accurate financial forecasts
Timely, concise and consistent management reporting, including dashboards, ad-hoc business trends, and recurring monthly business review information
Develop insights and recommendations to improve business performance, understand key drivers of variance in performance and gather insights to report these variances to leadership along with recommendations for improvements
Lead the company's annual budgeting and recurring forecasting process to ensure that both internal and external financial benchmarks are achieved
Own the corporate model and financial plan and drive decision-making through the application of sound modeling, data-driven analysis, research and business judgment
Conduct scenario analysis to understand opportunities and risks to the financial plan
Work closely with Decision Support team members to manage Divisional and Corporate level models to ensure seamless consolidation into the forecast
Identify opportunities within ad-hoc and recurring financial reporting and refine associated processes to improve transparency and accuracy of financial reports
Support the establishment of long-term overall business strategy, planning goals and framework
Establish and sustain capital budgeting and reporting process
Facilitate meeting and communications to co-develop and confirm annual plan timeline/structure with key stakeholders
Act as an advisor to team members in performing analysis and supporting decision making
Approve and present activities performed by team members to leadership for feedback
Oversees the following team members:
Finance Business Partners
Role that is aligned to a specific Division and provides an integration point between Finance and the Division
Perform proactive analysis and reporting to drive value-added insight and decision-making
Perform ad-hoc reporting based on requests
FP&A
Responsible for FP&A Activities (long range planning, budgeting, forecasting)
Serve as analytical data expert for the Finance organization
Responsible for identifying key business drivers and relevant metrics for performance
Performs data aggregation and manipulation to create comprehensive dashboards and recurring management reporting
Education and/or Experience Required:
Undergraduate degree in Business (preferably Finance or Accounting)Relevant designation: CPAMinimum of ten years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, including a minimum of 3+ years in a FP&A leadership roleExperience leading business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for a growing organization operating in multiple jurisdictionsAbility to visualize data to convey analytical insightsExcellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbalAbility to extract, dissect, and analyze large and complex quantities of data drawn from various systems and create actionable insights for various key stakeholders within the CompanyProven analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with strong financial modeling experienceOutcome-oriented with an ability to make a difference in short-orderPublic company experience will be considered an assetRequired Skills/Abilities:
Skills:
Business strategy modeling and portfolio management
Influencing business decisions
Driving business value & performance
Exceptional attention to detail and a focus on process rigor
Strong quantitative, analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills combined with outstanding business acumen
Ability to work well under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Experience advising and engaging senior stakeholders and leading initiatives across cross-functional teams
Ability to drive urgency while maintaining high quality of work
Strong team leadership skills
Knowledge:
Specialized knowledge in the auto body repair industry would be an asset
Sound knowledge of financial statements and operational reporting
Other Requirements:
Valid passport required, may be required to travel up to 25% of the time within the US and Canada
Must be located in the Greater Atlanta area
Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The physical demands of your job must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.
Benefits That Drive Your Success
Gerber offers the comprehensive benefits you expect from an industry leader, including:
Gerber Collision & Glass is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status, or any other consideration, prohibited by law or by contract.
About Us
Gerber Collision & Glass has been WOWing customers with our collision repair services for over 80 years. Please visit gerbercareers.com to learn more about our company.