Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Finance Sr. Manager for its New York, New York location.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for managing financial processes, including strategic planning, budgeting, monthly forecasting, monthly reporting, and ad-hoc analytics.
• Partners with technology, product, and enterprise stakeholders within Consumer Banking to project, monitor, and manage investments in Small Business Banking and Digital and Omnichannel Banking.
• Manages the operating expense budget, forecast, and strategic plan process for Small Business Banking and Digital and Omnichannel Banking.
• Develops comprehensive CAPEX forecast, supports expense reduction initiatives, and develops financial tools to calculate and track benefits.
• Provides financial stewardship for the division, including month-end close, monthly financial reviews, rolling forecasts, annual and multi-year planning, and variance and attribution analysis.
• Leverages analytical tools such as Hyperion Essbase, Dodeca, and Tableau to identify and interpret trends in complex data sets.
• Drives process improvements, including management and organization of metric data, creation and automation of standard and ad-hoc reports, and management of dashboards.
• Analyzes revenue growth opportunities and provides financial advice and insight to the group to help ensure appropriate levels of financial analysis, scenario modeling, and integration is incorporated into ongoing decision making.
• Performs financial and quantitative analysis and reporting on data sets by leveraging SQL, Tableau, and other similar tools for data analytics and data visualization.
• Engages in product road mapping including sizing opportunities, estimating project impact, measuring success of high impact initiatives, and creating attribution models.
Qualifications:
Requires a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or closely related field and 3 years of experience as Financial Specialist, Finance Expert, Manager – Financing & Analytics, or closely related position.
Must have at least 3 years of experience with each of the following:
• Utilizing advanced statistical and modeling techniques including ToolPak, for outlier detection and forecasting;
• Utilizing data science methods to build analytic solutions to strategic business problems;
• Analyzing data using SQL and Tableau reports to prove a hypothesis and make recommendations for improvement;
• Managing projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies;
• Writing SQL queries in large relational databases;
• Building automated and scalable reporting dashboards in Tableau and Excel for management decision making;
• Utilizing Oracle to review GL entries and create reports using Hyperion Planning and Essbase to build annual budget and monthly forecasts;
• Leveraging Excel macros to automate financial budgeting, forecasting tools, and variance analysis;
• Translating requirements into product design and experience lead targeted initiatives; and
• Product road mapping, including sizing opportunities, estimating project impact, measuring success of high impact initiatives, and creating attribution models using advance Excel functions.
Remote work permitted 1 day per week. Salary Range: $250,078 – $250,078/yr.
Worksite: 437 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO employer.
For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at https://jobs.citizensbank.com and apply online (Job ID: 48324) or email resume and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line: 48324.
Direct applicants only.
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Skills Required
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or closely related field
- Minimum 3 years experience as Financial Specialist, Finance Expert, Manager - Financing & Analytics, or closely related position
- At least 3 years utilizing advanced statistical and modeling techniques including ToolPak for outlier detection and forecasting
- At least 3 years utilizing data science methods to build analytic solutions to strategic business problems
- At least 3 years analyzing data using SQL and Tableau to test hypotheses and recommend improvements
- At least 3 years managing projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- At least 3 years writing SQL queries in large relational databases
- At least 3 years building automated and scalable reporting dashboards in Tableau and Excel
- At least 3 years utilizing Oracle to review GL entries and creating reports using Hyperion Planning and Essbase
- At least 3 years leveraging Excel macros to automate budgeting, forecasting tools, and variance analysis
- At least 3 years translating requirements into product design and experience-led initiatives
- At least 3 years product road mapping, sizing opportunities, estimating project impact, measuring initiative success, and creating attribution models using advanced Excel functions
- Ability to pass background checks (credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, criminal background checks)
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as six weeks at 100% pay for all new parents, with up to 16 weeks for birthing parents. Family-building and caregiving supports include more than $25,000 in adoption assistance and up to 10 days of backup care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes 11 paid holidays and up to 27 PTO days, with materials encouraging employees to use their time. This breadth is frequently positioned as a core strength of the total rewards package.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay practices are presented as equitable, with disclosures citing near-parity by gender and no gaps for people of color in similar roles. Transparency shows up in posted hourly ranges for retail roles, and some markets list banker pay at competitive levels.
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What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828, we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers, clients, colleagues, and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI, cloud computing, machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens, we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us, you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive, collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security, learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits, plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives, we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you can too.
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