Key Responsibilities
- Conduct forward looking analysis to identify trends and develop recommendations to support and inform leadership and influence decision making
- Manage the ad-hoc analyses of available data to communicate financial and operational insights, business performance, challenges, and opportunities
- Build presentations summarizing insights and present to executive-level audiences
- Serve as the COA/GL structure specialist to ensure that our financial reporting most efficiently supports each silo of the business
- Serve as consolidation support for 3rd-party data/metrics
- Promote modeling, reporting, and presentation best practices
- Lead efforts to improve financial and metric data and processes to enhance analytic capabilities to better understand business performance
- Identify, recommend and implement continuous process improvements, develop new capabilities, automate manual processes, and lead ad-hoc projects
Leadership & Development
- Assist in building and enhancing a strong team that provides proactive support and results-driven execution of responsibilities.
- Remain current on best practices and trends relevant to finance and related technologies.
- Understand market conditions and competitive landscape.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders within Manheim and across Cox Automotive ensuring that they understand and value the services provided by the Finance team and respond to feedback regarding opportunities for improvement.
- Perform related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.
Education & Specialized Knowledge
- Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting with 8+ years of experience preferred. Qualified candidates may also have a Master's Degree with 6+ years of experience, a PhD with 3+ years of experience or 12+ years of equivalent work experience in a financial environment.
- Advanced MS Excel skills required, including logical and reference formulas, financial functions, correlation through logic, best practice structure/design, assumption toggling, charting/graphing, and formatting for executive presentations
- Advanced MS PowerPoint skills with proven ability to create and present executive level presentations
- Experience with OneStream is a plus
- Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills with a high degree of intellectual curiosity
- Strong communication skills - can present views in a clear and compelling manner to different organizational levels
- Ability to build strong trusted working relationships and influence internal and external business customers at all levels including executive level management
- Strong process or project management skills with a focus on continuous improvement
- Highly-organized with high sense of ownership, excellent follow-through, and a strong bias for action
USD 111,500.00 - 185,900.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.
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Cox Enterprises Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% of pay plus an additional fixed 2% company contribution with immediate vesting and auto-enrollment via Vanguard. Legacy cohorts may have different retirement arrangements, but the enhanced match is emphasized as a current standard.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical options (Core PPO, Premium PPO, HDHP + HSA) and Kaiser in CA are available, with in-network preventive care covered at 100% and openly published 2026 plan details and premiums. The program lineup extends to pharmacy, dental, vision, telehealth, and condition-specific supports.
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Parental & Family Support — Eight weeks of paid parental leave, fertility coverage via Progyny, adoption assistance, and childcare/backup care resources complement flexible PTO and paid time off for voting, volunteering, and jury duty. These benefits are positioned to support employees across family life stages.
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