Lead Financial Analyst

Company: Intuit
Location: San Diego
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Overview

Intuit's mission is powering prosperity around the world. We do it by attracting the world's top talent, bringing vital partners into our global platform, and leaving the world a better place through exceptional corporate citizenship. For our customers, we deliver more money, more time, and more confidence. Every day we innovate with our flagship products: TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, Mailchimp, and Mint.

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team at Consumer Group is responsible for the financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis of the business unit. The FP&A team plays a unique and critical role in driving business decisions and optimizing financial outcomes for the Consumer Group. FP&A determines and communicates financial goals and targets to each functional group within the unit, and then consolidates and monitors financial performance against those goals to ensure CG is reaching its objectives.

The FP&A team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to support the Technology Investments for the Consumer Group. This person will partner very closely with the senior tech leaders in the Consumer organization to lead forecasting, planning and analysis, as well to drive strategic initiatives, resource allocation and investment decisions for this organization.

What you'll bring

• 8+ years of FP&A experience or equivalent tenure from related positions in highly dynamic finance roles
• Deep experience with deriving insights from analysis, formulating those insights into concise story lines and delivering presentations to senior executives to influence decision making
• Strong understanding of investment management and resource planning (preferably in a technology company)
• Additional experience leading strategic or business performance initiatives and/or organizational change initiatives as a part of prior responsibilities
• Self-starter with a desire to quickly learn and excel; willing and able to initiate, manage, and execute projects with minimal supervision
• Trusted business partner who delivers operational excellence by understanding the needs of the business and identifying opportunities to improve financial results
• Strong understanding of translating business results into an insightful and consumable story for leadership teams (e.g. dashboards, presentations, etc.)
• Solutions oriented, with a track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions
• Ability to work independently, deal with ambiguity, operate in a cross-functional matrixed organization, and meet deadlines in a high-growth environment focused on driving business results
• Advanced Excel financial modeling, analytical and problem solving skills
• Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Management, or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred
  How you will lead
  
  
  • Finance leader accountable for end to end budget management for key Consumer Group Technology executives (including budget analysis, distilling insights into concise story lines and delivering executive presentations to influence decision making)
  • Lead forecasting, resource planning, and financial management for Technology investments
  • Lead Technology headcount forecasting across Intuit in partnership with cross-functional teams including business leaders, Finance, HR and Talent Acquisition
  • Drive various analyses that deliver data driven insights in a structured manner to promote business outcomes that accelerate our growth trajectory
  • Collaborate on strategic initiatives with senior business leaders and finance teams to deliver on critical business outcomes
  • Be a thought partner to senior business leaders with a focus on driving change and providing financial leadership as we execute our Technology investment strategies
  • Lead teams to design, continuously improve, and implement new financial and operational processes to ensure we meet our financial commitments
  • Lead ongoing change in an evolving organization by articulating a clear case for change and then gaining shared vision with employees through effective, frequent and timely communication

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