[Remote] Director, Finance & Analytics

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Absolute Security is a growing cyber security technology company seeking a Director of Finance & Analytics. In this role, you will drive leadership in financial modeling, forecasting, and reporting while partnering with executives to develop growth strategies and improve financial planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as key business partner and contributor to the development and analysis of growth strategies and tactics
• Develop, own and maintain the vision for Power BI and data visualization
• Establish standards, roadmaps, and best practices for BI strategy, governance, and self-service analytics
• Lead the financial planning and operations on an annual and quarterly cadence, both formally and informally
• Ensure the validity of budgets and forecasts through thoughtful oversight of internal and external financial forecasts, budgets, etc., and assist with the creation of LRPs
• Help drive an efficient, effective and comprehensive process for developing financial plans and budgets that link to key corporate objectives, ensuring that all budgets and forecasts are accurate, comprehensive and completed on time. Own the 3 financial statement model, including rolling forecast and 3-year plan
• Oversee the financial planning tools and technology, including driving the implementation and enhancement of such tools and technology in partnership with our systems team and other members of the finance and accounting teams
• Provide critical input to the VP, Finance, CFO and other members of senior management regarding the financial performance of the Company, including recommendations for action and collaboratively developing operating policies and procedures to enable the attainment of corporate and business objectives
• Partner with executives to translate business objectives into actionable, insight-driven dashboards and analytical frameworks
• Contribute to the evolution and execution of financial updates for various internal and external stakeholders, including CEO, executive leaders and the Company’s Board of Directors
• Prepare executive presentations, including financial results and comprehensive business analyses and recommendations for senior management
• Partner with key stakeholders to develop, measure and monitor our key business metrics and connect those metrics to our financial management processes
• Develop and implement frameworks for effective investment decision making to ensure decisions are aligned with the creation of shareholder value
• Oversee architecture, dataflows, semantic models, and governance of the enterprise Power BI environment
• Ensure scalability, security, and performance across the Power BI ecosystem
• Collaborate with the Business Applications, IT, and Data Engineering teams to optimize data pipelines, data quality, and underlying data models
• Prioritize and manage a portfolio of BI projects, balancing enterprise-wide and departmental needs
• Promote a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery
• At the discretion of the VP Finance/CFO, the scope of responsibilities may be enhanced for a defined period or permanently based on the needs of the business

Skills

• A Business-oriented undergraduate degree with an emphasis in Finance, Economics or Accounting
• 10+ years of progressive growth in financial management roles in high growth companies or with a foundational firm like investment banking, transaction services, private equity, equity research or consulting
• Core competencies in financial planning, financial & economic modeling and analysis, and capital planning (or a strong understanding of these concepts, if coming out of a foundational experience)
• Well-rounded leadership and management background, including extensive financial planning experience as well as solid track record in related areas such as financial reporting, project financial analysis, strategic planning in public companies – if not coming directly out of a foundational experience
• Strong understanding of financial concepts, three statement modeling, competitive analysis, business intelligence
• Ability to build exceptionally strong relationships with members of the executive management team and key leadership throughout the Company
• Energetic, motivated, and organized team player who will drive value at a growing cyber security technology company
• An MBA, CFA and/or CPA is preferred
• Software/SaaS industry experience is preferred
• Previous experience implementing and using an enterprise-wide planning tool is a plus

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