Corporate Finance Manager

Finance Manager – Finance Initiatives & Operations About the Role Join Hertz for a chance to lead in creating the new landscape of transportation and mobility! The Finance Initiatives & Operations team supports the Operations and Corporate functions leading Hertz’ most exciting and innovative initiatives, including Global Vehicle Remarketing, Global Depreciation, and Fleet Analytics. These functions are critical and exciting opportunities for Hertz’s future, and the Finance Initiatives & Operations team is closely embedded as a valued business partner. As a Finance Manager, you will be responsible for leading the three primary segments (Vehicle Remarketing, Data Analytics, and Global Depreciation). This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to join a high-energy, dynamic team that is focused on personal and career development. This team works closely with multiple members of Hertz’ Senior Management Group and has clear visibility into the Company’s highest priority initiatives. This role will equip you with financial partnership experience in both field operations and corporate functions and will springboard you onto a path towards finance leadership. What you will do? This role gives you a wide exposure to use different competencies and expand your skillsets. It is highly analytical, and data driven, and our focus is on a candidate with a background in business analytics. Part of your responsibility is to lead the development of technical and process solutions providing financial management and analysis for any of the various business segments mentioned. In addition to leading foundational financial processes, you may go from designing an improved forecasting methodology to creating a complex financial model. The next day you may create a labor optimization plan or request insights that predict customer risk. You also may travel to our retail locations to conduct location audits and observe operations first-hand. We are blending operational and financial data together to maximize the value a Finance team can bring to the organization. While every day is different, you can expect to spend time being responsible for the following: PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS/ DATA VISUALIZATION Guide team towards optimal Operational and Financial data for highest-quality insights Design business specific dashboards to synthesize vast financial data into meaningful and actionable messages and identify opportunities to improve performance Condense and synthesize vast financial data into meaningful and actionable message Analyze, interpret, and evaluate data by challenging inputs Analyze large, complex multi-dimensional data sets with a variety of tools Solve complex analytical problems using quantitative approaches using unique blend of technical, business mathematical, analytical and data skills Lead the creation of complex models to forecast performance and identify issues and opportunities LEADERSHIP Communicates with honesty, authenticity, and courage. Gains confidence of others. Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward while anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. Realizes when to shift strategic direction. Ability to set objectives and regularly measure progress at the team and individual level, providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. Becomes energized when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty Comfortable taking risks and experimenting, learning, and adapting. BUSINESS PARTNERING Seek and build alliances within the finance organization and across the business to ensure that finance is included as a vital strategic partner in the business decision making processes Provide input as a key business partner for strategic business agenda development Identify and evaluate risk associated with business performance and strategy Provide input as a key business partner for strategic business agenda development FORECASTING AND REPORTING Oversee the development of long-term and short-term forecasts Condense and synthesize vast financial data into a meaningful and actionable message Oversee the preparation of the monthly financial reporting package. Utilize dashboards to identify opportunities for management to improve performance and achieve financial goals Anticipate future market or industry trends to drive business performance decisions FINANCIAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING Prepare and interpret operational budgets; identify risks and opportunities to close gaps Challenge business partners and provide financial guidance to meet/exceed business plans Present, defend and negotiate business plans to management Identify and quantify opportunities and risks associated with business performance and strategy BUSINESS CONTROLS Plan and conduct financial/operational audits of retail locations. Verify compliance of activities with policies, regulations, and procedures Reports audit findings to business leaders and recommend actions for operational improvement Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience, or MBA, Masters, or CPA with 3+ years Excellent PC skills, including proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint Oracle/Hyperion experience Tableau or equivalent data visualization strongly preferred SQL, Python, R proficiency a plus Some travel required Hertz does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR/TA team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Hertz vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Hertz Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Hertz TA team via the Applicant Tracking System. At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company. Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique. EOE, including disability/veteran