Manager - KPI Reporting - Commercial Finance

Lineage is currently searching for a manager to join our growing team! Ideal candidates are Bachelor or MA level graduates who possess in-depth training in finance, economics, or accounting. This role requires a high degree of attention to detail, process focus, and communication. In this role, the Manager will lead highly visible reporting of our key performance indicators across Lineage's global network. This includes fixed commitments, churn, top customers and commodity reporting. The right person must be process oriented, use judgement to problem solve, and be able to effectively work and communicate with cross-functional teams.

You will work with Global Commercial Finance leads, Sales, Accounting, FP&A, and IT to streamline the process of reporting key results and play a role in the development of core systems that better support our growing business. You will succeed by being independently driven and intellectually curious. Your process driven approach, strong communication skills, and customer service mentality allow you to confidently support strong decision making by Lineage leadership.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Interpret contractual language to confirm proper reporting of fixed commitments globally by partnering with leads in North America, EMEA and APAC.

• Timely monthly and ad hoc reporting of core fixed commitment data for all sites including new sites prior to workday integration, considering the perspective of all stakeholders.

• Streamline the KPI reporting processes, making it predictable, repeatable and auditable.

• Develop playbook to start capturing and reporting on commodity, revenue by customer and fixed commitment data for newly acquired facilities.

• Create executive dashboards and reports that show how we are tracking against our goals on all key performance indicators.

• Support fixed commitment financial reporting from a managerial and accounting perspective.

• Define new best practices on structuring guarantees and roll out strategies to the sales team that improve the quality of fixed commitments.

• Track and create report outs on churn to drive strategic business decisions and retention efforts.

• Develop process compliance plan to ensure reporting is accurate and timely.

• Improve financial margins by proactively analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.

• Drive system and process improvements that continue to bring key metric reporting up to a public company standard.

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES):

• Bachelor's or master's in accounting/finance/economics or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years Finance experience.

• Detail and process oriented.

• Must have strong analytical (quantitative as well as qualitative) skills.

• Self-starter with the ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow.

• Judgment and decision making, with an ability to get past data gaps by applying appropriate logic.

• Ability to solve practical problems and analyze processes for improvements.

• Leadership ability, willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and thoughts.

• Commitment to providing outstanding internal customer service support.

• Ability to work independently, develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required; familiarity with CRM/Financial management tools helpful (Salesforce, Adaptive Insights, Workday, BI).

• Must possess excellent communication and presentation skills and be comfortable interacting with executive-level management.

Why Lineage?

This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers' requirements. Beyond that, you'll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We'll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.

Benefits

Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.

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