Finance Manager – Global Business Finance, Lad Compensation

The LAD Compensation Team has a wide and exciting breadth of responsibilities. The team works with LAD Finance and Operations Management to manage year-over-year LAD Go-To-Market and Incentive Compensation Planning. The team is responsible to consolidate work efforts and data across LAD to issue sales compensation plans for over 2,100 LAD sales employees. The team also bridges planning activities with GBF Comp Operations, Global Incentive Compensation, Business Services, HR, and Global Compensation Administration to implement policies, processes, and systems. In this way, the team acts as a primary point of contact for LAD incentive compensation planning. Career Level - M2KEY RESPONSIBILITIESThis role will manage a team of (4) finance compensation analysts supporting and managing LAD incentive compensation systems, processes and data. Some of the team functions include compensation plan issuance, pool & executive reporting, pool bonus allocation facilitation, comp escalations research, quota modeling, performance analysis, ATR reconciliation, re-plans related to change in territories, re-plans related to country-specific focal increases, and use/management of compensation systems (CPT, AQT, Gatekeeper, PAART, Bonus Tool, SCPa, This role also manages written and verbal communications to LAD in collaboration with GBF Compensation and LAD Global Business Finance. This role will report into the GBF Compensation Senior Director. To be considered for the position, applicants must have significant demonstrable compensation and/or finance experience. The role requires a high degree of coordination with counterparts in LAD Business Operations, Global Compensation Administration, Global Incentive Compensation, HR and Finance. Candidates should be analytical, collaborative and articulate. Tasks include reviewing/analyzing methodologies to align systems and processes with company strategic goals, advising on plan structures and exceptions to Oracle standard plan structures, setting global compensation guidelines, and creating systems and spreadsheets to globalize compensation planning and tracking. This role serves as a bridge between GBF and GIC systems developers and compensation analysts. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Drive timely and accurate incentive comp planning execution for each GIU sales employee Manage compensation planning data including product eligibility mapping, sales crediting multipliers, banded rate tables, strategic account data, and sales performance analytics Work with GBF Comp community and development team to identify, drive systems/tool initiatives related to analytics and reporting Communicate effectively and comfortably with all levels of management to provide project status updates Partner with colleagues to implement standard processes, tools, dashboards and metrics to drive the success of initiatives Identify gaps and provide solutions that drive efficiencies and process improvements Identify and prioritize tasks – role will manage multiple projects that require time management and priority management to deliver on tight timelines Respond to requests from senior management and determine the most appropriate ways to execute, communicate and/or manage initiatives and follow-up activity Oversee and/or manage other project team members Accountable for actions. Mistakes happen. Candidate must own mistakes that are made, identify ways to rectify and move on quickly Promote team spirt, maintain positive attitude and have fun PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Excel – must have modeling skills and the ability to create, update and enhance existing and complex worksheets Project and/or people management experience overall experience working, preferably for an enterprise technology company Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion Organizational, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, with proven success in delivering results in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, communicating with all levels of management and individual contributors Knowledge of compensation metrics, processes, and principles highly desired Work independently with minimal guidance and provide project direction that will lead to overall success PREFERRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS Able to build trust & credibility across multiple organizations Ability to interact and influence effectively with all levels of the company & lead presentations Take personal ownership for the achievement of agreed goals. EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in related field Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.