CORT Events is hiring a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. This person will act as a financial advisor and hands-on business partner to the VPs and Divisional Managers to improve financial results by creating financial and operational matrixes, analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, and using that data to recommend actions that will support management's strategies.

This role will also be responsible for managing quarterly rolling forecasts, annual budget processes, and ad-hoc analyses.

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) available on the first of the month after your hire date
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
• Company-paid disability and life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts and perks

Major areas of responsibility include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Understanding of all key business drivers and creating financial models and revenue, operational and asset analyses to support strategic initiatives.
• Deliver value-added business analyses and report financial and operational metrics by hands on work or through 2 key staff (financial analyst and accounting manager).
• Consistently develop appropriate automated reporting and forecasting tools.
• Constantly evaluate current CORT businesses to identify non-value-added processes and make recommendations to improve or discontinue.
• Develop and support business relationship with procurement and finance departments for our biggest customers and through those relationships stay abreast of industry conditions and competitor activities.
• Preparation of quarterly forecasts and annual budgets, including development of business strategy and tactical recommendations to implement the strategy.
• Prepare quarterly financial executive summary and present it to divisional and company executives.
  
• Work on annual pricing models
• Prepare and maintain competitor analysis.
• Consistently develop appropriate automated reporting and forecasting tools.
• Manage Finance and Accounting Team - 3 Direct report and 4 Indirect Reports
• Preparation of quarterly forecasts and annual budgets, including development of business strategy and tactical recommendations to implement the strategy.
• Prepare quarterly financial executive summary and present it to divisional and company executives.
• Oversees the review of monthly financial statements, providing performance gap analysis.
• Demonstrate appropriate understanding/working knowledge and application of accounting principles and internal controls.
• Work with senior management on company projects and new business opportunities
• Participate in due diligence for acquisitions/new product launches.
• Travel expectations (5-10%)
• Other duties will be assigned as appropriate.

• Minimum BS Degree with emphasis in Accounting, Finance or Economics - MBA or advance degree/CFA preferred.
• Expert level analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Hands-on experience in Power BI and Adaptive Planning.
• Problem structuring and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Salesforce, PeopleSoft and data warehousing systems.
• The ideal candidate will have 5 to 8 years of work experience and/or training on a national level, preferably in distribution, warehousing, retail, trade show, logistics, hospitality, or other business that served a vendor to other businesses.
• Experience working in logistics preferred.
• 3 years managerial/supervisory experience.
• The candidate will be a results-driven, self-starter whose sense of urgency is tempered and disciplined by their concern for accuracy and quality of work. Being an inclusive team-building leader, the candidate will have a track record of success in achieving results, and customer satisfaction.
• The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills, knowing what to say and how to say it.
• High Emotional Intelligence - Superior interpersonal skills and ability to work cross functionally.
• A desire to make and influence company decisions - this is not a caretaker role - change is part of daily life.

CORT, a part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services.

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Pursuant to the Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance for participating locations, CORT will consider all qualified applicants to include those who may have criminal history records. Check your city government website for specific fair chance hiring information.