Finance Manager, Product Development

About the position

The Finance Manager will use proven expertise in financial analytics, forecasting, and insights to support Marvin's business strategy. This position will be responsible for supporting the need for financial analysis within Marvin by introducing and incorporating industry best practices for analytics, measurement, reporting, and insights. The position will work closely with product development and product management leaders to create and implement product and process analytics that measure impact of activity and investment in order to influence new ways of thinking for key stakeholders in all geographies and levels of the organization. THIS ROLE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIT IN WARROAD, MN.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial insights that are clear, compelling and actionable to drive awareness of business and financial results.
• Develop the process for offering business analytics to provide visibility into results and financial impact of investments including, but not limited to, the product development process.
• Proactively engage with functional leaders and their teams to provide insight into business challenges and needs from a financial perspective.
• Provide executive-facing insights, analytics, and presentations to shed light on financial performance and drive business decisions.
• Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure analytics are aligned with enterprise goals and objectives; ensure leaders are equipped with the necessary tools to make informed business and financial decisions.
• Partner with various business partners, and colleagues to create effective analytics and consider multiple points of view and business impacts into an analysis.
• Implement metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for assigned initiatives. Use metrics to inform strategic plans on how to improve, enhance or innovate future programs and tactics.
• Develop and lead a team of finance professionals to deliver high-quality financial support and analysis.
• Able to travel up to 10% to other company sites.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years work experience leading financial analytics process and execution
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, math, or related field
• Experience working with product development functions and the product development process.
• Superior use of excel including macros, pivot tables, and v-lookups as well as business intelligence tools such as Qlik, Tableau, or Spotfire.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior management and work across all levels of an organization.
• Comfortable developing analytic plans for a variety of business programs and projects
• An executive presence with polished and well-developed facilitation, written and oral communication skills, demonstrating creativity and technical expertise.
• Assertive and confident with a strong point of view while able to understand/empathize and support other perspectives.
• Intent on building trusting and collaborative partnerships/relationships.
• Ability to turn complex, financial analytics into insights that are appropriate for different audiences and business lines (e.g. senior leaders, managers, all employees).
• Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Able to work as part of a finance team, focused on building a 'great place to work' culture and continuously upholding the purpose and values of Marvin.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement savings match
• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on whatever makes you happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• $ Annual profit sharing - get rewarded for the role everyone plays in making Marvin a success
• Giving at Marvin - join coordinated volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund - financial support thanks to your colleagues and the Marvin family should you suffer a personal hardship