Urw - Los Angeles, CA

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Los Angeles, CA
Real Estate

About the position

As a Senior Finance Manager at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial landscape of Westfield Rise, the company's in-house media, brand experience, and data partnerships agency in Europe. This position is critical as Westfield Rise seeks to scale its business, and you will be responsible for supporting sales reporting and providing financial planning and analysis (FP&A) support to the US Rise Executive team. Your contributions will directly impact the strategic direction of the agency, which operates across 12 countries and 80 shopping centers, creating innovative campaigns and activations that engage audiences both online and offline. In this role, you will oversee and manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for Westfield Rise, ensuring accurate financial reporting and analysis. You will conduct weekly forecasting and analysis, support the creation of a 5-Year Business Plan, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure accurate forecasts for planning and capital expenditure projects. Your responsibilities will also include managing quarterly financial reports, overseeing accounts receivable to minimize bad debt, and partnering with tax to ensure proper business setup as the agency evolves with joint venture partners and new third parties. You will be instrumental in driving process and systems improvements, developing analytical tools and frameworks that provide executives with insights into the state of the Rise business. Your role will involve reviewing key business drivers, providing actionable data to the executive team, and preparing financials and supporting analysis for monthly, quarterly, and long-term forecasting. You will also be tasked with creating new types of analysis to better understand the business and financials, ensuring that the agency remains agile and responsive to market changes.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage Rise P&L.
  • Complete weekly forecasting and analysis on the Rise business.
  • Support with the creation of a 5-Year Business Plan and future modeling.
  • Support cross-functional partners to ensure they have accurate forecasts for planning and capex projects.
  • Complete financial analysis for Capex requests to Paris HQ.
  • Manage and close out quarterly financial reports.
  • Oversee and manage AR to ensure we minimize any bad debt.
  • Partner with tax to ensure business is properly set up as we evolve with JV partners and new 3rd parties we represent.
  • Set up and oversee all rent and other payments due.
  • Participate in process/systems improvement committees to help drive efficiency and improve analytics.
  • Help develop analytical tools/frameworks to allow executives to better understand the state of the Rise business.
  • Establish the culture that implements best practices and cultivates individual high performance.
  • Review key business drivers for Rise; provide insightful and actionable data to the executive team.
  • Provide ongoing analysis to improve sales, income and mitigate risks for the business line.
  • Identify key trends and issues with deals and provide feedback to executives.
  • Define, develop, and review dashboards with key business drivers and provide visibility into current and future outlook.
  • Review and build analysis for Monthly Dashboard/KPIs.
  • Prepare financials and supporting analysis for monthly, quarterly, and long-term forecasting for senior executives.
  • Review explanations/analysis and understand any variances.
  • Create new types of analysis to analyze the business and financials.

Requirements

  • BA in Accounting or Finance required, MBA or CPA preferred.
  • Five or more years of FP&A experience in finance/accounting, preferably with real estate and retail finance.
  • Three or more years of providing finance support to a sales team.
  • Capable of thriving in a team-oriented environment, partnering with other finance staff, and working closely with senior executives and other Finance executives.
  • Ability to communicate and present to senior executives, obtain buy-in from stakeholders, and offer concise business solutions.
  • Ability to help manage projects and lead financial analysis to solve business problems.
  • Ability to simultaneously work on several projects under strict timelines.
  • Strong analytical and general quantitative skills, with an attention to detail.
  • Expert user of Excel.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with data analytics tools and software.
  • Knowledge of real estate market trends and financial modeling techniques.

Benefits

  • Discretionary Annual Bonus
  • Opportunities for internal movement and international mobility
  • Continuous learning and professional development programs
  • Mentorship and guidance from experienced leaders
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming
  • Volunteering opportunities to impact communities
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