Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis - Texas, United States - Anthony Andrew, LLC

Description

A Career Maker | Industry Leader | Extraordinary Culture | Hypergrowth | Equity Upon Hire

Our Client: Action Behavior Centers

Seven years ago, they started off with one center in Austin, one Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and big aspirations. After observing the lack of quality options for children with Autism, they set out to create Action Behavior Centers (ABC) with a vision of transforming the lives of children with Autism and the clinicians who support them.

In their quest to create something special, they ignited a movement.

Today, with more than 300 centers in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Minnesota, and Illinois, they are poised for 100% growth to 600+ centers, in 12+ states, over the next three years. Through their community of more than eight thousand autism professionals, they serve thousands of children and families with Autism. ABC is now the largest and most respected name in ABA therapy.

An Extraordinary Team

At the core of their success is a hand-picked, highly engaged staff, dedicated to the success of every child.

Their clinical leadership is composed of experts in the field of ABA therapy. Their Board-Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) are extraordinarily talented clinicians whose life's work is helping children on the Autism Spectrum live rich, happy lives in which they contribute to and enhance the world around them.

They do this because they love making a difference. They take care of them because of it. They create a culture that is open, energetic, intensely supportive and grounded in a relentless commitment to quality therapy for their kids.

Our Kids

Our kids are at the core of what we do. They are what matters. Everything we do is focused on embracing their world, understanding them and achieving their greatest potential.

ABC doesn't take a "one size fits all" approach and treats each child as an individual.

Our goal is to celebrate each child's unique gifts while helping them develop tools that serve them later in life.

Our Families

You are part of the ABC family, for the first phone call, through every milestone. We are in this together. We are connected.

In addition to behavioral and development programming, we place a large focus on the inclusion of the family. Every family member plays a fundamental role. We provide dedicated programs and guidance to help families understand their roles and responsibilities.

Position Description

The Senior Director of FP&A position represents a significantly rewarding career opportunity to join the largest and fastest-growing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy Services Company, with a vision of transforming the lives of children with Autism and the clinicians who support them.

This position is in Austin, Texas or Hybrid Office Based. Hybrid candidates will work locally at Austin headquarters once per month (typically a 3-4 day week).

What You'll Do

• Assist the company's financial planning and budgeting processes in coordination with senior management and department leaders.

• Support critical modeling needs across budgeting, rolling forecasting, ad-hoc modeling, and more.

• Support achievement of budget goals through analysis and corrective action.

• Prepare and analyze month-end reporting package and communicate financial trends, performance, and significant events to the VP Finance in a timely manner; fully own issue resolution process by assigning follow-ups to department leaders and coordinating with responsible parties to eliminate roadblocks.

• Participate in strategic data analysis, research, and modeling for senior leadership.

• Partner with Operations and Strategic Planning to drive profitability across our centers. Implement projects that drive financial and operational excellence.

• Report on progress against annual objectives and actuals vs plan.

• Validate, improve and challenge, when necessary, the quality and accuracy of status quo management reporting.

• Help the Finance and Accounting teams to implement new, and optimize current Finance systems, including Planful.

• Support the company-wide OpEx initiative; proactively deep-dive into the company's financial operations and identify potential areas of opportunity.

• Supervise the company's financial operations and identify to management potential areas of opportunities and risk.

Why You'll Love Working at Action Behavior Centers

• You'll play a crucial role on a talented corporate accounting and finance team, in a hypergrowth, values driven, collaborative culture.

• You'll work alongside talented, results-driven colleagues with decades of combined experience building businesses in the healthcare space.

• You'll be joining a company relentlessly committed to their patients and practices that combines the best of mission-driven orientation with innovation, with the opportunity to help build the company and drive exponential growth.

• You'll be surrounded by extraordinary colleagues who care deeply about their work and team up to create a whole that is greater than the sum of their parts.

Who You Are

• A strong director, able to motivate, develop, and lead in a growing Finance team.

• A data-first, analytically minded individual with deep experience in modeling, forecasting, and reporting.

• You are self-driving, and get things done.

• You're a roll-up your sleeves & get stuff done type of leader. You want to start your role by learning all the intimate details of the business and then build infrastructure and team to streamline the process.

• You're a good score keeper, good at predicting the future, and create value by collaborating with other departments in the company to hit the company's goals.

• You regularly invest in yourself and take your expertise and skills to the next level and by doing so, increase your personal brand and the value you deliver to your team and the company.

• You are assertive and have the ability to say "No" in a solutions-oriented way.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of transaction services, FP&A, or corporate accounting/finance; investment banking, private equity, and corporate development experience is preferred

• A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or related field; Master's preferred

• A highly analytical & strong critical thinking ability

• A reputation and track record of getting results both individually and as a force multiplier through others

• Skill and experience with 3-statement financial modeling

• Project ownership experience and the ability to work independently and proactively

• Strong written and oral communication skills; diplomatic yet assertive

• Passion for process improvement and problem solving

• Attention to detail and commitment to quality

• Flexibility and creativity compatible with a rapidly growing company

Relationships

The Senior Director of FP&A reports to the VP Finance and will join a team of 4 team members

Compensation, Benefits, and Sign-On Equity

The company provides an attractive compensation plan consisting of a market-competitive base salary, annual incentive program, comprehensive benefits, and equity upon hire.

Success in the First Year First 90 Days

• Review and understand drivers behind the rolling forecast model

• Be intimately familiar with the credit agreement and all drivers of cash flow

• Support preparation of financial forecasts and cash flow forecasts

• Learn the business and various systems used by the company (NetSuite, Paycor, Central Reach, Salesforce, Sisense, etc.)

• Learn and support key business initiatives related to RCM, OpEx management, CapEx, procurement, labor efficiency

• Establish relationships with Operations and Clinical leaders

• Become very familiar with the Revenue Cycle Billing & Collections system and process

At 180 Days

• Manage variance analysis against budget and rolling forecast, and provide recommendations on how to manage the company towards its goals

• Execute with various stakeholders on key business initiatives related to RCM, OPEX Management, Procurement, and Therapist Efficiency

• Enhance the monthly financial reporting package to provide timely and actionable insights for the business

By the End of the First Year

• Be an owner of FP&A by proposing cadences, process improvements, and your own roadmap for improvements and growth of the FP&A function

• Develop strong relationships with lenders and investors

• Be fully integrated with the centers to help them run and improve their businesses, using best practices from one practice to help all practices

• Maintain financial dashboards and analyses to facilitate business partnership with department leaders, provide guidance to them and highlight risks/opportunities on a proactive basis.