Manager, Financial Planning - Chicago, United States - Adtalem Global Education

Adtalem Global Education

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description About Adtalem Global Education**Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.

Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Adtalem believes in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation, which thrives when we can work flexibly. Depending on your location, this role may be hybrid or remote.

HYBRID
If you reside within 50 miles of Adtalem offices in Chicago, IL, Addison, IL, Columbia, MD, Minneapolis, MN, and Miramar, FL this role is hybrid, requiring office presence three days a week (Tue, Wed, Thu), with the rest of the workweek spent working from home.

Opportunity at a Glance

This position assists with all forecasting, planning and analysis (FP&A) duties, recent business acquisitions and future adjacencies. This role supervises financial analysts to conduct the aforementioned FP&A work streams.

Additionally, this role is also involved in performing due diligence on new markets and target acquisition companies for strategic fit and financial viability, prior to involvement with FP&A.

Responsibilities:

Oversees financial statement reporting for month end close, forecasts, annual operating plan, strategic plan and ad hoc requests.
Manages financial consolidations.
Manages forecast and annual operating plan process.
Works with Information Technology or operations as needed to identify and implement systems or process efficiencies.
Leads process improvement and/or income generating projects as needed.
Develop business plans to support expansion and market entry strategies.
Conduct market research relating to new credentials, geographic markets, and training segments.
Mine understanding of competitive landscape, drivers of consumer demand, product features & functionality, and opportunities to enter market/product segments.
Evaluate best entry strategy: acquisition, licensing, reseller, build, etc. to better understand how best to leverage division's strengths and minimize weaknesses/risks.
Synthesize information into concise overview of opportunities, recommendations, and actions required to capitalize on opportunities, including human and capital investment requirements.
Present recommendations to senior leadership team of the division, including rationale and requirements of success, challenges to market entry, risks, and mitigation plans.
Completes other duties as assigned.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in finance or accounting required.
5 years of experience in financial planning, analytics required or related fields.
Experience with mergers and acquisitions preferred.
Expertise with database queries preferred.
Must draw from solid financial planning experience and business acumen to quickly understand, analyze and address business results and issues.
Effective verbal and written communication is essential for this role.
Must have the ability to concisely/effectively communicate with manager and key constituents in formal and informal settings.
Possesses professional maturity to work with key constituents/business partners in tactfully exploring winwin situations when resolving issues.
Has capacity to work independently and manage time efficiently/effectively.
Strong problem solving skills.
Approaches duties with intellectual curiosity and creativity to analyze the business and assess current/future opportunities and risks.
Sees big picture implications pertaining to finance and beyond.
Solid understanding of key business principles.
Significant exposure in a finance planning position.
Strong analytic capability and propensity for continuous improvement.
Excellent time management and conflict management skills.
Ability to operate independently.
Ability to tactfully interact with all business stakeholders for requests and resolution of issues.
Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel and Power Point.

Additional Information:

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $ and $ Actual pay will be adjusted based on jobrelated factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and cer