Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Director

Job Title:

Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Director

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

As a Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, you will play a pivotal role in the management and ownership of Western Alliance’s monthly Forecast and annual Budget processes. You will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Bank’s consolidated Income Statement and Balance Sheet processes. Some of your key responsibilities include overseeing and consolidating the annual budget and monthly forecast deliverables, owning and improving the WAL’s Corporate FP&A tools and processes, periodic (monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc) management reporting, working with Corporate Strategy to support the annual Strategic Planning process, partnering with leadership across the bank and ad-hoc analysis as needed. The successful candidate will have a high level of intellectual curiosity and will proactively identify and implement process improvements and tools across the bank to continuously elevate the consistency and effectiveness of our Finance deliverables.

• Responsible for ownership and maintenance of Corporate FP&A annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes.
• Consolidate financial results and projections from finance leaders to understand drivers of financial performance; calculate and predict future income statement, balance sheet, and non-financial line-items; maintain and improve of all of Corporate budget/forecast tools and processes and procedures.
• Drive value through in-depth ad-hoc analysis and clearly present findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Leverage data and technology resources to both upload and report financial and non-financial information related to forecasting, budgeting and analysis.
• Work closely with Finance Data and Reporting team to identify areas of automation and process improvement
• Build and maintain strong relationships built on trust with executive leadership team.
• Proactively demonstrate high levels of intellectual curiosity as it relates to understanding bank-wide performance drivers and the ability to aggregate disparate pieces of information into a cohesive message.  
• Lead as an internal consultant and subject matter expert by establishing oneself as a single point of contact for any finance related matters.  

What you'll need:

• Master or MBA in related field preferred; Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of related experience in Financial Analysis, Accounting, Finance, or similar field
• Previous banking finance experience required
• Advanced knowledge of general banking balance sheet, operations and profitability drivers
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Excellent speaking and writing skills
• Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Financial Analysis certification preferred

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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