Cox Enterprises Hiring For Vice President, Finance at Atlanta, GA Full Time

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As a member of the Retail Solutions senior leadership team, the Vice President of Finance will be a catalyst to grow and transform Cox Automotive’s largest solution group ($3B+ Rev) spanning Consumer Solutions, Inventory Solutions, Digital Commerce & Retail Transactions (DCRT) and Dealer Software Solutions (DSS). This will include:

• Provide visibility to performance and trends and drive financial results in partnership with the Retail senior leadership team.
• Uphold fiduciary responsibility to insure optimal resource allocation and capital investment
• Challenge current thinking with recommendations for new courses of action and ways of operating
• Provide insights and alternatives to solve complex problems and challenges
• Identify opportunities for current solution sets to work more closely and leverage the assets of the broader Cox Automotive, Inc. to meet customer demands more effectively
• Provide investment oversight for projects initiated out of the Retail Solution Group and ensure collaboration across Cox Automotive teams.
• Maintain and drive overall responsibility for the finance function for Cox Automotive Retail.

This key leader reports to the Senior Vice President of Cox Automotive Financial Business Operations, with a strong dotted line to the President of Cox Automotive Retail Solutions division. The VP has 5 direct reports who provide CFO-level support to their respective solution sets. This person will lead a total organization size of approximately 50 full-time employees. Further, the VP is responsible for leading the organization in delivering on the following responsibilities.

• Lead financial planning and analysis activities including:
  • Evaluations of the Company’s operating results
  • Preparation of short and long-range forecasts/budgets.
• Provide outstanding financial operational support to the functional areas managed by the President of Cox Automotive Retail.
• Drive decision support through robust business case modeling.
• Identify key business drivers to measure and report underlying business opportunities and risks and provide input for operational decisions.
• Identify improvement opportunities in processes and tools through thought leadership, technology, customer feedback, and automation.
  • Determine appropriate resource requirements. 
  • Set goals, implement, and evaluate progress and results.
• Provide thorough and value adding analysis, followed by insightful and relevant recommendations.
• Present budget and forecast recommendations and analysis to senior leadership team.
• Continue to develop operations analysis tools and models through participation in cross-functional teams and utilization of data warehousing technologies
• Partner with other Cox Automotive Business units with particular focus on collaboration with Sales, Cox Automotive Software Product Group (CAPG) and Cox Automotive Strategy group.
• This individual will effectively lead, manage and motivate a team of Finance professionals.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Finance or Accounting is required; MBA Finance is preferred
• 15+ years of related work experience required; minimum of 10+ years of job-related experience in an accounting management role. 
• 10+ years’ experience of demonstrated financial management, analytical, strategic, problem solving experience
• A proven track record of success in directing, managing, and overseeing the financial activities and analysis across multiple business units.
• Proven ability to develop structured and fact-based strategy reports (e.g., narrative business plans and presentations) that include succinct conclusions and recommendations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and proven experience of financial modeling, statistical methods, and benchmarking techniques; synthesizing complex and diverse information and anticipating and effectively solving multifaceted problems.
• Proven leadership and teaming capabilities with the ability to operate independently, affect change across functions, and have a track record of delivered results.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong trusted working relationships with internal and external business customers and executive level management, influencing without authority.

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us. Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators. We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation. We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

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