Finance Manager, Workplace & Travel

Position Overview

Autodesk People & Places (PPL) is looking for a trusted Finance Manager to support our Workplace & Travel teams. This person reports to the Director of Workplace, Americas and will own the forecasting and reporting for the AMER region. The candidate must demonstrate independence, excellence and integrity in decision making and business judgement. A strong knowledge of information systems, financial planning, accounting, strategic planning, risk assessment and business development is required, preferably in a software company. The right candidate for this role will demonstrate strong collaboration skills, financial aptitude, excellent business intuition, and the capability to work at multiple levels, including high level strategy and day-to-day financial details.

Responsibilities

• Work with department heads of Operations, Projects, Safety & Security, and Travel to analyze actual spending against budgeted/forecasted amounts

• Provide necessary recommendations and take proactive steps to achieve financial targets and maintain quarterly variance of no more than 1%

• Manage support resource responsible for day-to-day general accounting tasks such as PO creation, spend tracking, invoice tracking, etc.

• Help shape and implement financial and accounting policies and programs. Work to formulate policies and create processes

• Roll out new policies and processes to further develop standards and processes to ensure compliance with financial reporting

• Ensure that policies and processes are followed consistently in the AMER

• Provide guidance to Financial Analysts in EMEA & APAC

• At senior levels, analyze historical financial data to make assumptions regarding spend projections

• Review forecasts and determine what effect proposed changes may have on outcome (‘what-if' analyses)

• Develop models to determine financial impact on total spend

• Work with Workplace Managers to perform various analyses such as spend analysis, cost/head analysis and operating expense analysis

• Aggregate financial information from people and financial software tools. Analyze and manipulate data using Power BI and other tools

• Report information on a regular or ad hoc basis to Geo Workplace teams and WP&T management

• Monitor data integrity when reviewing financial transactions to determine month-end accruals

• Prepare budget and timely forecast primarily for AMER geo

• Support the RFMs (and teams) in each region by working with them to derive budget, track spend, understand, and explain drivers of any variances

• Provide necessary recommendations and take proactive steps to achieve the financial targets

• Work with FBP and GWMs to perform periodic analyses including (but not limited to) Workplace Operations, Capital Projects and relevant Powered BI Dashboards

• Provide training and analytical financial support by working as a financial partner in identifying cost savings opportunities

• Assist in documentation to ensure compliance and consistent application and/or interpretation of processes or policies

Minimum Qualifications

• BFA or MFA

• 5+ years work experience in accounting/finance

• Excellent technical skills (Excel, Power BI, Accounting software)

• Demonstrates a strong sense of curiosity and a willingness to explore new ideas, technologies, and solutions to continuously improve processes 

• Collaborate effectively with team members and other departments to achieve common goals, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to collective success

About Autodesk

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