Senior Manager 2, Segment Finance

Senior Manager 2, Segment Finance

Unit Description:

Sodexo USA is searching for Senior Manager II, Segment Financewithin our Entegra Procurement Services division for our Corporate Headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The Senior Manager may work remotely but we need candidates within a reasonable distance of the Gaithersburg area as they will need to come into the office periodically.

Entegra Procurement Services provides procurement management for multi-unit clients in industries including acute, seniors, leisure, hospitality and restaurants. We deliver procurement solutions that drive operational effectiveness and segment marketing plans that provide innovative products and services.

Entegra Procurement Services is a subsidiary of Sodexo and part of a global procurement network that manages more than $10 billion in spend for food, services and supplies, and serves more than 80,000 client sites throughout the United States alone.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the assigned entegra segment portfolio and manage key client accounts within the segment ensuring adherence to entegra procurement contract terms.
• Oversee the segments periodic financials, conduct segment specific finance contract reviews, manage incentive payment administration, and manage the purchase activities of key client accounts within a segment for payment to client(s) per contract terms.
• Partner and work collaboratively with the Membership Management team to ensure timely delivery of client requirements for accurate member onboarding.
• Support segment budget and forecast processes to enable sound data driven decision making.
• Interface with all levels of management including National Account Executives of each program, Regional Account Managers, Corporate Finance, Financial Service Center personnel as well as external clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to engage and influence internal and external Senior Executives. Work directly with leaders of various service teams to ensure client requirements can be fulfilled.
• Provide premium and high-quality expert account management and consultation through building best practices and fostering strong internal and external client relationships.
• Provide strategic account planning and management and develop client specific playbills for assigned segment portfolio.
• Prepare and distribute segment and client specific reports and data within required deadlines and ensure that the information supplied is accurate, concise, relevant, and comprehensible.
• Administer and disseminate routine and on-demand client specific data analysis.Ability to use appropriate analytics programs and software to analyze and report on the data as well as determine areas of focus for potential new reports is an important part of this job responsibility.
• Strong and exceptional senior leadership and management skills with demonstrated experience managing a team and executing against ambitious performance goals.
• Manage the assigned Client Accounts Financial Services Segment team to communicate and collaborate across the organization to ensure the growth and success of the team; Manages 2 to 3 FTEs.
• Lead the teams overall planning activities, developing specific and measurable goals that advance entegras vision and mission and complement or support the goals of other departments.
• Develop and promote segment specific standard operating procedures and champion process enhancements such as automation etc.
• Plan and attend collaborative meetings across the organization to champion the team initiatives.
• Enhance the professional and career development of the team through effective training, mentoring, and performance evaluations.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality improvement.
• Drive escalations as needed to leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance (MBA preferred), and 8 plus years relevant work experience.
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls. Remain current on GAAP and audit best practices regarding accounting issues.
• Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, modeling etc.) required. Access database and Microsoft Power BI knowledge preferred.
• Ability to work with databases, analyze data, and provide detailed summary reporting of completed data analysis.
• Demonstrated flexibility with shifting priorities and ability to balance the existence of clear systems and processes with the capability to modify processes in the service of continuous improvement, and the changing demands of a rapidly growing business.
• High attention to detail, comfort with ambiguity, and an ability to work independently with a high degree of autonomy. Track record of delivering results with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to take ownership and accountability and ensure adherence to stipulated entegra contractual requirements.
• Client facing experience with a focus on delivering exemplary customer service to both internal and external clients.
• Strategic business partner and trusted advisor, requiring clear communication skills (both written and verbal), cross-functional relationships, and will bring outstanding technical finance and accounting skills, strong financial stewardship, and a relentless drive to realize entegras mission.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable in interacting with senior management, both within Finance as well as the business units and other Corporate functions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating a flexible approach with short deadlines. Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment towards successful establishment of set goals and objectives.
• Driven self-starter who works effectively and efficiently with all colleagues, strategic partners to include senior-level executives and CEOs.
• Ability to plan and manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines. Ability to solve problems, work under pressure, think creatively, and function autonomously.
• Sound judgement, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to devise strategies from appropriate data. Ability to generate bold, creative ideas to improve performance and processes.
• Excellent organizational skills and good time management with the ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities, and meet deadlines.

Learn more about Sodexos Benefits

Working for Sodexo:

Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring and career growth opportunities. Sodexo empowers its employees who have developed a thorough understanding of the organization to create their own career path

What We Offer:

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelors Degreeor equivalent experience
Basic Management Experience -5 years
Basic Functional Experience -3 years

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.