Finance Director for OPEX FP and A

Genesys® powers more than 25 billion of the world’s best customer experiences each year. We put the customer at the center of everything we do and passionately believe that great customer engagement drives great business outcomes. More than 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries trust the industry’s #1 customer experience platform to orchestrate omnichannel customer journeys that eliminate silos and build lasting relationships.

The Director of FP&A will manage a team responsible for managing expenses and metrics around the R&D, Marketing, Product Management and R&D organizations. Responsibilities include financial analysis and modeling, creating financial plans and budgets, and analyzing, interpreting, and communicating financial information across Genesys. Key characteristics of an ideal candidate: well-rounded, delivers results in high growth environments, high emotional quotient, strong business acumen, effective communicator. This position reports to the VP of FP&A and has 3 direct reports.

* Partner with the global organizations to conduct financial analysis and develop strategic insights that drive business decisions * Ensure business unit financial and operating decisions are based on accurate financial data and apply financial expertise to inform overall strategy and business direction * Own and drive the annual budgeting process and monthly close and forecast process for the global OPEX organizations. Own and manage the financials of each organization with high predictability, considering all operational aspects and their impacts on company financials * Partner with cross functional teams to provide financial and business leadership to support business decisions * In addition to the OPEX organizations, build key partnerships with Sales, Sales Ops, and Accounting to ensure all dependencies are considered * Develop robust models to streamline decision-making * Ensure financial objectives such as segment schedules, growth, efficiency, productivity, etc. are appropriately analyzed and understood by business partners * Provide recommendations for business decisions based on those models * Partner with the company’s accounting team for month-end and quarter-end close reporting, driving internal processes to maintain and improve predictability of financial results * Recommend and develop policies, procedures and systems to meet Company objectives. * Prepare presentations and provide recommendations to senior management * Assist in communications to the Board of Directors and external investors, including developing and reporting metrics and key performance indicators * Lead, manage, motivate, and develop a direct team

**Basic Qualifications:** * Must have owned and driven an annual budgeting process and monthly close and forecast process for a global organization, preferably a Cloud/SaaS business. * Minimum 10 years of experience in finance and accounting with emphasis on budgeting, forecasting, planning, financial analysis, and modeling with relevant experience as an FP&A business partner * Experience managing a finance team * Someone who has already been in a leadership role (Director already or Sr Director at a smaller start up) * Has previously managed a finance team preferably within a software (SaaS) company **Preferred Qualifications:** * Strong systems skills a plus (Adaptive Planning, HostAnalytics, Anaplan, NetSuite, Salesforce, or other comparable financial and ERP systems * Ability to influence through clear presentation and communication of complex data analysis. Ability to recognize and employ appropriate interaction styles and methods to achieve the desired outcome * Ability to analyze and interpret data to develop insights and recommendations that synthesizes information across functions and perspectives * Excellent communication, interpersonal, collaboration and consultative skills. Inquisitive and positive mindset in approaching complex problems