Director of Finance
Apply NowCompany: FIRST FOUNDATION BANK
Location: Irvine, CA 92620
Description:
Summary: This position is responsiblefor supporting management in strategic financial projects, including the development, implementation, and oversight of the Company's performance measurement framework. Existing legal-entity-focused reporting and analysis will be supplemented by tools focused on organizational, relationship and product profitability. In addition to working directly with the CFO on special projects, this position works collaboratively across functions (including FP&A, Treasury, Accounting and Business Operations), acting as a hands-on utility player in support of the evaluation and implementation of strategic initiatives.
Salary Range (Based on Irvine, CA): The salary range budgeted for this position is $132,500/yr to $201,400/yr and represents the Company's good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The compensation offered to a candidate may vary depending on several factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities, but competitive candidates would be open to these responsibilities in the future
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
Skills:
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; use hands to operate controls on computer; reach with hands and arms for phone and computer work; to communicate on the phone wearing a headset for extended periods. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. This job description is subject to change at any time.
First Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary Range (Based on Irvine, CA): The salary range budgeted for this position is $132,500/yr to $201,400/yr and represents the Company's good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The compensation offered to a candidate may vary depending on several factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in analyzing financial viability of potential products and services, including pro forma analysis as necessary to understand their benefits and impacts to the Company's strategy and financial performance
- Support the formulation and development of strategic business initiatives and special projects, typically working directly with the Finance Organization's leadership and other Executive Leadership Team members
- Coordinate implementation of strategic initiatives from start to finish, including building consensus among cross-functional teams and influencing decision making within senior-level audiences
- Work with management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial performance tools and analytics, including suggestions for capitalizing on opportunities to enhance existing capabilities' value-add and efficiency
- Responsible for the preparation of special studies, reports analyses and recommendations in areas such as budgets, forecasts, financial plans, statistical reports, and business forecasts for management
- Perform other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities, but competitive candidates would be open to these responsibilities in the future
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in the banking industry
- Experience in corporate finance (with a +$10 billion bank), investment banking or management consulting preferred
- Prior experience building and administering performance measurement frameworks (including reporting and analytical tools) strongly preferred
Skills:
- Strong analytical and oral/written communications skills
- Must be able to prepare presentations, executive summaries and memos to senior management, the Board and other key stakeholders
- Must be comfortable and credible speaking in front of C-level management
- Must be able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Extensive computer skills required to develop and maintain sophisticated financial models
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; use hands to operate controls on computer; reach with hands and arms for phone and computer work; to communicate on the phone wearing a headset for extended periods. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. This job description is subject to change at any time.
First Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.