Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, Card Partnerships

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, Card Partnerships

Capital One is seeking a culture-led, results-driven, and strategic Manager of Partnerships Finance. This is an exciting time for Capital One Card Partnerships, as we are looking to expand our business aggressively in the partner credit card segment, not only through organic growth in existing programs, but also through acquisitions of new card partners.

The role will be the work lead for a team of vertical financial analysts supporting the financials of individual Partnerships portfolios. Given the unique nature of the Partnerships business, this position will have significant exposure to both internal business partners and external client teams to help drive partner-specific financial insights.

This position will serve as the work lead providing oversight for the actuals and outlook, presenting monthly financial results to internal and external leadership, and managing quarterly or annual strategic exercises related to the Partnerships business. The finance team also plays a key role in our external partner payments, managing the review and approval of monthly compensation prior to final payment.

• Develop a deep understanding of the components of the Card Partnerships P&L to help drive insights and analytics on the financial performance of the Partnerships business
• Accurately analyze & explain key drivers and monthly variances, suggest actions to the business, and manage the regular reporting process for multiple Partnership segments
• Generate ongoing analytical insights into overall financial performance
• Develop and deliver senior management presentations
• Partner with internal and external business leaders to provide strategic finance and accounting perspective on business initiatives
• Develop contractual knowledge over specific partnership agreements to adequately provide oversight to the monthly partner compensation process
• Create well-managed sustainable processes and continuously challenge what’s possible
• Independently manage, prioritize, and delegate tasks
• Serve as the work lead for 2-3 analysts; coaching and mentoring associates with a goal of developing and retaining talent

The ideal candidate will provide strong financial leadership as we’re evaluating prospective partnership deals. The role requires problem solving, strategic thinking, and influencing skills in order to effectively:

• Articulate outcomes of analysis and relevant insights
• Able to critically evaluate option sets and present recommendations
• Effective under both open-ended and tight timelines
• Partner with leadership and business teams to assess the financial implications of ongoing efforts to grow the organization
• Develop presentations to communicate business and analysis results to senior leadership audiences
• Comfortable working in white space and the ability to get work done through others

• Financial analysis & reporting:
  Accurately analyze & explain balance sheet and income statement implications of decisions and contract structures, suggest actions to the business, and manage financial elements of a deal process wing-to-wing
• Executive business presentations:
  Assist in development of presentations to communicate analysis results to senior audiences; clearly articulate outcomes of analysis to leadership teams
• Ad-hoc requests and special projects
• Independently manage, prioritize, and delegate tasks
• Coordinate across Capital One’s corporate Global Finance teams in support of deal valuations and decisioning
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis to investigate and assess any industry related topics and strategic options.

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 4 years’ of experience in financial analysis
• At least 4 years’ experience with financial modeling
• At least 1 year of experience managing a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function
• At least 1 year of people management experience

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Master’s Degree in Finance
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) license or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
• 5 years of financial planning and analysis…