Financial Shared Services Manager

SUMMARY

Lead critical Financial Service support functions including Treasury, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Vehicle Drafting operations.

Manage multiple teams to ensure efficient, accurate and timely service delivery and serve as a business partner to finance and business line management to support SOA organizational objectives.

Manage the deployment, usage and optimization of tools, technology and processes across SOA platforms.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES


* Manage company treasury and banking operations for SOA & Subsidiaries including company cash management, liquidity, intercompany funding, cash flow forecasting, and dividend payment calculations.


* Oversight of SOA Loan/Credit agreements including $2B+ cash pooling and working capital investment agreement between Mizuho Bank, SOA, Subaru Corporation and Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) including weekly projections and monthly/quarterly reporting requirements.


* Lead daily Wholesale/Fleet Vehicle Drafting operations including $18B+ of vehicle and accessory purchasing from SBR and SIA and vehicle floor plan drafting from Regional Retailers and SOA Independent Distributors.

Vehicle Drafting includes administration of Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) adjustments with drafting operations requiring significant coordination with SOA Distribution/Logistics and Information Technology (IT) departments in support of Wholesale business plans.


* Oversee SOA Accounts Payable operations including vendor, supplier, pay groups, invoice creation, Check/ACH disbursements, T&E, tax payments and 1099 reporting and related reconciliation and controls to protect company assets.


* Oversee SOA Accounts Receivable(A/R) finance team in ensuring efficient and accurate Retailer Parts Statement processing including vehicle parts, retailer incentive/holdback, debit/credit adjustments and Retailer & Independent Distributor payment activity or drafting of balances due, Oracle A/R master file maintenance and monthly financial close/account reconciliation activity


* Manage the efficient and effective deployment, usage and optimization of Treasury, AR, AP and Drafting system applications, tools, technology and process workflows across the SOA organization.


* Implement/maintain effective internal controls to safeguard company assets, adherence to JSOX, AML/Bank controls and compliance with Subaru company policies.


* Develop and maintain KPI metrics to track efficiency, quality productivity and customer satisfaction of shared service operations and implement action plans based on feedback.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


* Oversee SOA Foundation Investments with PNC including investment liquidity and Foundation disbursement activity.


* Manages operational funding on behalf of Subaru Acceptance Corporation (SAC) Wholesale and Subaru Service Loaner Program (SSLP) Floor Plan business operations.


* Oversee AR administration of SOA billings to affiliate companie...