Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

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Overview

Why We Need Your Talents:

With our rapid projected expansion, the Live! Casino & Hotel Brand is searching for the right talent to grow with the organization and help drive our future success.

The Manager of FP&A is responsible for supporting the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis through the reporting and analysis of all financial, marketing, and operational processes for the company. This will include, but not limited to, forecasting, operating/payroll costs, revenue, and Marketing programs.

Responsibilities

Where You'll Make an Impact:

• Support and help implement consistent statistical standard operating procedures and evaluation methods for reporting to Senior Management.
• Helps mentor and establishes goals for subordinates focused on increasing department knowledge and departmental growth. 
• Manage a team to meet established deadlines.
• Create advanced insights from data and build into easily interpreted visualizations for management.
• Develop, execute, and maintain routine reporting and analysis to measure financial performance against company sales and margin objectives.
• Supports, develops, and maintains effective communication and excellent relationships with internal customers ensuring their reporting requirements are identified and consistently met.
• Accountable for financial modeling for reporting on Marketing and Entertainment programs.
• Analyze processes and make recommendations for improvements to maximize performance and efficiencies via the use of technology.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills to Help You Succeed:

• Ability to produce high quality reports with consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Ability to listen effectively, process information, ask appropriate questions for clarification and execute tasks accordingly.
• Ability to anticipate situations, tools needed, and obstacles through critical thinking and review of data.
• Flexibility and ability to work within a high growth, high stress, and fast paced environment with changing priorities. Must possess ability to prioritize conflicting duties and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to self-manage while consistently exercising good judgment and maturity.
• Strong research and business writing skills required.
• Must have initiative, strive for continuous improvement.  Proven ability in implementing innovative ideas or business solutions.

Qualifications

Must-Haves:

• Three (3) to Five (3) years of experience in analytical reporting including development, data mining, and data analysis.  Should include roles and responsibilities as an individual contributor as well as a manager of people and processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Finance, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent work experience in a relevant field may be substituted.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and other advanced calculations/functions is required.
• Experience with the following is preferred but not required: Virtual Roster, Kronos (UKG), Tableau, Teradata, IGT Table Touch, Bravo Poker
• General knowledge of SQL and BI development would be a plus.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement programs is preferred but not required.
• Basic accounting experience or education is preferred but not required.
• You will be exposed to an alcohol and smoking environment and must be able to work in such an environment.
• Must have the ability to secure and maintain licensure as required by Louisiana Gaming Control Board or any other applicable regulatory entity as may be required to perform assigned duties, or as required by Live’s operating standards.”