ABOUT ROCKET: THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD DEPEND ON ROCKET TO SOLVE THEIR MOST CHALLENGING BUSINESS PROBLEMS BY HELPING THEM RUN THEIR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS PROCESSES, AND DATA, AS WELL AS EXTENDING THE VALUE OF THESE ASSETS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CLOUD AND MOBILE COMPUTING, ADVANCED ANALYTICS, AND OTHER FUTURE INNOVATIONS. FROM THE CLOTHES WE WEAR TO THE CARS WE DRIVE; ROCKET SOLUTIONS POWER THE BACK-END SYSTEMS FOR THOUSANDS OF BRANDS WE INTERACT WITH EVERY DAY. AT ROCKET, SOFTWARE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT PEOPLE—NOT JUST ONES AND ZEROES. WE’RE PEOPLE SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND WE STRIVE TO TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS, AND FELLOW ROCKETEERS WITH HUMANITY. FOUNDED IN 1990, ROCKET SOFTWARE IS HEADQUARTERED IN WALTHAM, MA, WITH 31 OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD.
JOB OVERVIEW: This role is responsible for providing finance support to Rocket’s Customer Success organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing reporting and analysis on bookings, revenue, COGS and contribution margins against prior periods, forecasts and budgets. This is a highly visible role which will report directly to the VP of Corporate Finance. It is also a key position in the Corporate Finance team located at the company’s headquarters, with lots of opportunity for growth and development.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead monthly financial reviews with senior business and finance leaders. Anticipate questions and advise on corrective actions based on financial insight.
- Develop a deep understanding of the business goals/objectives, to understand the root causes of variances and provide insightful, fact-based data analysis and scenario modeling to tell the story of the business.
- Proactively partner and engage with key leaders and cross-functional partners to drive improved insight into the business, by refining or developing new KPI’s or scorecards that drive organizational accountability and performance.
- Drive and track cost reduction initiatives and assist with business case development and analysis to aid in prioritization decisions.
- Support the finance cadence/rhythm of the business for monthly reporting, rolling forecasts and the annual budgeting / planning cycle in alignment with Corporate FP&A timelines by communicating required deliverables clearly and facilitating reviews with senior leaders in a timely manner.
- Provide business insights to inform FP&A forecasting and budgeting process and own functional forecasts and budgets
- Help drive innovation by actively seeking opportunities to simplify reporting and enhance delivery methods. Improve efficiency and effectiveness of finance activities through automation within the confines of available tools.
- Ensure adequate internal controls are in place and policies or guidelines are adhered to.
Required Skills
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum of 10+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of Financial Analysis experience.
- High level of Excel knowledge with the ability to use pivot tables, complex formulas and to develop detailed financial and operational models.
- Demonstrated ability to manage to tight deadlines and prioritize workloads with a high degree of accuracy and minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work both strategically and at a detailed operational level.
- Ability to quickly grasp new ideas and organize complex information.
- Experience working with large, unstructured data sets and through focused data gathering and analysis create clear, accurate and compelling story-telling of key business drivers and business insights.
- Ability to provide executive-grade accurate financial data/information focused on driving business decisions.
- Curious, self-starter who consistently takes the initiative to address questions and build new processes/structures.
- Mentor and train analysts
PREFERRED SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or MBA.
- 5-7 years of experience in the planning and analysis field working closely with senior management.
- Experience with Salesforce, Oracle ERP, Hyperion PBCS, Essbase, Smart View, APEX, PowerBI
- Experience working with Customer Success and Professional Services organizations.
- Experience with setting and managing pricing for products.
- Experience working in the high-tech industry or for software companies.
Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to hr@rocketsoftware.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis. #LI-JM1