Job Description:

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or related field or in lieu of degree, 11 years equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A (financial planning & analysis) or similar role
• Minimum of 4 years of financial modeling experience.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• You must be 18 years or older
• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process
• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).
  Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

ROLE SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

This VP, Platform Forecasting - Promo role is responsible for preparing and coordinating short range and long-range forecasts for the Promotional and Installment portfolios within each platform. This entails participating in and coordinating with the Platforms and FP&A in the development of driver and revenue forecasts for pacing, Monthly Rolling Forecasts and Op plan; reviewing and challenging forecast results; and maintaining and improving the overall planning governance process. The role works closely with Synchrony’s Platform finance managers and FP&A teams.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with platform finance teams to create, analyze and obtain senior management approval for Promotional and Installment portfolios’ primary drivers, supplemental drivers, and revenue for both short and long-range forecasts.
• Create reporting for financial forecasts including challenge reviews with senior management
• Lead and manage a team of 3-4 financial forecasting professionals. Provide mentorship and development to grow the team professionally.
• Create, improve and maintain analytics to challenge and support accuracy of financial forecasts.
• Own Client Model (Tier 1 Model) and manage all aspects of model ownership (back-testing, correspondence with model governance, etc.)
• Maintain client promo sensitivity tool—allowing platform teams the ability to run P&L sensitivities at the individual promo client level
• Lead governance over the Promotional Portfolios’ forecasting and planning processes, maintain related tools and EUC’s, including maintaining required model documentation and monitoring of model performance.
• Implement financial modeling improvements and other planning tools used in forecasting to enhance process efficiency, support new initiatives and to accurately capture the changing business economics and structure.
• Create and maintain a financial forecasting framework for the Synchrony Installment business, including legacy secured installment and SYF SetPay with integration of Allegro and Ally businesses.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned