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In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.\nThe Role\nWe are seeking an experienced and dynamic Sr. Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join Solera's team. The ideal candidate will lead the FP&A function and provide strategic financial insights to support our Vehicle Solutions pillar. This role will be instrumental in driving financial performance, forecasting, budgeting, contribution margin, financial trend analysis and decision-making processes within these business units.\nThe successful individual in this role will utilize their keen eye for detail and ability to reconcile and align multiple data sources to present well-structured and clear analysis and reporting for a senior audience to consume.\nWhat You’ll Do\nFinancial Planning and Analysis:\nLead the development of financial forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range financial plans for the Vehicle Solutions pillar.\nAnalyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to support strategic decision-making.\nFocus on sources of variability, understand causes and implement data-driven forecasting improvements and insights as part of variance and forecast analysis\nHeavy data mining to develop robust models on trends, key business drivers and financial results to prioritize and plan key decisions including revenue forecasting\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business drivers, market dynamics, and operational initiatives impacting financial performance.\nWork with corporate Solera FP&A towards corporate initiatives and reporting requirements of the business unit to the total company consolidation, including monthly business unit uploads to TM1 of results, KPIs and forecast loads\nFinancial Reporting:\nPrepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to senior management, highlighting key performance indicators, variances, and areas of opportunity.\nEnsure accuracy and completeness of financial data and reporting, adhering to accounting standards and regulatory requirements.\nBusiness Partnership:\nPartner with divisional leaders and department heads to provide financial guidance, support business planning, and evaluate investment opportunities.\nDevelop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration and alignment on financial objectives.\nStrategic Analysis:\nConduct scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to assess potential impacts on financial outcomes and recommend strategic actions.\nEvaluate capital expenditure proposals, M&A opportunities, and strategic initiatives, providing financial insights and recommendations to drive value creation.\nMonitor business performance against KPIs and strategic plans\nAd hoc reports as needed\nProcess Improvement:\nIdentify opportunities to streamline financial processes, enhance efficiency, and strengthen internal controls.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives within the FP&A function, leveraging technology and best practices to optimize financial reporting and analysis.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.\n7+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.\nStrong analytical skills and proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis.\nExperience supporting software or technology divisions preferred, with knowledge of SaaS business models and metrics (preferred).\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and influence decision-making.\nProven leadership abilities, with a track record of developing and mentoring team members.\nClear communication both verbally and via presentation of financials\nSelf-motivated / Self-starter with a strong work ethic, inquisitive, enjoy problem solving and looking to seek and drive solutions/improvements towards results \nKnowledge of financial and reporting process optimization a plus\nAdvanced skills with Excel required, powerpoint and word preferred; experience with budgetary planning software preferred (TM1), ERP (Cognos, Oracle) and/or analytic tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, etc.) a plus\nIt is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER\nThe Solera group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5579,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Fleet Management","Automotive Software","InsurTech"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-08T22:16:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":106,"reasons":["conf:4","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/solera-senior-manager-finance","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/solera-senior-manager-finance.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T19:50:35Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3423,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":99637},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=99637"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsolera-senior-manager-finance"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsolera-senior-manager-finance"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsolera-senior-manager-finance"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/solera-senior-manager-finance\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsolera-senior-manager-finance"}]}