The Assistant Vice President, Strategy and Finance will play a critical, high-impact role in shaping the future of JM Family Holdings. This dynamic leader will spearhead the strategic planning and financial strategy processes, uncovering growth opportunities and driving key priorities that propel the company forward. By leading financial modeling, accounting, and reporting activities, you will ensure the smooth execution of the company’s ambitious vision. Additionally, you’ll leverage JM Family’s strong culture to seamlessly onboard acquisitions and empower associates to embrace and uphold the iconic JM Family Way, ensuring sustained success and growth across the organization.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning & Execution:
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Lead the development and execution of the company’s strategic and long-range planning cycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
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Drive the prioritization of strategic initiatives that will deliver the greatest impact across JM Family Holdings.
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Spearhead Quarterly Executive Meetings with leadership to assess and refine strategy.
Financial Strategy & Planning:
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Lead the development and execution of the company’s financial strategy, ensuring it aligns with business goals.
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Drive long-term financial planning, including forecasting, budgeting, and capital allocation.
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Provide critical financial insights to executive leadership and stakeholders to inform strategic decisions.
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
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Oversee the preparation of consolidated financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
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Analyze financial performance across the business portfolio, identifying areas for improvement and potential risks.
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Monitor and report on key financial metrics, liquidity, and profitability of the company and its subsidiaries.
Cross-Company Collaboration:
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Act as a communication funnel to JM Family Holdings’ operating companies, creating a regular cadence for best practice sharing and data alignment.
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Supervise month-end financial activities, including flash reports, trial balance, reporting packages, trustees, EVA, and financial review meetings.
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Coordinate strategic plans for JM Family Holdings Operating Platforms, ensuring alignment with the broader company strategy.
Growth & Risk Management:
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Identify growth opportunities and areas for operational improvement across platforms and other operating companies.
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Provide guidance on navigating uncertainty and risks to ensure business resilience and agility.
Qualifications:
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10+ years of experience in strategy and finance roles
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At least 5 years of Director+ level leadership experience, managing teams
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Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
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Ability to travel as needed
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In-depth knowledge of financial strategy, reporting, and analysis
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Strong judgment, problem-solving, and analytical skills
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Strategic thinker with a long-term vision and business acumen
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Excellent communication and leadership skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels
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Ability to model and promote the JM Family Way core values and leadership principles
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This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of JM Family. All work arrangements are subject to associate performance, business need and manager discretion, and may be revised as necessary.
JM FAMILY IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, retaining, and promoting qualified associates without regard to age, race, religion, color, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, mental or physical disability, national origin, marital status, citizenship, military status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial, or local law.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact JM Family’s Talent Acquisition department at [email protected] for assistance. If you have an accommodation request for one of our recruiting events, please notify us at least 72 hours prior so that we may provide assistance.
What We Do
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. was founded by automotive legend, Jim Moran in 1968. It is a privately held company with $16 billion in revenue and more than 4,500 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is in the business of helping other businesses succeed. As a long-term partner, it is invested in its companies, associates and its communities. Driven by exceptional performance, current subsidiaries are in the automotive, financial services and franchising industries. Its family of companies includes: Southeast Toyota Distributors, the world’s largest independent distributor of Toyota vehicles; JM&A Group, a company committed to improving automotive dealers’ performance by offering Finance & Insurance products and services, dealership training and consulting; World Omni Financial Corp. (dba Southeast Toyota Finance), a captive financial services company driven to delivering an exceptional dealership and customer experience for Toyota customers in the Southeast; JM Lexus, one of South Florida’s leading Lexus dealers; DataScan, a provider of solutions for wholesale asset financing and inventory risk management; and Home Franchise Concepts, a multi-brand franchise network consisting of Budget Blinds, Tailored Living featuring PremierGarage, Concrete Craft, AdvantaClean, Kitchen Tune-Up, Bath Tune-Up and Two Maids & A Mop.
JM Family has earned various awards for its culture, products and services, including 23 consecutive years on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list.
