SVP, Finance at Freedom Mortgage – Marlton, New Jersey

Freedom Mortgage
Marlton, New Jersey, United States of America
Financial Services
Full time
Hybrid

Summary:

The Senior Vice President of Finance serves as a key member of the Finance leadership team, responsible for the responsible for enterprise-wide financial strategy, reporting, accounting, and analysis. This role will collaborate with other senior executives to drive the company’s strategic growth objectives, optimize financial performance, and maintain financial stability.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement financial plans that align with the company’s financial strategy and enterprise growth objectives

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, Board, and executive leadership on financial performance, risks, and opportunities

• Oversee the organization’s budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting

• Enhance FP&A capabilities with advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and automation

• Lead capital structure strategy, liquidity management, and funding optimization

• Direct investor reporting, including quarterly presentations, MD&A, and financial disclosures.

• Lead rating agency engagement and strategy

• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations, standards, and policies, including GAAP and regulatory requirements

• Build, lead and develop a high-performing finance team, providing guidance and support to ensure effective collaboration and development.

• Drive margin expansion, cost optimization, and ROI improvement across the organization.

• Lead finance transformation initiatives, including ERP optimization, automation, and data strategy.

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Provide executive oversight and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Executive-level communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including executive leadership, investors, auditors, and legal counsel.

• Strong strategic thinking with ability to synthesize complex financial data into actionable insights.

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment where priorities change quickly and demands are high

• Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and translate into strategic deliverables

• Advanced analytical and financial modeling expertise

• Proven ability to lead in complex, fast-paced, highly regulated environments.

• Strong transformation and change leadership capabilities

• Comfortable executing with limited direction and shifting priorities

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field with demonstrated academic achievement; MBA or advanced Finance degree a plus.

• 15-20 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting or business management (Big 4, Investment Banking, Consulting) with heavy emphasis on financial planning and analysis

• Proven experience in finance leadership, enterprise financial strategy development, and implementation

• Prior mortgage servicing or origination experience strongly preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None Required

Work Complexity:

Problems and issues faced are frequently complex and sometimes multi-dimensional, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that impact multiple areas of their organization. Extensively analyzes problems to seek understanding of the root cause of the problem.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.