Home Lending PXT AI - Finance and Business Management - Vice President

Description

The Home Lending and Auto PXT Finance and Business Management optimizes business performance by helping to drive key initiatives for home lending and auto technology deliverables, with a focus on integrating AI solutions. This fast-paced role partners with senior leadership to provide expense transparency, deep dive into financial analysis, and understand risks and opportunities, particularly in the context of AI-driven financial insights.

As a Finance and Business Manager Vice President in Technology Finance, you will act as a trusted advisor and counterweight to Business/Home Lending CFO/Auto CFO/Technology CFO, responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. You will also oversee the implementation of AI tools and analytics to enhance financial reporting and forecasting accuracy. This is a time-pressured and high-profile position instrumental in assisting/advising senior management and coordinating the deployment of the bank’s corporate resources to address strategic and tactical objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

Implement new business strategies and strategic initiatives or platforms, including aligning departments and support groups (Finance, Tech, Ops, Legal, Compliance) with a focus on AI integration.

Optimize 'bottom line' business performance by driving key initiatives and efficiencies in Home Lending and Auto technology, leveraging AI for predictive analytics and decision-making.

Identify, escalate, and mitigate business risks that could impair our ability to do business: e.g., legal, tax, regulatory, capacity issues, extraordinary transaction costs.

Analyze financial performance, including expenses related to labor and non-labor spend; identify productivity initiatives and drive implementation, utilizing AI tools for enhanced data analysis.

Partner across the technology space to understand allocated expenses and what is driving costs across Home Lending and Auto Technology Spend, incorporating AI insights for more accurate forecasting.

Collaborate with relevant external service/infrastructure providers to enhance technological capabilities with AI solutions.

Represent the business in respective internal/external working groups, advocating for AI-driven initiatives.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related area

Previous product knowledge and/or prior Business Management or COO experience.

Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills.

Present well to senior and global business heads, particularly regarding AI initiatives.

Able to forge strong internal relationships across a broad range of functions.

Self-motivated, tenacious, and able to work with a high degree of independence.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Able to define and deliver a strategic agenda across multiple groups, with an emphasis on AI integration.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely.

Excellent project management and organizational skills.

Attention to detail with a logical thought process; energetic and dynamic in style, and comfortable and confident presenting to senior leaders.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Advanced degree preferred