Head of Financial Planning at World Business Lenders, Remote

World Business Lenders (WBL) is a US lender that makes real-estate-backed business loans to small and medium businesses, with a fully remote multinational team working 9am to 6pm US Eastern time. This is its Head of Financial Planning role.

Key responsibilities

• World Business Lenders (WBL) provides general-purpose, short-term, real estate-collateralized commercial loans
• Typically, the work schedule is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, though additional hours may be required based on business needs
• Direct company-wide budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting
• Manage the annual budget, periodic reforecasts, and long-term financial plans, including departmental submissions, planning assumptions, and deadlines
• Develop and maintain consolidated income statement, balance sheet, and cash-flow forecasts, incorporating operating expense and headcount plans
• Oversee origination and loan portfolio forecasting, including nonperforming loans (NPL), real estate owned (REO), recoveries
• Forecast cash requirements, liquidity, financing facility utilization, and covenant compliance in coordination with Accounting and Treasury
• Build and review financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to assess growth plans, financing alternatives

Requirements

• At least 20 years of progressive finance experience, including a minimum of eight years leading FP&A or financial planning teams
• Demonstrated experience in a senior finance leadership role
• Extensive, hands-on knowledge of both U.S. GAAP and IFRS, with demonstrated ability to apply both frameworks to financial planning and reporting
• Expertise in financial modeling and scenario analysis
• A proven record of working with department heads and presenting financial plans, results, and recommendations to executive teams, investors, and boards
• A recognized professional qualification, such as CPA, CA, or equivalent, and a degree in finance, accounting, or economics

Nice to have

• Experience as a divisional CFO of an international entity
• Experience in commercial lending, mortgage lending, specialty finance, banking, or another financial-services environment
• Experience overseeing lending portfolio analysis, liquidity and capital planning, financing facilities, and covenant forecasting
• Experience improving or automating financial planning, modeling, and management reporting processes

Location and schedule

• Remote, working from Pakistan
• Full-time

Salary and benefits

Paid in USD, with paid time off. No figure is given.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.