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

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