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Job Description

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we'd like to ask you: Are you FIS?

About the role:
Sales Cost Controller is responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting for all costs associated with enterprise-wide sales team. One of the key objectives of this role will be to build labor expense and planning models that are consistent with the FP&A organization models that will allow for standardization and ultimately efficiency gains through centralization.

What you will be doing:

• Implementing spend controls and forecasting techniques.

• Working directly with regional sales leaders on T&E and 3rd party subcontractor plans

• Own approval processes - redesigning where required.

• Report on pre-sales projects captured in time tracking system.

• Coordinating approval of sales requisitions for new and replacement hires

• Managing headcount database for new hires and terminations with accurate classifications and payroll coding to enable reporting by line of business, location and sales leader

• Forecasting of monthly, quarterly and annual headcount and cost

• Participate in annual planning process

• Collaborate with sales and revenue operations colleagues to build sales productivity v. cost metrics

• Run monthly forecast review of sales costs for each line of business focusing on line by line P&L variance, capitalized v non-cap commission expense and headcount variance v. plan and forecast

• Highlight risks of overspend to initiate action plans for mitigation

• Distribute and present dashboards to sales leaders showing actuals v. forecast for hiring and travel costs.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

• 7 years of Corporate Accounting experience

• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license required

• Requires highly organized individual who is capable of handling large volume of data (for around 1600+ sales heads) and presenting back clear summaries and reports projecting short mid and long term view.

• Should be technically proficient to utilize tools available such as workflow approvals and database , promote new ideas and consider how to synchronize across the FP&A org.

• This role will also have some responsibility for reviewing and approving headcount and expenditure plans so will require a strong individual capable of making grounded decisions based on logic and ability to push back when required.

• Requires strong people and project management skill

• Ability to identify, address and resolves employee related issues

• Skill in productivity, planning, and workload management

• Ability to design, document and implement process improvements

• Effective team building, coaching and persuasion skills

• Skill in negotiation regarding complex issues

• Communicates ideas and/or position on a variety of issues both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise and professional manner to employees and clients at all levels

What we offer you:
At FIS, you can learn, grow and make an impact in your career. Our benefits include:

• Flexible and creative work environment

• Diverse and collaborative atmosphere

• Professional and personal development resources

• Opportunities to volunteer and support charities

• Competitive salary and benefits

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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