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The Director of Enterprise Performance Management at SEI will design and oversee the implementation of performance management frameworks to enhance revenue and productivity across business units, while leading a small team responsible for analytics and value capture.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include establishing performance management frameworks, leading performance summary meetings, preparing budgets, and overseeing measurement of investment impacts.

Skills: Required skills include designing enterprise-level reporting frameworks, proficiency in financial metrics, and strong communication and leadership abilities.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 10-12 years of relevant work experience, including leadership.

Location: Position is located in Herndon, VA, USA, with occasional travel required.

Compensation: $145900 - $218900 / Annually

The Director of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) leads the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of SEI’s Enterprise Performance Management and Value Capture Framework. This player-coach will ensure that the drivers of SEI revenue and productivity across business-units are defined, measured, and reported accurately, clearly, and reliably to enterprise leadership. Additionally, the Director of EPM will build and maintain a value capture framework that ensures SEI investments in growth and productivity are defined, quantified (in terms of projected cost and impact), measured, and reported. The Director ensures enterprise visibility into performance drivers and predicted financial outcomes, enabling faster, more informed, and more accountable execution of enterprise priorities. The role manages a small, high-impact team focused on enterprise performance management, market intelligence, and value-capture, reporting directly to the SVP of Finance and Analytics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of SEI’s Business Performance Management Framework, including rolling 1-, 2-, and 5-year planning horizons.
• Define and maintain a standardized common vocabulary for material revenue, cost and productivity drivers across business units and shared services.
• Oversee development, governance, and enhancement of the Power BI Enterprise Revenue and Productivity Driver Dashboard.
• Lead cadence and content of the weekly Divisional Presidents’ performance summary meeting, ensuring focus on key drivers and predicted quarterly/annual outcomes.
• Establish recurring sign-off mechanism to ensure divisions are on track for quarterly and annual targets, with remediation plans when not on track.
• Maintain a detailed inventory of growth and productivity initiatives including cost, timing, and expected value.
• Prepare the annual Capex budget in conjunction with department heads
• Analyze investments in budget owners’ Capex requests, ensuring payback targets are achievable before requests are submitted for approval
• Review and monitor capital expenditure, investments, and strategic projects to ensure budget and forecast alignment. 
• Oversee measurement of value-capture monthly or quarterly against estimates and maintain a scorecard of predicted vs. actual impact.
• Deliver enterprise scorecard of major strategic bets and their realized value contribution.
• Provide integrated views of enterprise performance to the CFO and CEO.
• Evaluate and report performance relative to competitors and macroeconomic trends.
• Build and develop a top-tier team focused on analytics, market intelligence, and value capture.
• Champion data quality, transparency, and standardization across the enterprise.

Job Skills:

•  Proven experience designing enterprise-level reporting and performance management frameworks.
• Experience integrating competitive intelligence and macro-trend insights into performance reporting.
• Extensive understanding of financial statements, revenue and productivity drivers, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence C-level leaders and Divisional Presidents without direct authority.
• Proven team leadership and talent development experience.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills.
• Thrives in a fast-changing, high-accountability environment.

Work Experience:

• 10-12 years of progressive experience in FP&A, enterprise reporting, performance management, analytics or corporate strategy
• 6-8 years leadership experience.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Analytics or related field

Other:

• Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise. For most roles travel would not be common. Travel may involve plane, car or metro. In accordance with ADA policies, reasonable accommodations regarding travel limitations can be provided. Travel will be more common for roles such as Account Executives (25 - 50%), senior leaders (10 – 20%) or Capella Core Faculty (5 – 10%). 
• Ability to work onsite in Corporate or Campus location (in a typical office environment) may be required based on role. If so, this would include being mobile within the office, including movement from floor-to-floor using elevators or stairs.
• If offsite or hybrid role, must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.
• Faculty and Federal Work Study roles require access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including computer, privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.
• This role may require lifting, however reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with our ADA policies.
• Must be able to meet critical thinking and problem solving aspects aligned to job duties, as well as effectively communicating with co-workers.
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant. Accommodations related to schedule may be considered. 
• Able to access information using a computer.
• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

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SEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.

$145,900.00 - $218,900.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].