Pros
The work itself is enticing for a Finance professional. Lots of opportunity to learn and grow. The people at the working level are great, they work hard and care about what they do. I have never worked with such dedicated employees and it’s a wonderful thing to know everyone is trying to hold up their end.
Cons
Unfortunately, the leadership at this Company has went downhill over the last year or so. Unrealistic financial task gets pushed down to the businesses and when those numbers aren’t met, short term cost cutting decisions are made, like no travel and layoffs. This has caused attrition to pick up once again (there was significant attrition during Covid) and the already large workloads become even greater for those remaining. Unrealistic expectations of management to improve processes and forecasting when we can barely meet their tight deadlines and non value-add churn of questions and endless ad-hoc analyses is going to continue to drive away top performers to places with better work-life balance. Add to this the mandate that most people need to return to the office full-time after picking up significant work during Covid and the only reason we get the work done is because we multi-task during zoom meetings and can work at our most productive times at home, the Company and it’s CEO are setting up the working level employees (non-management) for failure. The amount of meetings during Covid tripled from prior to Covid, but most of us handled it well because we were at home and could manage our own time. Forcing us back to the office full-time with meetings all day and heavy workloads will end up causing further burnout and missed deliverables. Management doesn’t seem to understand the cause and effect here. While technology seems to be constantly updated, the core financial systems and VPN connection tends to cause constant interruptions and challenges to meeting deadlines during close and forecast each month. The help desk is anything but helpful in times of need.