Finance Director

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About the role

The Finance Director, FP&A is a senior finance business partner responsible for leading planning, forecasting, performance management, executive reporting, and financial decision support for assigned Business Units. This role manages and develops team members while partnering closely with Business Unit leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business activity into actionable financial insight.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior FP&A leader to Business Unit leadership, driving performance management and resource allocation.
• Serve as the primary finance partner and trusted advisor, providing strategic financial insights, recommendations, and decision support that influence business planning and priorities.
• Lead planning processes, including annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, mid-year forecasts, scenario modeling, and leadership review preparation.
• Own financial performance management for assigned Business Units, including revenue, bookings, direct contribution margin, operating expenses, workforce expense management, headcount planning, and variance analysis.
• Analyze revenue and pipeline drivers, such as known versus unknown revenue, bookings achievement, pacing, churn, rate realization, utilization, capacity, staffing assumptions, and margin trends.
• Prepare and present executive-level reporting packages, dashboards, forecasts, and narratives for senior Finance and Business Unit leadership; communicate complex financial and operational concepts clearly and actionably.
• Lead, coach, and develop Finance team members, fostering accountability, collaboration, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.
• Partner cross-functionally with Business Unit operations, other finance areas, accounting, data and analytics, sales, and workforce management to align financial plans with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain driver-based models for revenue, bookings, operating expenses, workforce planning, direct contribution margin, pricing, scenario analysis, and strategic business decisions.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and cost-efficiency actions; quantify financial impact, recommend mitigation or acceleration plans, and track progress.
• Support strategic initiatives, cross-functional projects, and M&A/integration-related finance work, including preliminary budgets, diligence inputs, acquisition forecast impacts, and post-close financial tracking.
• Champion scalable FP&A processes, standardized reporting, improved data quality, financial literacy, and effective use of planning and reporting tools.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant finance experience, including hands-on FP&A, strategic finance, Business Unit finance, or finance business partnering.
• Minimum of 5 years of people leadership, direct-report management, or senior project/team leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Strong business acumen with proven ability to connect operational drivers, workforce decisions, pipeline trends, pricing dynamics, and revenue performance to financial outcomes.
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, scenario analysis, KPI analysis, and variance analysis skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through data, insight, sound judgment, and clear recommendations.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including translating complex financial and operational data into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and deliver accurate, timely analysis in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality, accuracy, controls, and sound analytical methodologies.
• Experience partnering with business leaders on revenue, bookings, profitability, workforce planning, cost management, and operating performance.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; experience with data visualization, reporting, and business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, QlikView).
• Working knowledge of ERP, planning, and financial reporting systems; experience with Workday, Pigment, Business Objects, or similar platforms preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, MBA, CFA, or other relevant advanced finance credentials.
• Professional services, consulting, technology services, or multi-Business Unit finance experience.
• Experience supporting professional services business models, including revenue generation, bookings, utilization, rate realization, staffing leverage, direct contribution margin, and client/engagement profitability.
• Experience leading or supporting finance transformation, planning-tool implementation, reporting automation, dashboard development, or process standardization initiatives.
• Experience supporting M&A diligence, integration planning, preliminary budgets, or post-acquisition financial tracking.
• Experience leading distributed teams or working across onshore/offshore FP&A delivery models.

Pay

For Colorado residents, the compensation range for this position is $205,700 - $245,000. For Washington, Illinois, New York, and Southern California residents, the range is $226,300 - $266,200. For Northern California residents, the range is $236,600 - $278,300. Compensation may vary based on skills, role, and location. Eligible employees at certain levels can participate in a discretionary long-term financial incentive plan.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous PTO plan and paid sick time.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• 401K with profit sharing.
• Wellness program.
• Generous parental leave.
• 11 paid holidays.