Managing Director, Financial Strategy

Responsibilities

• Lead Fairstead’s corporate financial strategy, translating long-range objectives into rigorous financial plans and performance targets across all business lines.
• Implement and scale financial systems, processes, and controls to support a growing national platform and additional stand-alone business lines.
• Maintain a corporate-level financial model supporting real-time strategic decision-making; define and monitor KPIs and financial health metrics.
• Build and own Fairstead’s corporate reporting infrastructure, ensuring financial and operational data is accurate, timely, and decision-ready.
• Develop corporate reporting packages that synthesize financial performance, strategic progress, and forward-looking risk into a clear narrative.
• Champion data-driven decision-making; drive a culture of financial accountability by ensuring budget owners understand and can act on their numbers.
• Partner with IT function to ensure technology investments are evaluated with clear business cases and measurable ROI.
• Partner with IT to architect the data and reporting systems that underpin financial visibility — from consolidation tools to dashboard infrastructure.
• Deploy AI-driven analytics and automated reporting to drive financial efficiency and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive financial leadership experience at the platform or enterprise level, with demonstrated ownership of corporate financial planning, multi-year forecasting, and executive-level reporting in a complex, multi-entity organization.
• Strong command of financial systems and reporting infrastructure; hands-on experience selecting and implementing FP&A platforms, BI tools, and/or ERP integrations.
• Meaningful experience with AI and automation applied to financial workflows — not just familiarity, but actual deployment and measurable results.
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills; ability to translate complex financial models into clear, executive-ready insights.
• Strategic mindset with comfort in ambiguity, intellectual curiosity, and the discipline to operate fluently across finance and technology.