Strategic Finance Lead – Investments & Real Estate

About the role

Step into a highly visible strategic finance role where you’ll shape major investment and real‑estate decisions, influence senior leadership, and turn complex financial insights into enterprise‑wide growth. The organization is a nationally recognized, growth‑oriented consumer company with a fast‑paced, collaborative environment that values strong ideas, thoughtful analysis, and continuous improvement.

Why join us

• Direct exposure to senior leadership and meaningful enterprise‑wide decisions.
• Influence investment, real‑estate, capital allocation, and long‑term growth strategies.
• Move from transaction‑focused work into an in‑house position where recommendations are seen through execution.
• Collaborative finance organization that works across finance, marketing, operations, and other key functions.
• Long‑term career stability with a nationally recognized organization that continues to invest in its future.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate strategic investments, real‑estate opportunities, and enterprise initiatives through detailed financial and operational analysis.
• Build dynamic financial models that assess returns, risks, profitability, feasibility, and long‑term value.
• Develop compelling business cases and provide clear recommendations to senior decision‑makers.
• Lead financial planning and forecasting support for assigned business areas.
• Translate large, complex data sets into concise insights for leadership.
• Prepare executive‑level performance reporting, financial updates, and presentations.
• Analyze budgets, forecasts, actual results, margins, and key business drivers to identify risks and opportunities.
• Support annual planning, monthly forecasting, and longer‑range strategic planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related discipline.
• At least eight years of experience in strategic finance, investment banking, corporate finance, FP&A, management consulting, real‑estate finance, or a related analytical field.
• Advanced financial modeling skills with experience evaluating investments, returns, risk, and business performance.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, financial statements, profitability analysis, and management reporting.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance detailed analysis with the broader strategic picture.
• Comfort working through complex, fast‑moving, or ambiguous business challenges.
• Advanced Excel capabilities and confidence working with large data sets.
• Experience supporting real‑estate investments, capital projects, portfolio decisions, or corporate transactions is highly valued.

Role structure

This is a senior individual‑contributor position with no direct reports. You will work closely with an established finance leadership team and serve as a trusted strategic partner to leaders across the organization.

Pay

Salary: $130,000 – $145,000 per year.