Strategic Finance & Operational Excellence, Senior Manager

About the role

Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm dedicated to helping global organizations achieve financial clarity and optimize their operational decisions. The firm's values emphasize strong client relationships, teamwork, and a commitment to the global community.

Responsibilities

• Own planning cycles leading business planning & analysis for quarterly forecasts and annual financial plan for several business areas totaling $50M revenue
• Drive operational rigor across forecasting, backlog management, utilization, pipeline conversion and delivery performance through standardized KPI governance & operating cadences
• Build scalable management reporting and executive operating rhythms that connect financials, GTM, delivery and people metrics into actionable decision-making
• Support capital allocation, cash flow & covenant forecasting
• Align incentive design with profitability & growth by supporting workforce planning, sales performance and compensation plan economics
• Support M&A activities including financial modeling, due diligence & integration planning
• Drive finance transformation initiatives spanning process redesign, systems integration, AI enablement and organizational scalability
• Support advisory board & investor reporting
• Influence senior leaders to build & execute financial plans that drive growth & profitability
• Build and own scalable operating mechanisms that improve forecasting accuracy, decision velocity and accountability across the organization
• Improve visibility into pipeline, backlog and profitability
• Proactively identify risks, opportunities, and performance gaps holding leaders accountable
• Influence decisions on pricing, hiring, and investments
• Partner with cross functional groups to support onboarding, training, project close out, system and process enhancement and other routine operations
• Continuously challenge how finance work gets done- simplify, automate, and scale
• Partner with business intelligence & operations teams to elevate data quality and accessibility
• Embed AI and automation into forecasting, reporting, and decision-making processes
• Act as a champion for a modern, tech-enabled finance organization

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or related; MBA or CPA preferred

8–12+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance with increasing scope

High horsepower: exceptional problem solver with strong business intuition

Experience managing or supporting consulting / service based business models with strong understanding of utilization, realization, backlog, staffing leverage and delivery economics

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes

Snowflake, Anaplan, Salesforce, FinancialForce and/ or Tableau experience preferred

Comfortable operating in ambiguity and shifting between strategy and execution

Deep curiosity and enthusiasm for AI, automation, and the future of finance

Experience working across global or distributed teams

Experience with M&A, financing, or corporate development strongly preferred

Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and urgency

Qualifications

None specified

Skills

Strong financial acumen

Executive-level communication skills

Exceptional stakeholder management

The ability to lead complex initiatives in a fast-growing, consulting-driven environment

Benefits

Spaulding Ridge offers a comprehensive total rewards package including generous time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) with company match, highly subsidized health, dental, and vision plans, company-paid life and disability insurance, a monthly allowance for well-being and technology expenses, and reimbursement for approved learning and development initiatives within defined limits.

Pay

$95,000 - $157,000 USD

Schedule

N/A