Job Description
Director of Business Analysis, Planning and Financial Operations This key leader will play a critical role in supporting strategic decision-making, ensuring financial stability, and providing insightful analysis to senior management and key stakeholders. Leading a small team of finance professionals, you will collaborate cross-functionally to enhance financial performance and transparency. This includes financial budgeting and forecasting for P&L and cash flow, financial reporting and analysis of results with management, product and service pricing, program control for government programs, due diligence and integration of mergers and acquisitions.
This position also provides reporting and interacts with the company’s bankers, institutional investors, financial auditors, and government auditors. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker focused on creating and enhancing the company’s shareholder value. The successful candidate contributes to this process as the leading financial market expert, providing advice and counsel on a broad range of financial matters.
Key Responsibilities: - Strategic Financial Planning:
- Develop and lead the corporate financial planning process, including annual budgets, forecasts, and long-term strategic plans.
- Work closely with business units and functional leaders to align financial plans with overall corporate objectives.
- Financial Analysis and Reporting:
- Provide timely and accurate financial reporting, analysis, and insights to support decision-making at the executive level.
- Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor business performance against strategic goals.
- Business Partner Decision Support:
- Provide insight-driven FP&A capability and advice to help the CFO and CEO make informed decisions, supporting growth and preventing strategic or operational missteps. Partner with the CFO and other senior executives to bring a financial lens and forward-thinking perspective to key strategic and operational decisions.
- Collaborate with business unit leaders to evaluate and analyze investment opportunities, cost-saving initiatives, and operational efficiency improvements.
- Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling to support strategic decision-making.
- Support a culture defined by high-performance, accountability, collaboration, trust, shared success, and a focus on core metrics.
- Provide daily direction and high quality, hands-on leadership to achieve business results and identify and attack key issues and opportunities.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field
- Proven experience (10+ years) in financial planning and analysis roles, with a track record of success in leadership positions.
- Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and analysis, as well as experience with financial planning software.
- Knowledge of relevant accounting principles and regulatory requirements.
- A demonstrable track record in senior financial roles in the technology sector is ideal.
- Must work well under pressure with the ability to lead/delegate among competing priorities.
- Adapts and delivers results in new situations and when thrown a curve ball is resourceful, resilient, and persistent.
- Proactive and independently identifies and attacks key issues with speed and confidence and collaborates on solutions
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial information to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and develop a high-performing team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Understanding of the government contracting industry.
- Experience with services revenue recognition and SaaS/subscription-based (recurring) revenue models.
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