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About the Role

This role drives strategic financial decision-making by overseeing financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis. The position provides actionable insights to senior management, requiring a strong analytical mindset, excellent leadership skills, and a deep understanding of financial principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of comprehensive financial models for short-term and long-term strategic planning.
• Collaborate with departments to gather inputs and assumptions for budgeting and forecasting.
• Analyze trends, variances, and KPIs to provide insights into business performance and future outlook.
• Oversee the annual budgeting process, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Monitor budget execution, track performance against targets, and identify areas for improvement.
• Work with department heads to optimize resource allocation and maximize operational efficiency.
• Prepare and present regular financial reports and analyses to senior management, board, and bank.
• Complete monthly financial reporting packages with variance explanations and business understanding.
• Provide in-depth analysis of results, business insights, and assessments of risks and opportunities.
• Consolidate forecasts/actuals with regions/business units, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization, revenue enhancement, and risk mitigation.
• Lead modeling and financial analysis for cash flow, capital structure planning, and enterprise/equity valuation.
• Coordinate with Accounting to ensure proper booking of items.
• Provide decision support to senior leadership by evaluating investment opportunities, strategic initiatives, and business expansion plans.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analyses and modeling for key strategic projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess financial implications of business strategies.
• Continuously review and enhance financial planning and analysis processes to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to improve technology and automation tools for forecasting accuracy and data analysis.
• Implement best practices in FP&A to drive continuous improvement and enhance organizational performance.
• Build high-performing teams.
• Coach and mentor existing team members to develop skills and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of proven experience in financial planning and analysis with a track record in a leadership role
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting techniques, and budget management
• Excellent analytical skills to translate complex financial data into actionable insights
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with financial planning software (e.g., Adaptive Insights, Workday) is a plus
• Strong leadership and communication skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think critically and make data-driven decisions

Skills

• Analytical mindset
• Leadership
• Financial principles
• Financial modeling
• Forecasting techniques
• Budget management
• Analytical skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial planning software
• Adaptive Insights
• Workday
• Communication skills
• Strategic mindset
• Data-driven decision making

Experience Level

• 10+ years of proven experience
• Leadership role

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• MBA or advanced degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $162,000—$220,000 USD

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your first day of employment
• Flexible paid time off with no pre-determined limits on vacation time
• 10 company holidays
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match (subject to annual limits & vesting)
• Tuition reimbursement program for eligible courses including language skills courses
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• Free wellbeing support with the Calm app, Maven and EAP
• Free long-term therapy & counselling assistance through Pathways
• Other work perks and benefits available based on final job location

About the Company

• GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise.
• We connect global decision-makers with specific, authoritative voices to answer critical questions.
• At GLG, you are an extension of our clients' core teams.
• You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high-stakes challenges across strategic initiatives.
• Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help clients capture nuanced perspectives for smarter, faster business outcomes.
• We are a global team of pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve.
• Join us in reinventing the industry we invented if you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action.

Equal Opportunity

• Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.