Manager of Global Strategic Finance

Overview

The organization is seeking a Manager, Global Strategic Finance to drive execution of global financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes that support decision-making across the business.

This role focuses on operationalizing the global planning and forecasting cycle, improving consolidation accuracy, strengthening internal reporting, and supporting financial governance. You will partner with business leaders across regions and functions to collect planning data, validate assumptions, and deliver financial visibility to support operational and strategic decision-making. The position reports to the Director of Global Strategic Finance and works cross-functionally with Finance Operations, Accounting, and business unit leadership.

Responsibilities

• Global financial planning and forecasting cycle

  • Manage the mechanics of annual budgeting and quarterly rolling forecasts
  • Coordinate planning submissions across business units and geographies
  • Validate data quality, challenge assumptions, and consolidate forecasts into a unified plan
  • Manage the planning calendar, timelines, and stakeholder communications

• Global consolidation and close processes

  • Support P&L consolidation and intercompany eliminations
  • Assist with month/quarter/year-end close activities
  • Prepare consolidation workpapers and variance analysis
  • Coordinate with regional finance teams and Accounting to ensure accuracy
  • Support preparation of GAAP and management reporting views

• Financial reporting dashboards and KPI tracking

  • Build and refresh internal dashboards tracking key financial KPIs, budget vs. actual, and performance trends
  • Highlight variance drivers and business performance insights
  • Support monthly management reporting and internal governance meetings

• Covenant and liquidity monitoring

  • Track debt covenants, cash position, and liquidity metrics
  • Prepare monthly covenant tracking reports
  • Flag potential covenant risks early
  • Support liquidity forecasting and treasury coordination

• Planning and forecast accuracy partnership

  • Work with regional finance leads and business unit managers to validate planning assumptions
  • Educate stakeholders on forecasting methodology and improve forecast accuracy over time
  • Resolve data discrepancies and support root-cause analysis

• Financial modeling and scenario analysis

  • Build and maintain financial models supporting budget vs. actual analysis, sensitivity analyses, and scenario planning
  • Assist in developing base case and alternative scenarios for internal governance discussions

• Process improvements and system enhancements

  • Identify opportunities to streamline planning processes, improve data quality, and enhance forecasting systems
  • Partner with IT and Finance Operations to implement tools and automation that reduce manual work and improve accuracy
  • Leverage AI and automation tools to increase efficiency

• Financial controls and data governance

  • Ensure data integrity in planning systems
  • Support Accounting in reconciliations and validations
  • Document planning assumptions and methodology
  • Partner with Finance Operations to maintain strong process controls

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of finance experience, including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and business partnering
• FP&A or corporate finance experience in a strategic finance, financial planning, or corporate finance function
• Strong analytical and modeling skills (ability to build financial models, perform variance analysis, and develop scenarios; advanced Excel skills required)
• Attention to detail and process discipline, including ability to manage multiple competing deadlines and commitment to accuracy
• Business partnering skills, including ability to work effectively with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong communication skills, including explaining financial data and insights to finance and non-finance audiences and presenting to leadership
• Problem-solving mindset, including ability to identify issues, dig into root causes, and recommend solutions; comfort with ambiguity and iteration
• AI and automation fluency, including comfort using LLM tools and AI-assisted applications to improve forecasting accuracy and automate manual processes; experience evaluating or implementing AI-driven efficiency tools is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Global and/or multi-entity finance experience (comfort working across regions, entities, and consolidation scenarios)
• EPM proficiency (experience with EPM planning tools such as Adaptive Insights, Vena, Hyperion, Anaplan, etc.; willingness to learn new systems is essential)
• ERP experience (familiarity with NetSuite, SAP, Oracle)
• MBA or CPA
• PE-backed or growth-stage SaaS experience

Compensation & Benefits

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