Finance Manager - Client-Facing
About The Position
Growth Operators is seeking a professional with prior experience as a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst or Finance Manager who is ready to use their skills to drive business results and deliver high quality service to our clients. The client-facing Finance Manager serves Growth Operators’ clients by managing the accounting function and/or projects for our clients. Services are provided in the form of advisory services (specific projects) and outsourced services (interim or fractional roles with clients). Client relationships are overseen by the Client Relationship Manager, a Partner or Managing Director of the company. Work performed by the Finance Manager on client engagements may include building complex financial models for forecasting and measuring financial performance, building financial reporting packages using various software packages for clients, assembling and summarizing data to structure reports on financial status and risks, assisting with improving the client’s budgeting, planning, forecasting, analytics, and reporting capabilities, reviewing past and current financial performance against budgeted estimates and developing models that assist management in understanding the financial impact of business decisions, assisting in pulling, joining, and consolidating data from multiple client systems, and assisting in developing and maintaining client master data information (chart of accounts, location hierarchies, etc.).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 6+ years of progressive finance experience
- Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance, and information analysis
- Strong analytical and data gathering skills
- Strong systems aptitude
- Adaptability and ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Possess a positive and energetic self-starter attitude, with excellent drive, ambition and work ethic
- Strong prioritization, organization and project management skills
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- High proficiency for financial modeling techniques
- Experience with planning and analytics software (Essbase, SAP BPC, Workday Adaptive Planning, Board, Anaplan, Cube Software, etc.)
- Experience with data visualization platforms (PowerBI, Tableau, Sisense, etc.)
- Strong project management skills
- Must be able to spend substantial time in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN area for onsite client work as needed
Nice To Haves
- CPA (active or inactive) and/or MBA
- Background in mergers, acquisitions, and integrations
- Prior experience in consulting or contract work
- Experience working with private equity-backed companies
- Project management experience
Responsibilities
- Builds complex financial models for forecasting and measuring financial performance
- Builds financial reporting packages using various software packages for clients
- Assembles and summarizes data to structure reports on financial status and risks
- Assists with improving the client’s budgeting, planning, forecasting, analytics, and reporting capabilities
- Reviews past and current financial performance against budgeted estimates and develops models that assist management in understanding the financial impact of business decisions
- Assists in pulling, joining, and consolidating data from multiple client systems
- Assists in developing and maintaining client master data information (chart of accounts, location hierarchies, etc.)
Benefits
- health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- MN Paid Family and Medical Leave
- 401k with employer match
- voluntary disability, life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- flexible time off programs
- employee assistance programs
- additional perks
- quarterly incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
