Senior Consultant, Strategic Finance

West Monroe • New York City, NY

8d • $110,500 - $149,500

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact? West Monroe is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Consultant of Strategic Finance to join our growing Operations Excellence practice. This role is designed for a finance professional who thrives at the intersection of financial analysis, business strategy, and performance improvement, and who is passionate about helping clients translate data into insight, insight into action, and action into measurable value creation. As a Senior Consultant, you will drive client engagements focused on FP&A transformation, performance management, and EBITDA improvement, partnering closely with CFOs, finance leaders, and business executives. You will help clients strengthen budgeting, forecasting and planning, improve management reporting, and embed financial insight into day-to-day decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of experience in Strategic Finance and FP&A, including planning, forecasting, modeling, and performance management—within consulting, industry, or a hybrid environment.
• Strong experience developing financial models, business cases, and scenario analyses that drive executive decisions.
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills; experience with dashboards, reporting tools, and data visualization platforms.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft executive-ready insights and recommendations.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and complex business problems in a client-facing environment.
• Commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in one or more of West Monroe’s core industries preferred: Consumer & Industrial Products, Healthcare, Life Sciences, High Tech & Software, Utilities, Insurance, Banking, and/or Private Equity.

Responsibilities

• Help clients with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management assessments and transformations.
• Partner with CFOs, FP&A leaders, and business executives to identify value drivers, assess financial performance, and translate strategic priorities into actionable financial plans.
• Design and implement management reporting, dashboards, and executive scorecards that drive accountability, operational focus, and performance improvement.
• Develop and enhance financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support growth initiatives, cost optimization, pricing strategies, and capital allocation decisions.
• Drive EBITDA improvement initiatives by identifying margin opportunities, cost levers, productivity improvements, and revenue-enhancing actions across the business.
• Improve forecasting accuracy and decision quality by aligning financial plans with operational drivers and business metrics.
• Collaborate closely with consultants and cross-functional team members, sharing experience and insights to strengthen finance transformation capabilities and enhance overall team performance.
• Contribute hands-on support to analyses, deliverables, and client communications, ensuring high-quality outputs and alignment with project objectives.
• Model strong teamwork and accountability by aligning individual contributions with West Monroe’s transformation methodologies and delivery standards, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team environment.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and identify opportunities to expand strategic finance scope within existing client engagements.
• Contribute to proposals, thought leadership, and solution development focused on CFO transformation, finance modernization, and value realization.
• Stay current on emerging finance trends, technologies, and operating model innovations to continuously elevate client impact.
• Contribute to the growth of the Office of the CFO practice by developing methodologies, playbooks, tools, and reusable assets .
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and training initiatives to build a high-performing finance transformation team.
• Represent West Monroe through industry events, conferences, and external thought leadership.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses.
• Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level