Senior Strategic Finance Analyst

ALKU•Andover, MA

18h•$110,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

ALKU is seeking a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst, a high-caliber, analytically rigorous professional to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and Revenue teams. This role involves combining investment-grade financial modeling with a deep understanding of the staffing business to generate insights that drive operational changes. The ideal candidate will have a background in investment banking or strategic finance and is looking for a role with ownership, influence, and impact within a high-growth company.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related analytical field.
3–6 years of progressive experience with a mix of investment banking, private equity or management consulting, and strategic finance at a high-growth company.
Elite financial modeling skills, including the ability to build a three-statement model or DCF from scratch and explain all assumptions.
Track record of producing analysis that influenced real decisions.
Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to present complex financial analysis to non-finance executives at the C-suite or board level.
High emotional intelligence: ability to challenge leadership respectfully, hold a point of view under pressure, and navigate competing priorities.
Self-directed and intellectually curious.
Authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA or CFA
Prior experience in staffing, professional services, or a business with a similar revenue model (GP-driven, headcount-intensive).
Proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
Comfort with AI tooling.
Familiarity with FP&A platforms (Adaptive Insights, Planful, Vena, Anaplan).
Familiarity with ERP systems (NetSuite, Workday).
Experience supporting M&A diligence, capital markets transactions, or board-level financial presentations.

Responsibilities

Serve as an analytical resource for the CFO and Head of FP&A on the business' most consequential financial and strategic questions.
Develop and maintain a clear, defensible point of view on ALKU's financial performance, including interpretation and recommended actions.
Build and own complex financial models such as long-range plans, scenario/sensitivity analyses, returns frameworks, and unit economics models.
Design and build bespoke financial models to evaluate strategic scenarios like organic growth investments, new practice launches, hiring plans, geographic expansion, pricing changes, and operating model shifts.
Identify data gaps and opportunities, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure analytical infrastructure is suitable for executive decision-making.
Leverage SQL, BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent), Excel/Python, and AI tools (Claude/ChatGPT) to synthesize large datasets into actionable outputs.
Translate complex analyses into clear executive narratives.
Partner with the CFO and Head of FP&A on investor, board, and lender presentations.
Partner with Revenue leaders to identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities.
Develop and support business cases for major investments, headcount decisions, and strategic pivots.
Lead periodic deep-dive analyses on key business drivers such as recruiter productivity, contractor utilization, client concentration risk, competitive positioning, and market share trends.
Own ad hoc analytical requests from senior leadership, providing speed, clarity, and intellectual rigor.
Support the annual operating plan and quarterly re-forecast processes, focusing on revenue assumptions, headcount-driven cost modeling, and operating leverage.
Develop the scenario planning framework for the FP&A team, creating upside, base, and downside cases.
Monitor and report on plan-vs-actual performance, explaining variances, identifying root causes, and recommending corrective actions.