Sr. Manager, Strategic Finance & Business Operations

Vantor • Westminster, CO

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Vantor is hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Business Operations for its corporate office in Westminster, Colorado. The role works in-office Tuesday through Thursday and hybrid on Mondays and Fridays. The position partners directly with executive leaders to evaluate investments, understand business performance, and turn financial and operational data into actionable decisions. It combines hands-on financial modeling, investment governance, and business partnership with improving finance planning and reporting through automation, advanced analytics, and AI. Applicants must be a U.S. Person; the minimum qualifications also specify U.S. citizenship.

The Senior Manager will develop investment business cases, forecasts, and scenarios; connect capital spending with project execution; analyze operating expenses, headcount, and project spending; and provide leadership with clear recommendations. The role also takes finance workflow improvements from concept through implementation, with the aim of making recurring analysis and reporting more accurate, efficient, and useful.

Success means influencing investment and operating decisions, earning leaders’ trust as a source of insight on performance and tradeoffs, identifying risks and opportunities early, helping teams achieve measurable results, and using AI-enabled tools to improve planning and reporting.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen; the posting also states that applicants must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, accounting, strategic finance, business operations, or a related analytical role, with demonstrated ownership of financial models and business recommendations. An MBA in Finance or Accounting may substitute as experience; candidates with a strong academic background and three years of experience will also be considered.
• Strong financial modeling skills and understanding of accounting fundamentals, including accruals, capitalization, depreciation, and the connections among financial statements.
• Ability to distill substantial financial and operational data into clear insights and well-supported recommendations, while clarifying assumptions and uncertainty.
• Confidence working with business leaders, asking thoughtful questions, and constructively challenging assumptions.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems or large datasets.
• Practical understanding of how AI can improve financial analysis and workflows, plus initiative to test approaches, validate outputs, and implement repeatable tools and processes that deliver measurable improvements.
• Initiative, attention to detail, and ability to take an open-ended question through analysis, recommendation, and follow-through.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related analytical field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success in a private equity or private-equity-backed company and/or a startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build business cases for capital projects and strategic investments; evaluate assumptions, risks, and returns; recommend resource commitments; and track outcomes.
• Develop driver-based plans, forecasts, and scenarios to show how changes in spending, staffing, timing, and execution affect financial results.
• Partner with project owners in engineering, IT, facilities, and other functions, as well as accounting, to clarify project costs, improve capital tracking, and support capitalization decisions.
• Analyze headcount, operating expenses, and project spending to explain performance, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and help business partners act on recommendations.
• Translate financial and operational data into recommendations, analyses, dashboards, and presentations for executive decision-making.
• Improve finance workflows by moving manual, Excel-heavy processes to AI-enabled tools and purpose-built solutions, taking improvements from idea through implementation.
• Use AI-enabled tools to make planning and reporting faster and more insightful.

Benefits

• Robust 401(k) with company match.
• Mental health resources.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Adoption reimbursement.
• Pet insurance.
• Incentive eligible, with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results; the specific plan and target amount depend on the role and breadth of contributions.

What This Job Offers

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