Associate Director of FP&A
Chicago – hybrid, 3 days a week in the office
$180,000 – $210,000 + bonus and benefits

The Company

An Associate Director of FP&A role is available for this world leading Professional Services organisation, with multiple offices around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative and diverse organisation. This is a key role where you can drive the day-to-day activities and administration related to the Firm’s Financial Planning & Analysis. You will be working cross-functionally with the business, supporting key decision making and business planning activities, and leading a team.

Key Responsibilities of the Associate Director of FP&A

• Leading a team of FP&A specialists, within a training and mentoring mindset
• Ownership of the P&L for review, analysis & reporting
• Lead with data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making and optimize resource allocation.
• Providing support on technical accounting papers, board papers & interim/year end preparation
• Supporting the development of rolling reforecasting for revenue & net income
• Understanding revenue trends, KPIs & potential issues
• Management of business unit cost centres to manage operating expenditure & provide commercial business challenge to ensure operational, commercial & financial targets are achieved
• Financial planning for business unit cost centres to drive budgeting & forecasting cycles
• Financial analysis of business unit performance
• Supporting the delivery of a continuous FP&A transformation agenda

Skills & Attributes of the Associate Director of FP&A

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business, economics or similar
• Proven P&L management and analysis, financial planning and forecasting experience, ideally in a global professional services environment
• Ability to present financial information in a clear and concise manner to non-finance business partners and strong Excel skills.
• Highly detail-oriented with a strong ability to maintain a strategic, big-picture perspective
• Self-motivated, proactive individual with commercial flair and analytical capability, who can influence key stakeholders and implement change and innovation.

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Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the USA without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

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