Director, Strategic Finance — AI-Driven Growth & ROI

Connect Search, LLC; Northbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC in Illinois seeks a Senior Manager or Director to lead advanced financial modeling and strategic finance initiatives. You will own three-statement models, develop scenarios, and drive staffing, service line, and capex decisions.

The role provides direct access to the COO and governance committees, with a strong emphasis on automation and data-driven insights. Hybrid work arrangement with 2 days in Deerfield and 3 remote days.

Qualifications

• Must be able to build three-statement models from scratch.
• Executive-ready PowerPoint skills for presenting analyses.
• Comfort with large, imperfect data sets.
• Ability to read and apply legal agreements such as employment and leases.
• Hands-on approach with no delegation of core work.

Responsibilities

• Build business cases and scenario models for staffing, service lines, and growth.
• Frame complex questions and translate into clear recommendations.
• Own physician compensation modeling and reconciliations.
• Present to physicians and governance committees and answer questions.
• Underwrite capital decisions with ROI and sensitivity analyses.
• Own parts of budget, forecast, and long-range plan.
• Create monthly executive reports and KPI outlooks.
• Collaborate with IT and operations to improve data and dashboards.

Skills

Modeling complex scenarios

Three-statement modeling

Executive-ready PowerPoint

Data analysis on large datasets

Contract/legal document reading

Hands-on analyst

Finance experience across banking to F

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics

MBA or CFA is a plus

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Connect Search, LLC in Illinois seeks a Senior Manager or Director to lead advanced financial modeling and strategic finance initiatives. You will own three-statement models, develop scenarios, and drive staffing, service line, and capex decisions.

The role provides direct access to the COO and governance committees, with a strong emphasis on automation and data-driven insights. Hybrid work arrangement with 2 days in Deerfield and 3 remote days.