Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Guidehouse Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision support for a complex professional services organization serving federal and commercial markets.

This role partners with the CFO and executives to translate performance into insights, strengthen financial discipline, and drive profitable growth while building a scalable planning function and leading a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience with leadership in FP&A or corporate planning.
• Proven success in budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting for large organizations.
• Experience in professional services, consulting, or government contracting is preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication abilities with executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlook, and long-range planning.
• Own executive, Board, and management reporting with clear financial insights.
• Translate operations plans into integrated financial forecasts with leaders.
• Provide strategic modeling and decision support for growth, acquisitions, and cost optimization.
• Improve forecasting accuracy via driver-based planning and variance analysis.
• Oversee FP&A for federal contracting, including revenue recognition and rates.
• Develop reporting for commercial professional services, including profitability metrics.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Operations for aligned outcomes.
• Advance FP&A systems, dashboards, and data governance for timeliness and accuracy.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing FP&A team.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Executive partnering

Forecasting accuracy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

Tools

FP&A systems

Dashboards/BI tooling

Job description

Job Family : Finance Planning & Analysis

Travel Required : Up to 25%

Clearance Required : None

What You Will Do:

The Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will lead enterprise-wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and strategic decision support for a complex professional services organization serving both federal and commercial markets. This highly visible leader will partner with the Chief Financial Officer, executive leadership, segment leaders, and functional stakeholders to translate business performance into actionable insights, strengthen financial discipline, and support profitable growth.

The Head of FP&A will build and lead a high-performing team, establish scalable planning and reporting processes, and provide forward-looking analysis across revenue, backlog, pipeline, labor, utilization, indirect costs, margins, cash flow, and capital allocation. The successful candidate will bring strong professional services experience, fluency in both federal contracting and commercial business models, and the energy, collaboration skills, and performance orientation required to influence leaders across the organization. An appetite to innovate and leverage modern means and methods to accomplish desired outcomes is critical. The ability to simultaneously manage the details and understand the big picture is a key requirement for success in the role. Experience leading the function in a publicly traded company is required. Guidehouse is seeking a high-energy, hardworking leader who is deeply committed to and passionate about our mission, approaches colleagues and clients with humility and integrity, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the company's annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlook, and long-range planning processes across federal, commercial, corporate, and shared-service operations.
• Own executive, Board, and management reporting, delivering clear analysis of financial results, key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Partner with segment and functional leaders to translate operational plans, sales pipeline, backlog, staffing, utilization, pricing, and investment decisions into integrated financial forecasts.
• Provide strategic financial modeling, scenario analysis, and decision support for growth initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, investments, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Strengthen forecasting accuracy and accountability through driver-based planning, disciplined variance analysis, and consistent performance metrics.
• Oversee financial analysis for federal government contracting, including revenue recognition, indirect rates, project economics, backlog, funded and unfunded work, and relevant compliance considerations.
• Develop reporting and insights for commercial professional services operations, including bookings, pipeline conversion, pricing, utilization, realization, revenue, margin, and client profitability.
• Collaborate closely with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Corporate Development, Human Capital, Operations, and business leadership to align planning assumptions and financial outcomes.
• Advance FP&A systems, dashboards, data governance, automation, and reporting processes to improve timeliness, accuracy, and decision usefulness.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing FP&A team with strong analytical, business-partnering, and communication capabilities.

Role Expectations:

• Operate as a high-energy, hands-on leader who combines strategic perspective with a willingness to engage deeply in the details.
• Build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively with senior executives, business leaders, and cross-functional partners.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely, tailoring insights and recommendations for executive, Board, and operational audiences.
• Challenge assumptions constructively, influence decisions, and drive accountability while maintaining a strong partnership mindset.
• Demonstrate a consistent record of high performance, sound judgment, urgency, and execution in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Anticipate business risks and opportunities and mobilize stakeholders around timely, practical actions.
• Model integrity, curiosity, resilience, collaboration, and an energetic commitment to business results and team success.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate planning, or a closely related function.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise or large business-unit budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, and performance management.
• Required experience in professional services, consulting, government contracting, managed services, or another people-based, project-driven services business.
• Strong unde