Senior Associate, Value Creation in Finance & Operations

LLR Partners; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LLR Partners seeks a Senior Associate, Finance & Operations to join the Value Creation Team. You will partner with CFOs to uncover opportunities to improve growth, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance across software and tech-enabled portfolio companies.

You will drive financial analyses, build business cases, and lead cross-functional project management for transformation initiatives and M&A integration, traveling up to 25–50% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related field.
• MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.
• 4–8 years of relevant experience in consulting, finance, transaction services, strategic finance, business operations, performance improvement, private equity value creation, or related fields.
• Strong financial analysis, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Willingness to travel to portfolio companies (up to 25–50% of time).

Responsibilities

• Support Finance & Operations value creation initiatives across the portfolio.
• Partner with CFOs and management teams to identify opportunities to improve growth, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance.
• Develop financial analyses, business cases, reporting frameworks, and actionable recommendations.
• Drive execution of operational improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Support strategic initiatives and M&A integration planning and execution.
• Lead project management activities, including workplan development, milestone tracking, and stakeholder coordination.
• Bring structure and execution discipline to complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Develop and share Finance & Operations playbooks, tools, and best practices across the portfolio.
• Support internal portfolio reviews and other value creation initiatives.

Skills

Financial analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data synthesis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

LLR Partners seeks a Senior Associate, Finance & Operations to join the Value Creation Team. You will partner with CFOs to uncover opportunities to improve growth, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance across software and tech-enabled portfolio companies.

You will drive financial analyses, build business cases, and lead cross-functional project management for transformation initiatives and M&A integration, traveling up to 25–50% as needed.