Senior Vice President – Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

GLG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

GLG seeks a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to lead forecasting, planning, and analysis across GLG’s Financial Services, G&A, and corporate segments. This executive will establish FP&A as an analytical think-tank, drive KPIs, and partner with the CFO and executive leadership to steer profitability and growth.

The role requires strategic vision, data-driven decision-making, and the ability to recruit and develop top talent, ensuring accurate budgeting, reporting, and lender deliverables

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage monthly forecasting process, annual planning process, long-range strategic planning process and modeling, quarterly filings, and lender deliverables; provide strategic guidance and financial counsel to Executive Leadership Team.
• Establish Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) as a ‘Center of Analytical Excellence’ to be shared with functional leaders across the organization.
• Create and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), highlighting trends and analyzing causes of variance, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, operating metrics, and capital expenditures.
• Prepare a reporting package that includes full financial statements, comprehensive KPI reporting, operational dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, actual versus budget variances, and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.
• Develop and prepare annual budget, managing forecasts for revenue, expenses, and headcount. Manage capital allocation, cash flow forecasting and all lender deliverables.
• Improve operating teams' understanding of financial statements and budget adherence with thoughtful and transparent analysis.
• Successfully manage, develop, and motivate the organization to collaborate with cross functional operating teams and provide fact-based recommendations that improve profitability, operating efficiency and effectiveness.
• Build, manage and lead the evolution of the organization, drive top performance and developing the key objectives and projections, both short-term and long- term.
• Provide transformational and inspirational leadership and guidance across the organization and set clear direction, aligning people and resources accordingly.
• Promote and drive best practice, adoption of new techniques, tools, and methodologies, and ensure management reporting yield business insights to drive recommendations and results against strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of investment analysis and be able to play a key role in any associated M&A / Corporate Development activities.
• In partnership with others, continue to lead a significant transformation of GLG, redesigning processes for the finance organization, modernizing the finance organization, and helping to build a financial infrastructure for the business that can support future growth.

Job description

The Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) will report to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and will be responsible for managing the forecasting, financial planning, and analysis processes for GLG’s Financial Services, G&A, and corporate business segments. This executive will be a strategic and data-driven finance leader that will establish FP&A as an analytical think-tank that can be effectively leveraged by all parts of the organization. They will foster an entrepreneurial spirit, lead an established team and recruiting top talent, to manage the day-to-day revenue metrics, financial reporting, corporate division budgets, project management, and external reporting requirements.

The successful Candidate has proven experience in a complex business at scale. The individual is a dynamic, rigorous, collaborative executive who works well as part of a team and has the executive courage to make difficult recommendations and / or decisions. They possess superior finance stewardship skills, a business partner mindset, authentic leadership, and impactful communication and influencing skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage monthly forecasting process, annual planning process, long-range strategic planning process and modeling, quarterly filings, and lender deliverables; provide strategic guidance and financial counsel to Executive Leadership Team.
• Establish Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) as a ‘Center of Analytical Excellence’ to be shared with functional leaders across the organization.
• Create and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), highlighting trends and analyzing causes of variance, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, operating metrics, and capital expenditures.
• Prepare a reporting package that includes full financial statements, comprehensive KPI reporting, operational dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, actual versus budget variances, and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.
• Develop and prepare annual budget, managing forecasts for revenue, expenses, and headcount. Manage capital allocation, cash flow forecasting and all lender deliverables.
• Improve operating teams' understanding of financial statements and budget adherence with thoughtful and transparent analysis.
• Successfully manage, develop, and motivate the organization to collaborate with cross functional operating teams and provide fact-based recommendations that improve profitability, operating efficiency and effectiveness.
• Build, manage and lead the evolution of the organization, drive top performance and developing the key objectives and projections, both short-term and long- term.
• Provide transformational and inspirational leadership and guidance across the organization and set clear direction, aligning people and resources accordingly.
• Promote and drive best practice, adoption of new techniques, tools, and methodologies, and ensure management reporting yield business insights to drive recommendations and results against strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of investment analysis and be able to play a key role in any associated M&A / Corporate Development activities.
• In partnership with others, continue to lead a significant transformation of GLG, redesigning processes for the finance organization, modernizing the finance organization, and helping to build a financial infrastructure for the business that can support future growth.

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