Strategic Finance & Growth Director

Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation; Town of Brighton (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education reimbursement

Summer Fridays

Job summary

Harvard Business Publishing seeks a Senior Director, Finance and Business Performance to lead long‑range planning, budgeting, and decision‑support for the Higher Education unit. You will partner with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience to align financial strategy with growth objectives and oversee a nimble, data‑driven finance team.

This leadership role reports to the unit head and CFO, building systems for accurate forecasting, dashboards, and KPIs, guiding investment reviews and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of financial planning, operations, BI, or analytics-related experience.
• Direct analytical work and KPI setting experience.
• Proven track record building and retaining high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-range financial planning, revenue modeling, and profitability forecasting.
• Oversee annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly variance analysis.
• Develop dashboards and decision-support tools to improve performance and resource optimization.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Product to analyze market trends and opportunities.
• Drive Sales Operations and alignment on revenue recognition and policies.

Skills

Financial planning

KPIs

Team leadership

Business intelligence

Strategic decision making

Sales collaboration

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Salesforce

Web analytics

Job description

Harvard Business Publishing seeks a Senior Director, Finance and Business Performance to lead long‑range planning, budgeting, and decision‑support for the Higher Education unit. You will partner with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience to align financial strategy with growth objectives and oversee a nimble, data‑driven finance team.

This leadership role reports to the unit head and CFO, building systems for accurate forecasting, dashboards, and KPIs, guiding investment reviews and