Strategic Operations Leader - Finance & Planning

Crowe; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 88,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Business Operations Manager in Columbus, OH to partner with operations leaders, manage planning, reporting, and key initiatives, and translate strategy into execution. You will help drive effective decision-making across the organization while upholding firm policies and standards.

You will support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, manage budgets and workflows, and contribute to workforce planning and process improvements. A collaborative, analytical leader is ideal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, accounting, or operations.
• 6-9+ years in business operations, FP&A, or related roles.
• Experience budgeting, forecasting, and operational reporting.
• Strong analytical skills to translate data into insights.
• Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives or projects.
• Proficiency with financial/reporting tools, spreadsheets and presentation software.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for aligned units.
• Prepare and analyze financial and operational reports; identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with firm policies and guidelines.
• Assist in managing budgets, invoicing, and expense tracking; coordinate with Finance/Procurement.
• Support workforce planning, including resource forecasting and org changes.
• Coordinate operational projects and track delivery progress.
• Develop and maintain operational processes, tools, templates, metrics.
• Prepare leadership materials and status updates.
• Represent operations in cross-functional teams and working groups.
• Support change initiatives and continuous improvement.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Operations, or related field

Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Business Operations Manager in Columbus, OH to partner with operations leaders, manage planning, reporting, and key initiatives, and translate strategy into execution. You will help drive effective decision-making across the organization while upholding firm policies and standards.

You will support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, manage budgets and workflows, and contribute to workforce planning and process improvements. A collaborative, analytical leader is ideal.