Finance Manager - Strategy & Operations

Description:

Job Description - Finance Manager (Strategy & Operations)

Role Summary:

We are looking for a high-impact Finance Manager Strategy & Operations with a strong consulting mindset to partner with business and digital leaders. This role will drive financial governance, portfolio transparency, and executive storytelling across strategic initiatives, enabling data-driven decisions at scale.

The ideal candidate combines deep financial acumen with structured problem-solving, strong communication, and digital fluency.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Management & Governance:

Own end-to-end financial management for strategic programs including:

- Budget planning & annual operating plans

- Monthly accruals and cost tracking

- Latest Estimate (LE) vs Forecast vs Actual analysis

- Build financial models and business cases for new initiatives and investments

- Track portfolio burn, commitments, and realized value

- Partner with procurement and business finance on cross-charges and vendor spend

Reporting, Insights & Executive Storytelling

Create leadership-ready dashboards and reports (monthly / quarterly business reviews)

- Translate complex financial data into clear narratives and actionable insights

- Drive variance analysis and highlight risks, opportunities, and corrective actions

- Prepare executive presentations for CDO / CIO / BU leadership

Stakeholder & Program Partnership

- Act as trusted finance partner to Strategy, Product, Data & AI leaders

- Support program managers with financial rigor across large portfolios

- Lead financial cadence with cross-functional stakeholders (Digital, Finance, HR, Procurement)

- Influence decisions through data, structured thinking, and compelling storytelling

Digital Enablement

- Leverage modern tools (e.g., Asana, Airtable, Power BI, Excel/Sheets) to automate tracking and reporting

- Support digitization of finance workflows and portfolio visibility

- Bring ideas to simplify processes using analytics, automation, or AI

Qualifications & Experience:

- 8- 10+ years of experience in Finance, Consulting, Strategy Ops, or Program Finance

Strong expertise in:

- Budgeting & forecasting

- Accruals and cost management

- LE vs Forecast vs Actual analysis

- Executive reporting

- Prior experience in consulting or enterprise transformation programs preferred

- Excellent communication, articulation, and stakeholder management skills

- Ability to synthesize numbers into business stories

- High comfort working with senior leadership

- Digital fluency strongly preferred (data tools, workflow platforms, dashboards)