Associate Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

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What You Will Do:
 

Guidehouse helps clients address complex business issues through management, risk and technology consulting.  Finding the right talent is both the hallmark of our success and the fuel for our consistent growth ... significantly outpacing the market. If you are ready to join a rapidly growing, high profile business and take a significant leadership role in the process… If you’re ready have a seat at the leadership table not just driving accounting activities but the broader financial process and linking it to our overall strategy… If you are ready to be at the top of your game… then we are ready to meet you.

Guidehouse helps clients across the public sector address complex business issues through management, risk and technology consulting.  For the past 10+ years we have experienced rapid and continued organic growth, attracted some of the biggest names in industry to our platform, and have distinguished our business by winning some of the most high profile consulting assignments across the public sector space.

In today's rapidly evolving and complex environment, our clients are seeing an increase in physical and cyber threats, financial and performance reporting requirements, diversity in the workforce, and the impact of rapidly changing technologies. Guidehouse provides management consulting, technology consulting and risk consulting services to help federal and international government agencies anticipate and address these and other complex challenges. 

Finding the right talent is both the hallmark of our success and the fuel for our consistent growth - significantly outpacing the market. Today we are seeking a world class, seasoned professional to lead our recruiting effort. 

The best talent out there is only going to be attracted to a business that is doing interesting things in solving important problems, demanding professional excellence, helping people build their skills and their individual brands, and doing all this on a really high-quality platform.  Our quality is recognized at the highest levels. We are the only consulting firm to ever win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence, recognizing U.S. organizations for superior quality and world-class results across Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management, Workforce, and Operations. For more information on our journey to performance excellence, view our winner profile on the NIST website.

Recognizing our incredible growth, the value of the services we deliver to our clients, and do unique and distinctive quality platform we have built, we have partnered with Bain Capital to provide capital for additional growth through the acquisition of talent, capabilities, solutions and competitors.

As an independent consulting firm, we are one of the largest in the Americas with offices across the United States and overseas. 

If you are ready to join a rapidly growing, high profile business and take a significant leadership role in the process… If you’re ready have a seat at the leadership table not just driving accounting activities but the broader financial process and linking it to our overall strategy… If you are ready to be at the top of your game… then we are ready to meet you.

Job Description:

The Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis will manage financial planning including budgeting and forecasting for the business in addition to monthly reporting and analysis of the financial operations of the business.   The individual will be responsible for the development and/or improvement of financial planning and reporting systems, will prepare financial and management reports, and present findings and specific recommendations to senior management. As a senior member of the Accounting and Finance Departments, this position reports directly to the Director of Finance and regularly engages with Executive Leadership. We are seeking candidates with a strong financial background in addition to very strong Microsoft Excel and reporting tool systems experience.  Experience in cost accounting for federal government contracts, and familiarity with government contract compliance is required.

What You Will Need:

• Minimum of 10 Years of Experience: Direct and proven experience in a similarly structured role; more than 5 years leadership experience is preferred
• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience managing and supervising staff
• Experience in systems implementations

Knowledge Preferred:

Demonstrates proven extensive knowledge in the following areas:

• Oversee the month end financial reporting process including the monthly financial reporting package
• Manage the annual budgeting process
• Prepare Board and Banking packages as required.
• Knowledge of ability to analyze all three financial statements (Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Income Statement.
• Assist the Finance and Accounting team in ad hoc reporting requests
• Manage the finance portion of the dashboards to ensure reporting accuracy
• Manage the financial planning and analysis migration and integration of acquisitions.
• Financial modeling, maintaining complex spreadsheets, and ease with multiple financial systems
• Working with equity partners on ad hoc analysis

Self-Managed, with strong attention to detail and ability to meet hard deadlines
What Would Be Nice To Have:

Demonstrates proven and extensive skills sets in the following areas:

• Supervise analyst staff on all financial analysis functions; mentor and coach the staff. 
• Provide financial reporting guidance and train all accounting and finance staff on proper accounting controls.
• Proficiency at MS Office suite. software tools and highly skilled at Excel
• Proficiency with Oracle EPM Planning and reporting

• Experience with Deltek (Costpoint and Deltek Time & Expense) and Financial Reporting tools such as Cognos, Power BI, and planning software such as Hyperion Planning.
• Peoplesoft experience is preferred.

• Supporting financial decision makers
• Interacting with all levels of the organization, including internal and external constituencies
• Private Equity Experience

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com.  Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.  Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.