Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance based in the United States.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Finance will play a pivotal role in guiding financial planning, business performance, and strategic decision-making across a global digital subscription and advertising business. This position combines long-range financial strategy with hands-on forecasting, budgeting, and business partnership. You will collaborate closely with senior leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights, identify growth opportunities, and manage risks. By improving financial models, reporting frameworks, and planning processes, you will help the organization scale efficiently and make informed investment decisions.

The role also partners with finance, accounting, and executive teams on monthly reporting, leadership updates, and board-level communications. This is an opportunity for an experienced finance professional to influence business strategy, mentor emerging talent, and drive measurable impact in a remote-first, technology-driven environment.

• -Lead annual budgeting and long-range financial planning for global subscription services and advertising business lines, aligning financial targets with strategic priorities.
• -Partner with business leaders to develop monthly forecasts, analyze actual results against expectations, identify variances, and assess emerging financial risks and growth opportunities.
• -Monitor spending against approved budgets and provide recommendations that support financial discipline, resource allocation, and operational efficiency.
• -Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and functional leaders, providing financial guidance that connects business performance with broader organizational objectives.
• -Develop strategic financial models, scenario analyses, and decision-making frameworks to evaluate business opportunities, investment priorities, and potential outcomes.
• -Collaborate with finance and accounting teams on month-end close activities, financial reporting, executive presentations, and board communications.
• -Improve forecasting and budgeting processes to increase accuracy, consistency, scalability, and efficiency across the organization.
• -Design new analytical tools, reporting methods, and financial processes while evaluating and enhancing existing systems to deliver timely, actionable business insights.
• -Translate complex financial information into clear recommendations that help leadership understand performance drivers, evaluate trade-offs, and make informed decisions.
• -Mentor and develop junior finance professionals, strengthening their analytical capabilities and helping them become effective strategic business partners.
• -Support additional financial planning and strategic initiatives as business needs evolve.

• -Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• -At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in the position offered or a related strategic finance role.
• -Strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, including annual budgeting, long-range planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance reporting.
• -Demonstrated ability to build financial models and conduct scenario analyses that support strategic decisions and business planning.
• -Experience partnering with business leaders to interpret financial results, identify risks and opportunities, and develop practical recommendations.
• -Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to turn complex financial data into clear, relevant, and actionable insights.
• -Experien…