Manager, Financial Strategy & Analytics at Connect Search, LLC Manager, Financial Strategy & Analytics at Connect Search, LLC in Berkeley, Illinois Posted in 9 days ago.

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full-time Manager, Financial Strategy & Analytics Chicago, IL (downtown) | Hybrid, 4 days in office | $140,000 to $170,000 + bonus Our client is a large, fast-growing financial services company with a global footprint. Finance sits close to the top, and leadership leans on it for the big calls. This is not a typical FP&A seat. You are the in-house strategy resource for the CFO and executive team. When leadership has a big question on growth, capital, an investment, or cost, you get the question. Then you scope the work, build the model, and turn it into a Board-ready story. Your work goes to the CFO, then to the executive team and Board. What you'll own High-priority questions from the executive team and Board, often on tight timelines with little direction Models built from a blank page: scenarios, sensitivities, investment cases, capital trade-offs, cost structure The long-range plan model, with a full refresh each year and scenario work all year Outside market data (S&P Global and similar) for benchmarks, industry context, and market sizing Inputs from the revenue and expense FP&A teams, pulled into company-wide scenarios Executive-ready PowerPoint that leads with the answer and drives to a decision CFO briefing materials that flag risks and likely questions Support on finance-wide projects, such as policy work What you bring Bachelor's in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field 5 to 8 years in strategy consulting, investment banking, strategic finance, or corporate FP&A Strong modeling skills; you build from scratch Excellent PowerPoint and storytelling for senior audiences Comfort owning open-ended asks on your own and taking a point of view Experience blending outside market data with internal numbers Nice to have MBA from a top program Insurance, financial services, or another complex multi-entity business Public company reporting or non-GAAP metrics Power BI or Tableau Details Individual contributor seat with high visibility to the CFO, executive team, and Board Hybrid, 4 days a week in a downtown Chicago office $140,000 to $170,000 base plus annual bonus Unlimited PTO Interested, or know someone who fits? Call or text Max at 847-877-9487, or apply here.