Job Description

Our client is a premier Alternative Investment Firm, seeking to add an experienced VP add to their Financial Strategy & Corporate Development team in NYC. The role focuses on analyzing & executing on major strategic, operational, and strategic growth opportunities and collaborating with Global Head with regards to solution oriented progress.

Ideal individual should be well versed with effectively communicating firms' strategy and financial performance with fund investors. In this VP role you will be asked to manage a small team (1-3pp) so prior management experience is strongly preferred.

Primary duties and responsibilities

• Lead the financial planning and analysis function, providing strategic insights to drive business performance
• Implement financial plans that align with our business objectives, providing actionable insights to inform business decisions
• Produce multi-year plans and forecasts; create and analyze business metrics and identify cost savings opportunities; and deliver economic insight into the relationships between costs and revenues to improve the financial success of the business going forward
• Partner with business leaders to develop and track KPIs and leading indicators aligned with business and corporate objectives
• Provide competitive insights and ROI analysis
• Drive value creation planning: partner with business leads across the organization in support of initiatives that will drive incremental growth at firm
• Support the development and execution of strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability
• Develop strategic and analytical frameworks for investor relations and business development efforts
• Develop dynamic model scenarios with senior management to analyze the financial implications of new investments, transactions, global macro events, and projection assumptions under different operating and working capital scenarios
• Use data and empirical analysis to help execute projects and identify business opportunities, critical gaps, and strategic threats
• Develop frameworks to analyze business problems using qualitative and quantitative approaches, working on financial benchmarking and business modeling to provide fact-based rationale for client’s strategic choices across organic and inorganic upside opportunities
• Create look-back analyses measuring our ROI compared to business cases and circulate lessons learned across cross-functional teams
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies
• Work with a range of experts in the firm, from data scientists and researchers to software and app designers
• Prepare & present due diligence findings to investment committees, Senior Management and Firm Clients.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience, with at least 5 years of experience in Strategic Finance, strategy consulting/ investment banking, or similar applicable experience.
• Strong and well-developed analytic, problem-solving and quantitative skill, with exceptional attention to detail
• Digital savvy with the ability to synthesize large amounts of data to tell a relevant story. Must have an intermediate to advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint. Tableau/SQL knowledge strongly preferred
• BA/BS degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, similar related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA) strongly preferred
• Results-orientation with an ability to take initiative, execute and complete deliverables in a timely manner
• Deep understanding of Private Equity/Alternative Asset Management and/or Banking required
• Strong leadership potential, with excellent inter-personal skills and collaboration abilities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to interact with all levels of the organization

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