Strategic Finance Consultant (Project-Based)
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Job Description
DIRECTLY REPORTS TO:
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
MAIN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY:
As a Strategic Finance Manager, you will serve as a key partner to the CFO and Finance team, carrying out financial analysis, business partnering, and strategic decision support across Sprout Solutions. This role combines:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Financial Analysis:
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-
paced environment
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
MAIN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY:
As a Strategic Finance Manager, you will serve as a key partner to the CFO and Finance team, carrying out financial analysis, business partnering, and strategic decision support across Sprout Solutions. This role combines:
- financial modeling with commercial judgment to shape the company's growth trajectory, capital allocation decisions, and operational performance
- assist with corporate development (M&A) activities and special projects
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Financial Analysis:
- Support the maintenance of the company-wide three-statement financial model, driver-based operating model, and long-range plan
- Assist in the annual budgeting process, quarterly reforecasts, and monthly variance analysis against plan
- Gather implications & analyses within SaaS operating metrics
- Prepare monthly management reports, board decks, and investor updates in partnership with the CFO
- Support headcount and capacity planning in partnership with functional leaders Business Partnering & Decision Support:
- Build ad-hoc financial models and business cases to evaluate strategic initiatives, including new products, geographies, and build vs. buy vs. partner decisions
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on cohort performance, customer profitability, churn drivers, and
- Translate complex financial analyses into clear recommendations and executive-ready narratives for C-suite decision-making
- Support GTM leaders (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) on pipeline analysis, pricing, sales compensation modeling, and unit economics
- Support Product and Engineering leaders with investment prioritization, ROI analysis, and business cases for new products and features Capital & Performance Management:
- Develop cash flow forecasts and working capital models to inform capital allocation decisions
- Support fundraising, investor relations, and relevant equity & debt financing activities, including data room preparation and diligence responses
- Design and maintain executive dashboards and KPI reporting to track performance against strategic and financial targets
- Assist in financial due diligence and coordinate post-merger operational plans, to align with
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3-5 years of professional experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, management consulting, or transaction advisory roles (e.g., Big-4 firms or globally affiliated firms)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent professional experience); CFA, CPA, or MBA a plus but not required
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining three-statement and driver-based financial models
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets; familiarity with BI tools and ERP or planning systems preferred but not required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to distill complex analyses into clear narratives for executive and board audiences
- Proven ability to partner with non-finance stakeholders and influence decision-making without
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to synthesize large datasets into actionable
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-
paced environment
- Good grasp of SaaS metrics and unit economics
- Understanding of SaaS business models, recurring revenue dynamics, and growth-stage operating
- Experience supporting fundraising, investor relations, or M&A transactions (Optional)
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Key Skills
unit economics
driver-based operating model
executive dashboards
SaaS operating metrics
sales compensation modeling
investment prioritization
working capital models
