Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Guidehouse

. Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlook, and long-range planning across federal, commercial, corporate, and shared-service operations.

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $226,000 - $376,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial modeling. Proven ability to lead high-performing finance teams and communicate complex financial insights to executive and Board audiences.

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Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)Strategic Financial ModelingLeadership In Budgeting And ForecastingProfessional Services Financial ExpertiseAdvanced Data Analysis

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Hard Skills

BudgetingForecastingFinancial ModelingScenario AnalysisVariance AnalysisPerformance ManagementRevenue RecognitionCost OptimizationProject EconomicsData Governance

Soft Skills

CommunicationInfluenceChange LeadershipExecutive PresenceTeam Development

Tools & Technologies

Workday Adaptive PlanningOneStreamAnaplanOracleSAPPower BI

Industry Keywords

Federal Government ContractingProfessional ServicesConsultingManaged ServicesPublicly Traded CompanyPublic-Company ReportingInvestor-Facing MetricsSarbanes-Oxley Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlook, and long-range planning across federal, commercial, corporate, and shared-service operations.
Own executive, Board, and management reporting, delivering analysis of financial results, performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Partner with segment and functional leaders to translate operational plans, sales pipeline, backlog, staffing, utilization, pricing, and investment decisions into integrated financial forecasts.
Provide strategic financial modeling, scenario analysis, and decision support for growth initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, investments, and cost optimization.
Strengthen forecasting accuracy and accountability through driver-based planning, variance analysis, and consistent performance metrics.
Oversee financial analysis for federal government contracting, including revenue recognition, indirect rates, project economics, backlog, funded and unfunded work, and compliance considerations.
Develop reporting and insights for commercial professional services operations, including bookings, pipeline conversion, pricing, utilization, realization, revenue, margin, and client profitability.
Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Corporate Development, Human Capital, Operations, and business leadership.
Advance FP&A systems, dashboards, data governance, automation, and reporting processes.
Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing FP&A team.
Operate as a hands-on strategic leader and communicate complex financial information to executive, Board, and operational audiences.
Challenge assumptions, influence decisions, drive accountability, anticipate risks and opportunities, and mobilize stakeholders around practical actions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate planning, or a closely related function.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise or large business-unit budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, and performance management.
Required experience in professional services, consulting, government contracting, managed services, or another people-based, project-driven services business.
Strong understanding of both federal and commercial environments, including their distinct revenue models, contracting structures, pricing dynamics, performance drivers, and risk profiles.
Expertise in services-industry economics, including backlog, pipeline, bookings, headcount, labor mix, utilization, realization, indirect costs, project margins, and client profitability.
Advanced financial modeling, scenario planning, data analysis, and executive presentation skills.
Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing finance team while building strong partnerships across the business.
Experience improving FP&A processes, systems, reporting, data quality, governance, and forecasting accuracy.
Exceptional business acumen, executive presence, communication, influence, and change leadership skills.
Experience leading the function in a publicly traded company is required.
Nice-to-have: experience within a large, publicly traded professional services, consulting, technology-enabled services, or government contracting organization.
Nice-to-have: knowledge of public-company reporting expectations, including quarterly earnings support, Board materials, investor-facing metrics, SEC reporting dependencies, and Sarbanes-Oxley controls.
Nice-to-have: experience partnering with private-equity sponsors, public-company executives, or Boards in a growth-oriented environment.
Nice-to-have: experience with enterprise planning, ERP, analytics, and visualization platforms such as Workday Adaptive Planning, OneStream, Anaplan, Oracle, SAP, Power BI, or comparable tools.
Nice-to-have: experience leading finance transformation, post-merger integration, planning-system implementation, or FP&A operating-model redesign.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Flexible benefits package
Up to 25% travel