ALKU
Senior Strategic Finance Analyst
Andover, MA · Senior · Contract
No sponsorship$110k-$150kDetected 16 days ago
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About the role
- The FP&A team searching for a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst - a high-caliber, analytically rigorous professional who can operate as a trusted advisor to ALKU's senior leadership and Revenue teams.
- The right person will combine investment-grade financial modeling with an intimate understanding of the staffing business to produce insights that change how we operate.
- We are targeting candidates with an investment banking or other strategic finance background who are ready for ownership, influence, and impact at a high growth company.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a clear, defensible point of view on ALKU's financial performance - not just what the numbers say, but what they mean and what should be done about them
- Build and own ALKU's most complex financial models: long-range plans, scenario/sensitivity analyses, returns frameworks, and unit economics models (revenue modeling, GP per contractor, contribution margin by practice)
- Design and build bespoke financial models to evaluate strategic scenarios: organic growth investments, new practice launches, hiring plan, geographic expansion, pricing changes, and operating model shifts
- Partner with the CFO and Head of FP&A on investor, board, and lender presentations, ensuring financial story is tight, defensible, and compelling
- Partner with Revenue leaders to proactively identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities
- Develop and support business cases for major investments, headcount decisions, and strategic pivots - providing rigorous analytical backing for resource allocation decisions
- Lead periodic deep-dive analyses on key business drivers: recruiter productivity, contractor utilization, client concentration risk, competitive positioning, and market share trends
- Own ad hoc analytical requests from senior leadership, bringing speed, clarity, and intellectual rigor to each deliverable
- Planning & Forecasting Support
- Develop the scenario planning framework for the FP&A team - building upside, base, and downside cases that are grounded in business logic, not just spreadsheet mechanics
Requirements
- Prior experience in staffing, professional services, or a business with a similar revenue model (GP-driven, headcount-intensive)
- Proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and comfort with AI tooling
- Familiarity with FP&A platforms (Adaptive Insights, Planful, Vena, Anaplan) and ERP systems (NetSuite, Workday)
- Experience supporting M&A diligence, capital markets transactions, or board-level financial presentations
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related analytical field; MBA, CPA or CFA a plus
- Elite financial modeling skills - this person should be able to build a three-statement model or DCF from scratch and explain every assumption
Nice to have
- Serve as an analytical resource for the CFO and Head of FP&A on the business' most consequential financial and strategic questions
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related analytical field
- MBA, CPA or CFA a plus
- Total 3-6 years of progressive experience with a mix of investment banking, private equity or management consulting, and strategic finance at a high-growth company demonstrating advancement and expanding responsibilities
- Track record of producing analysis that influenced real decisions
- Exceptional communication skills - written and verbal - with demonstrated ability to present complex financial analysis to non-finance executives at the C-suite or board level
Skills
- Translate complex, multi-variable analyses into crisp executive narratives
Compensation
- Support the annual operating plan and quarterly re-forecast processes, with specific focus on top-line revenue assumptions, headcount-driven cost modeling, and operating leverage analysis
Benefits
- PTO package (plus birthdays off and volunteer time off)
- Student Loan Reimbursement after one year as a full-time employee
- Health and dental care
- Childcare Reimbursement
- Fitness Reimbursement
Company info
- ALKU is a high-growth specialty staffing firm headquartered in Andover, MA, placing elite contractors across technology, life sciences, and government sectors.
- We are performance-driven, analytically minded, and relentless about making data-informed decisions at every level.
- The finance team does not sit on the sideline - we are embedded in the business, challenging assumptions and shaping strategy.
- The Opportunity
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
This listing is sourced directly from ALKU's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.