Director, Finance and Strategy
Solomon Page is looking for Director, Finance and Strategy in Dallas, TX.
This local job opportunity with ID 3872162786 is live since 2026-10-06 11:30:18.
Overview
Overview
In this role you will own the budgeting and forecasting lifecycle for a fast-growing company, shaping the enterprise financial model and driving scalable planning. You will partner with strategy and finance leaders to translate targets into detailed plans, while building a durable model and standardized processes. You will lead a small finance team, present to the CFO and executives, and push continuous improvements through technology and AI. This is a hands-on, impact-focused leadership role in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities- Own the long-range planning and annual budgeting process from kickoff to board presentation with clear timelines and deliverables
- Collaborate with Corporate Strategy and finance teams to translate revenue/margin targets into detailed budgets and staffing plans
- Lead the redesign and rebuild of the enterprise forecasting model with emphasis on revenue forecasting and driver integration
- Create a durable, scalable financial model delivering consistent, decision-ready outputs and reduce manual adjustments
- Establish standardized forecasting methodologies, processes, and best practices across Finance & Strategy
- Improve forecasting accuracy by implementing repeatable frameworks enabling the team to operate independently
- Manage and develop a small finance team with coaching and ensuring model accuracy between cycles
- Present budget recommendations, forecasts, and methodologies to CFO and executive leadership
- Identify opportunities to enhance financial planning, reporting, modeling, and workflows through technology, automation, and AI
- 8+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or similar
- At least 2 years of direct ownership of budgeting/forecasting process from start to finish
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills including three-statement models
- Experience turning revenue growth and margins targets into detailed, bottoms-up plans
- Strong understanding of FP&A methodologies, drivers, and modeling best practices
- Exceptional written and verbal communication for senior stakeholders
- Prior people management experience or readiness to lead direct reports
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI for analytics and reporting
- Experience in a high-growth or private equity-backed environment is a plus
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude) to improve workflows is a plus
- communication
- leadership
- collaboration
- Advanced Excel
- financial modeling
- NetSuite