Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex, daily sales, and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations, efficient operational performance, and reliable financial management.
At Spaulding Ridge, we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients, our business partners, our team, and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business, from strategy through implementation and business transformation.
What You Will Do and Learn
We are looking for a hungry, humble, and smart Manager, Business Operations to join our Operations team!
As part of the team, you will be supporting our Operations team with growth, strategy, and scale. You will be a business partner to the practice leadership to advise, drive and support business processes and analysis. Delivering objective insights and supporting high quality decision making are key to this role. You will build trusted relationships by creating a transparent source of truth for financial data.
Ideal candidates will be able to:
- Lead business planning, analytics, and reporting; partner with finance team to drive monthly, quarterly and annual financial planning and forecasting cycles
- Develop solid cadence in reporting insightful business metrics, for example: practice and region resource forecasting, sales, headcount and capacity analysis, and other key business processes. Provide practice leadership with data driven insights into risks and opportunities
- Perform in-depth, comprehensive financial analysis, to provide insights, identifying drivers and implications, and translating findings into practical recommendations.
- Ensure project-related data accuracy and completeness
- Support development and execution of international onboarding programs
- Liaise between corporate team and practice leadership to support onboarding, training, project close out, and other routine operations
- Provide insights and trends related to practice finances, sales, and utilization to senior leadership
- Collaborate to continuously improve and automate operational processes and tools with growth and scale in mind
- Partner with cross functional groups to drive enhancements and improve data infrastructure
- Facilitate resource planning priorities in line with current head count forecasts and revenue trends
- Build/improve rigor round project related data hygiene, integrity, completeness, accuracy and consistency
- Ad hoc analysis, or other strategic initiatives, as needed
Qualifications:
- 5 - 8 years of operations or finance experience within a professional services organization
- Strong Excel skills a must
- Ability to collaborate, solve problems, and provide recommendations to senior leadership
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, communication, and project management skills
- Able to thrive in a virtual/distributed team environment
- Must be agile, flexible and creative problem-solver
- Salesforce, FinancialForce, and/or Anaplan experience preferred
We take care of you!
Here are some our great perks and top benefits to highlight:
- Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(K) and Life insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- Paid holiday time
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Monthly technology and wellness allowance
- Annual training allowance program
Spaulding Ridge’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Commitment
When we engage the expertise, insights, and creativity of people from all walks of life, we become a better organization, we deliver superior services to clients, and we transform our communities and world for the better.
At Spaulding Ridge, we believe our team should reflect the rich diversity of society and we take seriously the responsibility to cultivate a workplace where every bandmate feels accepted, respected, and valued for who they are. We do this by creating a culture of trust and belonging, through practices and policies that support DEI, and through our employee led Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): CRE (Cultural Race and Ethnicity), Women Elevate, PROUD and Mental Wellness Alliance.
The company is committed to offering Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Spaulding Ridge and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our VP of Human Resources, Cara Halladay (challaday@spauldingridge.com). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.