A well-established, multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm is hiring a Financial Planning Manager to join its Corporate Finance function, reporting to the Managing Director of Corporate Finance.
This is a hybrid FP&A / compensation accounting role. You'll own the financial planning and forecasting cycle for a defined book of trader compensation spend, while also supporting broader firm-wide reporting and audit work.
What you'll do:
- Build and maintain forecasting models for trader compensation spend, incorporating plan mechanics, accruals, and scenario analysis
- Partner with Corporate Finance leadership on monthly budget-to-actual variance analysis and planning cycles
- Translate legal compensation agreements into structured financial models used for forecasting and reporting
- Support monthly close and financial reporting processes, plus ad hoc analysis for senior finance leadership
- Collaborate with Accounting and external auditors on year-end audits across domestic and international entities
- Identify process improvements in how compensation and planning data is captured, modeled, and reported
What you'll need:
- 5+ years of finance/accounting experience at an alternative investment manager, with direct exposure to compensation, financial planning, or reporting
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- Strong financial modeling skills and comfort interpreting complex compensation structures
- Sharp verbal and written communication skills, able to present analysis clearly to senior stakeholders
- Solid technical and data fluency for extraction, modeling, and reporting
- A collaborative operator who manages competing priorities well