[Remote] Director, Analyst Finance Transformation & Organization Design Expert

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gartner is a leading research and advisory company that provides actionable insights to help organizations succeed. The Director, Analyst Finance Transformation & Organization Design Expert will lead efforts in producing insights and recommendations that help clients overcome challenges in finance transformation and organizational design, while also engaging with clients to drive strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content
• Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act
• Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
• Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts
• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions
• Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
• Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
• Provide high quality and timely content peer review
• Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy
• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community
• Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
• Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members
• Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• Perspectives, rooted in professional experience, on how AI and emerging business needs are reshaping the roles, skills and responsibilities needed in finance today
• Exposure to the design and implementation of new finance roles, teams, and structures that have helped to improve finance's business support, accelerate technological innovation, and/or enhance the efficiency of the function
• Subject matter expertise on typical finance team responsibilities and responsibility splits spanning common finance sub-teams including FP&A, Accounting, Finance Transformation, and Finance IT/Systems/Technology teams
• Subject matter expertise on the typical benefits, constraints, and organizing principles of finance organizational models including but not limited to fully centralized models, heavily decentralized models, as well as shared services and centers of excellence
• Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
• Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability
• Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
• Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges
• Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
• Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market
• Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
• Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments
• Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
• Role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan
• Generous PTO
• A 401k match up to $7,200 per year
• The opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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