Flow is seeking a Head of Strategic Finance to lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis. This role is a key partner to the CFO and executive team, using analytics, AI-enabled tools, and data to drive growth, operational efficiency, investment decisions, and long-range planning across the real estate portfolio and operating business. You will modernize finance operations, implement automated forecasting and reporting, and build a finance function that runs ahead of the business.
You will lead a team and own scalable financial processes and predictive analytics. You will work cross-functionally and use quantitative insights to drive better decisions across the organization. The best candidates are quantitatively excellent, intellectually curious, and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy.
Responsibilities
- Lead the annual budgeting process, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts across all business units and properties.
- Build and maintain financial models for acquisitions, developments, asset management, capital planning, and strategic initiatives.
- Use AI-enabled forecasting and automation to improve accuracy and speed of decision-making.
- Analyze financial and operational performance; identify trends, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
- Build scenario models and sensitivity analyses.
- Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year results.
- Partner with the CFO and executive team on strategic planning, capital allocation, and operational decisions.
- Deliver insights on revenue growth, margins, expense management, cash flow, and portfolio strategy.
- Support financing activities, lender reporting, board materials, and investor presentations as needed.
- Evaluate new business opportunities, market expansion, and investment strategies.
- Embed AI and automation into finance workflows and reporting.
- Own executive dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting.
- Implement and optimize reporting, automation, and analytics platforms.
- Enhance real-time reporting and decision-support systems across the organization.
- Establish scalable reporting frameworks and standardized financial metrics across all operating entities.
- Partner with Technology and Operations to improve data architecture, reporting automation, and enterprise analytics.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Strategic Finance professionals.
- Build a culture of accountability, high standards, and continuous improvement.
- Champion AI tools and advanced analytics across the finance team.
- Develop talent and raise the analytical bar across the Strategic Finance team.
- Lead process automation, operational scalability, and finance transformation initiatives.
- Improve planning efficiency and forecasting accuracy through better systems and workflows.
- Partner with Accounting, Asset Management, Operations, and Technology teams to improve data integrity and enterprise reporting consistency.
- Support implementation and optimization of planning platforms and AI-enabled financial technologies.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and best practices to keep Flow’s finance team at the cutting edge.
Financial Planning, Forecasting & AI-Driven Analytics
Strategic Business Partnership
Reporting, Technology & Business Intelligence
Leadership & Team Development
Process Improvement & Finance Transformation
Ideal Background
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
- 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including substantial strategic finance leadership experience at high growth companies.
- Deep passion for financial planning, strategy, and working closely with world-class operators.
- Track record managing and developing high-performing teams.
- Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills across budgeting, cash flow, and reporting.
- Experience with ERP systems, financial planning platforms, and AI-driven tools; advanced Excel required.
- Strong executive communication; able to translate complex data into clear insights for senior stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker who operates at a high level while remaining hands-on in a fast-paced environment.
- Intellectually curious, with genuine interest in emerging technologies.
We take care of our people so they can do their best work.
- Health and Wellness Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance and parental leave benefits. On-staff doctor, free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, an Employee Assistance Program, and other wellness offerings.
- Time Off PTO and paid holidays.
- Financial 401(k) retirement plan, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, HSA-compatible plan options with annual employer HSA funding and pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Life at Flow Weekly catered lunches, wellness classes and employee discounts on Flow hotel stays, grocer products, and merch.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field
- 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including substantial FP&A leadership experience
- Real estate industry experience strongly preferred
- Prior experience managing and developing high-performing teams
- Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Demonstrated experience leveraging technology and automation in finance
What We Do
Flow solves the complexity of fund infrastructure. We connect information across investors, providers, investments and systems to realize our mission of empowering thought. Powered by dynamic tools and human centric interfaces, our cross platform SaaS technology networks and adapts to the myriad of ways funds operate to optimize productivity and increase time invested into making decisions. By bringing Flow to the $10 Trillion alternative asset market, we are able to increase the speed of decisions, the speed of capital and the speed of growth that serve as the lifeblood for all market based economies.
