Grant Thornton is building a world-class Finance & Accounting organization to power decisions, performance, and growth across an increasingly global business. As Associate Director, Finance Business Partner for Technology & Operations, you will be a key member of the CFO organization – sitting within the FP&A function and reporting to the Head of FP&A.

In this role, you will own the financial performance view for two of the firm's most strategically important internal functions: GTech (Grant Thornton's enterprise technology division) and Operations. Working alongside GTech and Operations leadership on planning cycles, investment decisions, and performance management, you will bring financial rigor, analytical depth, and a commercial mindset to help these functions operate effectively and allocate resources with confidence.

You will translate complex technology and operational spend into clear narratives and actionable insights – contributing to reporting that flows up through the Head of FP&A to the CFO, ELT, and Board – while continuously raising the bar on how these functions are measured, forecasted, and understood across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance Partnership

• Act as the primary finance partner to GTech and Operations leadership, providing decision support across investments, cost optimization, workforce planning, and strategic initiatives.
• Translate technology and operational spend, capacity trends, and performance data into clear narratives and recommendations for the CFO and ELT.
• Provide finance input into technology investment cases, build-vs-buy decisions, vendor strategy, and operational transformation programs.

Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Own end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and rolling financial plans for GTech and Operations – including capital expenditure, project portfolios, and run-rate cost management.
• Drive top-down planning assumptions and target-setting in partnership with function heads; maintain a disciplined rolling forecast cadence.
• Lead scenario planning to surface cost risks, investment trade-offs, and efficiency opportunities – and partner with leadership on proactive mitigation.

Executive & CFO Reporting

• Deliver monthly and quarterly performance reporting for the CFO, ELT, and Board committees covering GTech and Operations.
• Build and maintain clear, insightful executive materials that connect operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Continuously improve reporting reliability, speed, and insight depth through automation, standardization, and stronger controls.

Technology, Standardization & Team Leadership

• Partner with GTech and the broader FP&A team to deploy emerging planning and BI tools – strengthening data architecture, governance, and automation across finance processes.
• Champion standardization and consistency in how technology and operational costs are tracked, allocated, and reported across the enterprise.
• Lead and mentor FP&A analysts; collaborate with Controllership on monthly close analytics and cost center reporting.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of progressive Finance experience (FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Consulting, or similar), including team or workstream leadership.
• Proven track record as a finance business partner to Technology, Operations, or similarly complex internal functions – with direct experience managing large, multi-category cost bases.
• Experience preparing CFO- and executive-facing financial materials and board-level reporting.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including capital expenditure, project-based costing, and headcount/capacity modeling.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with enterprise planning.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and lead through ambiguity.

Preferred

• Familiarity with technology cost structures – including infrastructure, software licensing, and project portfolio management.
• Experience with ERP, BI/reporting tools, data governance, and finance transformation programs.
• Track record of improving reporting reliability and speed through process, data, or automation initiatives.

The base salary range for this position is between $146,900 and $220,300. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.