Sr Manager, Financial Strategy & Operations

The Senior Manager for Global Conference Financial Strategy & Operations will support the Conference Production teams by managing the process and templates associated with monthly expense forecasting for over 200 conferences. The associate will also evaluate trends of Gartner conferences in order to better plan for future events. A qualified candidate must be process driven analytical have the ability to multi-task and take pride in their work while being able to work in a fast-paced self-directed and collaborative environment.

What You Will Do:

• Oversee the transition of budgets from Smartsheet to SharePoint
• Management of monthly financial forecast assessing P&L to maintain global profit margins while guiding team on maximizing conference financials.
• Implementation of budget processes and templates for global team including annual budget creation regular reporting and year-end closing of expense budget.
• Definition and guidance of strategic budget priorities setting actions and timelines coordinating internal meetings and acting as a point person for conference managers and planners.
• Creation of projection tools and analysis of key conference metrics to help grow and develop the conference portfolio.
• Presentation of accurate consistent and actionable analysis and reports.
• Management of training sessions and creation of manuals to implement globally streamlined budgeting processes to help align this portfolio with other Gartner Conferences.
• Cross-functional collaboration with multiple business units including Finance Accounting Procurement Marketing Sales and Research.
• Travel onsite approximately 10% to conferences

What You Will Need:

• 7 years finance and/or conference experience
• Proven budgeting and financial controls skills
• Project management experience
• Advanced Excel skills comfortable in complex spreadsheets
• Communications and public relations skills
• Bachelors Degree preferred

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