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Senior Manager Strategic Finance & Finance Transformation

Fortive


Job Location:

Everett, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 12 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 9 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Finance

Job Summary

Description
Position Summary

This is a high-visibility high-impact role at the center of Corporate Finance. Reporting directly to the Vice President Strategic Finance you will serve as the key support partner across the strategic finance and finance transformation agenda driving special projects strategic workstreams Board of Directors deliverables and executive support for the CFO and CAO.

You will operate as a trusted right hand to the VP: framing ambiguous problems building the analysis and models that inform enterprise decisions and partnering across Corporate Development Investor Relations Treasury and the operating companies. You will also help lead our AI and data agenda modernizing finance infrastructure incorporating AI tooling and ways of driving growth and scaling operations.

The ideal candidate combines rigorous financial and analytical horsepower with executive presence intellectual curiosity and a bias for action. You are equally comfortable building a long-term model from scratch synthesizing a Board-ready narrative and driving ad-hoc special projects.

Key Responsibilities
Special Projects & Strategic Workstreams
  • Lead and support special projects and cross-functional strategic workstreams that advance the companys enterprise and value-creation priorities.
  • Structure ambiguous problems into clear frameworks workplans and decision-ready analyses for senior leadership.
  • Drive execution end to end from problem definition and data gathering through analysis recommendation and implementation follow-through.
Financial Planning & Capital Allocation
  • Support strategic and financial planning helping the team shape the companys financial goals and trajectory over the next 3-to-5-years.
  • Lead capital allocation analysis evaluating which new projects investments and business opportunities will deliver the highest risk-adjusted returns.
  • Build complex models scenarios and business cases that inform long-term targets and where the company deploys capital.
Board & Executive Deliverables
  • Prepare Board of Directors (BOD) materials building the analysis narrative and presentation content behind key deliverables.
  • Provide direct CFO and CAO support on priority initiatives updates and enterprise decisions requiring finance leadership input.
  • Translate complex analysis into clear executive-ready communication that drives alignment and action.
Finance Transformation AI & Data
  • Help drive the AI and data agenda for the finance organization identifying piloting and scaling opportunities to modernize how finance works.
  • Support the modernization of finance infrastructure and tooling partnering with finance technology and data teams to improve data quality automation and self-service analytics.
  • Champion new ways of working that increase speed accuracy and insight across planning reporting and analysis.
Business Support and Ad-Hoc Analysis
  • Lead benchmarking performance analysis and other workstreams to identify opportunities to improve growth productivity and profitability within our portfolio of operating companies.
  • Drive ad-hoc analyses across a broad range of financial strategic and operational areas.
  • Partner with Corporate Development Investor Relations Treasury and operating-company leadership to support other Corporate-related workstreams.
Qualifications
Required
  • Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics Business or a related quantitative field.
  • 7-10 years of progressive experience in strategic finance FP&A corporate development investment banking consulting or a comparable analytical finance role including experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills able to build sophisticated models from scratch and translate data into insight.
  • Executive communication proven ability to build and deliver Board-level and C-suite-ready materials.
  • Business partnership strong track record influencing and collaborating across functions and levels.
  • Bias for action and ownership thrives in ambiguity manages multiple priorities and drives work to completion.
Preferred
  • MBA CFA CPA or equivalent advanced credential.
  • Experience at a large multi-business or Fortune 500 industrial / diversified company.
  • Data & AI fluency hands-on experience with modern analytics tools data platforms and applying AI/automation to finance workflows (e.g. Power BI SQL Python or comparable).
  • Exposure to corporate development investor relations or treasury.
Core Competencies
  • Strategic & analytical thinking connects detailed analysis to the enterprise picture.
  • Executive presence credible clear and composed with senior stakeholders.
  • Intellectual curiosity challenges the why and seeks out better questions tools and answers.
  • Adaptability delivers high-quality work amid ambiguity and shifting priorities.
  • Collaboration & influence builds trust and drives outcomes without direct authority.



Required Experience:

Senior Manager


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Fortive Corporation Overview Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product d ... View more

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