Strategic Financial Analyst - Corporate Strategy & Development

We are seeking a senior finance professional with a strategic mindset who thrives in a dynamic, private equity-backed business environment. This person will serve as a trusted financial advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team, providing analytical rigor and strategic insight to drive the company's highest-priority growth initiatives. Spanning corporate strategy, M&A, pricing, R&D investment, and new product commercialization, this role sits at the intersection of finance and corporate strategy in a modern SaaS company. The candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter who can independently frame complex problems, develop actionable recommendations, and communicate with conviction to senior stakeholders.
Principal duties and responsibilities:

- Serve as the primary financial partner to the CEO on strategic initiatives, including market expansion, competitive positioning, and long-range planning

- Lead end-to-end M&A analysis: target screening, financial modeling, valuation (DCF, LBO, comparable company/transaction analysis), due diligence support, and post-close integration tracking

- Develop comprehensive market sizing frameworks (TAM/SAM/SOM) and investment theses for new product introductions and R&D allocation decisions

- Own pricing strategy analytics — building models that evaluate monetization options, price elasticity, packaging structures, and margin impact across the SaaS product portfolio

- Construct and maintain dynamic financial models that support go-to-market decisions, including customer lifetime value (LTV), customer acquisition cost (CAC), payback periods, and cohort analysis

- Translate strategic investments into quantified financial outcomes, including IRR, NPV, and scenario-weighted return analyses for board and PE sponsor consumption

- Play a key role in preparing annual budgets and monthly reforecasts across bookings, revenue, operating expense, and capital expenditure

- Demonstrate a clear understanding of financial results, including detailed variance analysis to budget, prior forecast, and prior year; identify key business drivers

- Participate in the compilation of monthly and quarterly reporting to the Board of Directors and PE sponsor

- Present financial information and strategic recommendations to the CFO, CEO, and senior leadership, as well as PE ownership as needed

- Provide insight on financial risks and opportunities toward the company's goals across multiple functional and business unit areas

- Act as a financial liaison for business and functional leaders on cross-functional strategic projects

- Gain and demonstrate a deep understanding of GHX's business model, products, competitive landscape, and industry dynamics

- Participate in the integration of new businesses and acquisitions

- Identify process improvements to drive efficiency and accuracy in FP&A workflows

- Participates in special projects as deemed necessary by management

Preferred Skills:

- Strategic thinker with strong executive presence and ability to distill complex analysis into clear, concise narratives for C-suite and board audiences

- Expert financial modeling skills, including M&A (LBO, DCF, accretion/dilution), SaaS metrics, and scenario/sensitivity analysis

- Deep understanding of SaaS business model economics — ARR, NRR, churn, LTV/CAC, Rule of 40, and unit economics

- Demonstrated experience supporting strategic pricing decisions, including price-to-value frameworks and monetization design

- Familiarity with private equity ownership structures, sponsor reporting requirements, and value creation frameworks

- Experience with market sizing methodologies (TAM/SAM/SOM) and investment thesis development

- Highly detail-oriented self-starter with outstanding communication skills — written and verbal

- High ownership of work product with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities under strict deadlines

- Ability to keep highly sensitive and confidential information secure

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