Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles is the world’s foremost advisor on executive leadership, driving superior client performance through premier human capital leadership advisory services. For more than 70 years, we’ve delivered value for our clients by leveraging unrivaled expertise to help organizations discover and enable outstanding leaders and teams. Learn more at www.heidrick.com

Job Description:

Who We Are:

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated talent and human capital solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.®

Additional information on the firm can be found at www.heidrick.com.

The Role:

The Financial Analyst supports the Executive Search Global Operations finance team, with primary responsibility for the Americas region and additional global support across Europe and Asia Pacific.

This role is responsible for supporting financial reporting and reviewing financial data across all Executive Search legal entities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and meaningful insight. The Financial Analyst provides timely and actionable financial analysis to regional and global leadership and supports business operations through expense reporting, contract review, identification of efficiency opportunities, and month-end close activities. The role also assists in the preparation of presentations and materials for senior management.

Reporting to the Americas Director, Executive Search, the position partners closely with the Global Finance Director and works in an advisory capacity with Executive Search leadership and operational teams.

Responsibilities:

• Support financial reporting for the Executive Search business across all legal entities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial results.
• Review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results, including variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Support month-end close activities for Executive Search Americas region and contribute to global consolidation and reporting processes.
• Provide timely and actionable financial analysis to regional leadership to support business and operational decision-making.
• Partner with business leaders to support operational finance needs, including expense reporting, contract review, and analysis of revenue and cost drivers.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, controls, and scalability across finance and operational processes.
• Prepare and maintain standard management reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc analyses for regional and global stakeholders.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, and planning processes for the Americas region and contribute to global planning initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with the Americas Director and Global Finance Director to support strategic initiatives and cross-regional projects.
• Assist in Annual Budget process – preparation, review, and presentation of outputs.
• Develop expertise in the Anaplan budgeting system.
• Serve as a finance liaison to operational teams, translating financial data into clear, actionable insights

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field
• Minimum two-three years’ experience in a large, multinational corporation/consulting firm
• Must have advanced Excel and analytical skills, including Pivot tables and vlookup
• Ability to deal appropriately with confidential information.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and to prioritize multiple competing responsibilities.
• Demonstrates proficiency in standardizing, automating and evolving firm-wide Financial Reporting.
• Demonstrate self-motivation, independent thinking, and creative problem-solving while collaborating effectively as a team player.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong desire to understand business operations and enhance financial reporting processes.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic and flexible hours as needed; ability to drive to results and meet strict deadlines
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize work with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with large data sets (with knowledge of PowerQuery).
• Experience with PeopleSoft general ledger, Hyperion Enterprise, Workday, and Anaplan planning tool is desirable.

Pay Range Guidelines for this Position:

The salary range for this position is 80000 USD to 90000 USD. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience and skills. In addition to your salary, Heidrick & Struggles offers discretionary bonuses (subject to eligibility requirements) and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, disability leave, parental leave, paid time off and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Note: we have a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in other locations.

Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.