Director, Strategic Finance

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

HALO is seeking a proactive, results-oriented, and analytically rigorous Director, Strategic Finance to lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance management for Supply Chain and Marketing. Reporting to the VP of FP&A, this role will turn operating activity into decision-useful insight and help functional leaders understand the financial tradeoffs behind growth, service, cost, and investment decisions.

This is a high-visibility finance leadership role for someone who enjoys working close to the business. You will partner directly with leaders across freight, warehousing, sourcing, marketing, technology, and other enterprise functions. You will establish the right drivers, improve the quality of the forecast, challenge assumptions constructively, and create a consistent operating cadence that connects actions to financial outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial modeling with practical business judgment. You should be comfortable moving between detailed analysis and executive-level recommendations, working with imperfect data, and building trust with operating partners who do not report to Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic decision support

• Evaluate investments, initiatives, and operating choices through business cases, scenario analysis, sensitivities, and return assessments.
• Support enterprise priorities-including technology spend and other high-priority investments—by connecting resource requirements to expected business outcomes.
• Translate complex operational questions into practical financial recommendations and clear decision points.
• Surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs early enough for leaders to act.
• Bring structure to ambiguous problems without over-engineering the answer.

Investment Governance for Tech-Enabled Initiatives

• Partner closely with Technology leadership and finance stakeholders to support disciplined investment planning for tech-enabled initiatives.
• Help ensure the broader technology roadmap is aligned with financial plans, expected business outcomes, and enterprise priorities.
• Provide visibility into how spend is expected to flow across operating expense, capital investment, and non-recurring costs.
• Support prioritization and financial evaluation of major investments by connecting roadmap decisions to business cases and expected returns.

Merchandising & Marketing finance Partnership 

• Own the planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance-management agenda for Merchandising & Marketing.
• Partner with Marketing leaders to evaluate spend, resource allocation, program effectiveness, and expected contribution to growth.
• Develop clear views of marketing investment, performance, and return using the measures most relevant to each channel or program.
• Support new product offering expansion initiatives with clear analysis and go-to-market strategy.

Supply Chain finance leadership

• Own the finance partnership and performance-management agenda across freight, warehousing, and sourcing.
• Build driver-based views of cost and profitability that help leaders understand the operational levers behind performance.
• Lead analysis of freight economics, warehouse cost and productivity, sourcing performance, vendor economics, purchase-cost trends, and other supply-chain drivers.
• Partner with Supply Chain leaders to identify savings opportunities and evaluate tradeoffs.
• Improve visibility into risks and opportunities, including volume, mix, rates, capacity, inventory, labor, vendor, and service-level assumptions.

Executive communication and team leadership 

• Prepare executive-ready narratives, analyses, and recommendations that make the implications of performance clear.
• Facilitate productive conversations across Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, Technology, and other functions.
• Lead and develop 1 analyst, setting high standards for analytical quality, modeling discipline, and communication.
• Build a culture of accountability, curiosity, and dependable execution within the team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required
• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, commercial finance, supply-chain finance, management consulting, or a related analytical role.
• Demonstrated experience leading planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance management for complex operating functions.
• Exceptional financial modeling skills, including driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and business-case development.
• Strong understanding of operating-cost drivers and the ability to connect financial results to actions in the business.
• Experience partnering with Tech, Supply Chain / Operations, Marketing, or other cross-functional leaders
• Ability to work effectively with senior executives and functional leaders on important operational and strategic issues.
• Strong business judgment and comfort working with imperfect information, evolving priorities, and multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to turn complex analysis into a concise recommendation.
• Proven ability to influence without relying solely on formal authority.
• Experience leading or developing analysts and raising the quality of analytical work product.

Compensation: The estimated base salary range for this position is between $160,000 - $190,000 annually. Please note that this pay range serves as a general guideline and reflects a broad spectrum of labor markets across the US. While it is uncommon for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the range, compensation decisions are influenced by various factors. At HALO, these include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's work experience, location, education and training, key skills, internal equity, external market data, and broader market and business considerations. This role will also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, based on company performance, at a target of up to 15-20% of base salary.

Benefits: At HALO, we offer benefits that support all aspects of your life, helping you find a work-life balance that’s right for you. Our comprehensive benefits include nationwide coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance, along with additional Voluntary Benefits. Prepare for your financial future with our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

Application Information: To apply to this opportunity, click the APPLY button at the top right or very bottom of the screen to complete our online application. A resume is optional, so you may choose to upload and have the application prefill with your information. There are 5 sections to complete in total, including General information, Work History, Education, Compliance, and optional demographic questions. Once you have successfully submitted your application, you will receive a submission confirmation email from our system.

Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed and processed only when there is a specific need or opportunity, rather than on a fixed schedule or at a set deadline. Because they are reviewed on an as-needed basis, a job posting will be removed once the position has been filled or is no longer available.

More About HALO:

At HALO, we energize our clients' brands and amplify their stories to capture the attention of those who matter most. That’s why over 60,000 small- and mid-sized businesses partner with us, making us the global leader in the branded merchandise industry.

• Career Advancement : At HALO, we’re passionate about promoting from within. Internal promotions have been key to our exponential growth over the past few years. With so many industry leaders at HALO, you’ll have the opportunity to accelerate your career by learning from their experience, insights, and skills. Plus, you'll gain access to HALO’s influential global network, leadership opportunities, and diverse perspectives.
• Culture : We love working here, and we’re confident you will too. At HALO, you’ll experience a culture of ingenuity, inclusion, and relentless determination. We push the limits of possibility and imagination by staying curious, humble, and bold breaking through yesterday’s limits. Diversity fuels our creativity, and we thrive when each of us contributes to an inclusive environment based on respect, dignity, and equity. We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence with a commitment to results and supporting one another with accountability, transparency, and dependability.
• Recognition : At HALO, your success is our success. You can count on us to celebrate your wins. Colleagues across the company will join in recognizing your milestones and nominating you for awards. Over time, you’ll accumulate recognition that can be converted into gift cards, trips, concert tickets, and merchandise from your favorite brands.
• Flexibility : Many of our roles offer hybrid work options, and we pride ourselves on flexible schedules that help you balance professional and personal demands. We believe that supporting our customers is a top priority and trust that you and your manager will collaborate to create a schedule that achieves this goal.

HALO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We insist on an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Inclusion is a core value at HALO and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people.

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HALO is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at View email address on us.fitly.work. Please do not use this as an alternative method for general inquiries or status on applications as you will not receive a response. Reasonable requests will be reviewed and responded to on a case-by-case basis.