Manager, CFO Advisory

at Stout Risius Ross LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States Job Description At Stout, we're dedicated to exceeding expectations in all we do - we call it Relentless Excellence . Both our client service and culture are second to none, stemming from our firmwide embrace of our core values: Positive and Team-Oriented, Accountable, Committed, Relationship-Focused, Super-Responsive, and being Great communicators. Sound like a place you can grow and succeed? Read on to learn more about an exciting opportunity to join our team. Stout's Accounting & Reporting Advisory practice is expanding its Strategic Finance & FP&A team within the CFO Services group. The Vice President title is equivalent to a Manager-level role, typically requiring 8+ years of experience. This is a market-facing position for a senior professional who will build client relationships, lead engagements, and collaborate cross-functionally across Stout's broader finance transformation and transaction advisory platform. This role is well-suited for a professional services individual with industry FP&A experience that is eager to bring that operating experience into a consulting environment. Exposure to private equity-backed businesses, transaction diligence, and post-close integration are strongly preferred. Title: Manager is Equivalent to our Vice President title. Impact You'll Make: Lead strategic FP&A engagements spanning budgeting and forecasting process design, driver-based financial modeling, long-range planning, and management reporting frameworks - with an emphasis on actionable decision support for CFOs and PE sponsors. Develop and deliver performance visibility solutions for clients, including KPI/metric selection, management reporting design, and dashboard-based visualization tools. Collaborate with broader finance transformation teams, advising clients across core business processes: Order-to-Cash (OTC), Procure-to-Pay (PTP), and Record-to-Report (RTR). Support transaction-oriented engagements, including buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence, quality of earnings analysis, and pre-close FP&A readiness assessments. Lead post-acquisition integration workstreams related to the finance function, including Day 1/Day 100 planning, IMO support, standalone reporting buildout, and FP&A process harmonization. Lead or support carve-out engagements, including separation of FP&A functions, reporting structures, and shared services from parent entities. Advise clients on interim FP&A leadership, providing hands-on support to fill capability gaps during periods of transition, transformation, or rapid growth. Identify and implement data automation and analytics solutions that improve the speed and quality of financial reporting and forecasting processes. Drive business development through client relationship management, proposal development, and thought leadership in strategic finance and the Office of the CFO. What You'll Do: FP&A Strategic Finance Design and optimize end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for middle-market and PE-backed clients. Build and review driver-based financial models, cash flow forecasts, ROI models, pricing and profitability analysis, and scenario/sensitivity frameworks. Develop management reporting packages and KPI dashboards that translate financial results into business insights for CFOs, boards, and sponsors. Provide point-in-time decision support including 13-week cash flow models, working capital analysis, and organizational design recommendations. Support clients in an interim FP&A leadership capacity as needed. Finance Transformation & Corporate Finance Process Lead assessments and transformation initiatives across core finance processes: Order-to-Cash (OTC), Procure-to-Pay (PTP), Record-to-Report (RTR), and FP&A. Identify operational inefficiencies and design scalable, technology-enabled process improvements across the back-office finance function. Collaborate with Stout's broader ARA and integration teams to deliver holistic finance transformation recommendations arising from transaction and integration work. Advise clients on shared services design, finance operating model optimization, and technology-aligned process standardization. Transactions & Integration Support buy-side and sell-side due diligence, including financial diligence, FP&A readiness assessments, and management reporting quality reviews. Lead post-acquisition integration planning and execution across the finance function, establishing Integration Management Office (IMO) practices and playbooks. Assist clients with pre-close readiness, including Day 1 and Day 100 planning, standalone reporting buildout, and finance function separation from parent entities. Translate transaction findings into actionable operational recommendations, bridging diligence insights with post-close execution and value creation initiatives. Technology & Data Interact with and... For full info follow application link. To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account