About ALKU
ALKU is a high-growth specialty staffing firm headquartered in Andover, MA, placing elite contractors across technology, life sciences, and government sectors. We are performance-driven, analytically minded, and relentless about making data-informed decisions at every level. The finance team does not sit on the sideline - we are embedded in the business, challenging assumptions and shaping strategy.
The Opportunity
Salary + Bonus: $110,000 - $150,000
The FP&A team searching for a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst - a high-caliber, analytically rigorous professional who can operate as a trusted advisor to ALKU's senior leadership and Revenue teams. The right person will combine investment-grade financial modeling with an intimate understanding of the staffing business to produce insights that change how we operate.
We are targeting candidates with an investment banking or other strategic finance background who are ready for ownership, influence, and impact at a high growth company.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Analysis & Executive Advisory
- Serve as an analytical resource for the CFO and Head of FP&A on the business' most consequential financial and strategic questions
- Develop and maintain a clear, defensible point of view on ALKU's financial performance - not just what the numbers say, but what they mean and what should be done about them
- Build and own ALKU's most complex financial models: long-range plans, scenario/sensitivity analyses, returns frameworks, and unit economics models (revenue modeling, GP per contractor, contribution margin by practice)
- Design and build bespoke financial models to evaluate strategic scenarios: organic growth investments, new practice launches, hiring plan, geographic expansion, pricing changes, and operating model shifts
- Identify data gaps/opportunities and work cross-functionally to ensure the analytical infrastructure (data sources, definitions, reporting cadence) is fit for executive decision-making
- Leverage SQL, BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent), Excel/Python, and Claude/ChatGPT to synthesize large datasets into clean, decision-ready outputs
- Translate complex, multi-variable analyses into crisp executive narratives
- Partner with the CFO and Head of FP&A on investor, board, and lender presentations, ensuring financial story is tight, defensible, and compelling
Business Partnership
- Partner with Revenue leaders to proactively identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities
- Develop and support business cases for major investments, headcount decisions, and strategic pivots - providing rigorous analytical backing for resource allocation decisions
- Lead periodic deep-dive analyses on key business drivers: recruiter productivity, contractor utilization, client concentration risk, competitive positioning, and market share trends
- Own ad hoc analytical requests from senior leadership, bringing speed, clarity, and intellectual rigor to each deliverable
Planning & Forecasting Support
- Support the annual operating plan and quarterly re-forecast processes, with specific focus on top-line revenue assumptions, headcount-driven cost modeling, and operating leverage analysis
- Develop the scenario planning framework for the FP&A team - building upside, base, and downside cases that are grounded in business logic, not just spreadsheet mechanics
- Monitor and report on plan-vs-actual performance with a narrative lens: explain the variance, identify the root cause, and recommend the corrective action
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related analytical field; MBA, CPA or CFA a plus
- Total 3–6 years of progressive experience with a mix of investment banking, private equity or management consulting, and strategic finance at a high-growth company demonstrating advancement and expanding responsibilities
- Elite financial modeling skills - this person should be able to build a three-statement model or DCF from scratch and explain every assumption
- Track record of producing analysis that influenced real decisions
- Exceptional communication skills - written and verbal - with demonstrated ability to present complex financial analysis to non-finance executives at the C-suite or board level
- High emotional intelligence: able to challenge leadership respectfully, hold a point of view under pressure, and navigate competing priorities in a fast-moving organization
- Self-directed and intellectually curious
Preferred
- Prior experience in staffing, professional services, or a business with a similar revenue model (GP-driven, headcount-intensive)
- Proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and comfort with AI tooling
- Familiarity with FP&A platforms (Adaptive Insights, Planful, Vena, Anaplan) and ERP systems (NetSuite, Workday)
- Experience supporting M&A diligence, capital markets transactions, or board-level financial presentations
The Benefits
- Equity Plan
- PTO package (plus birthdays off and volunteer time off)
- Student Loan Reimbursement after one year as a full-time employee
- Health and dental care
- Competitive 401K match
- A variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Childcare Reimbursement
- Fitness Reimbursement
National Awards
- com’s Best Place to Work for Entry-Level Employees
- Fortune’s Best Place to Work for Millennials
- Staffing Industry Analysts' (SIA) Best Staffing Firms to Work For
- Staffing Industry Analysts; (SIA) Fastest Growing Staffing Firms
- Boston Business Journal’s Top 10 Best Places to Work
- Washington Business Journal’s Top 15 Best Places to Work
- Virginia Business Journal’s Top 25 Best Places to Work
- Nashville Business Journal’s Top 10 Best Places to Work
- Charlotte Business Journal’s Top 10 Best Places to Work
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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