Director Analyst - Enterprise Growth and Cost, Financial Strategy (Remote - U.S.)

This is an individual contributor role, based remotely in North America.

We’re looking for a Director Analyst with expertise in enterprise growth and cost, who is well versed in helping organizations achieve enterprise value through growth, cost optimization, strategic margin management and investment prioritization to advise CFOs and senior finance leaders drive cost-efficient growth at their organizations. 

About the role:

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Director serves as a leader within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group. Utilizing research and analytical skills, a Director plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives. They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner’s value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

What you will do:

• Create impactful, thought-provoking, actionable, timely, objective and trusted insights for the most advanced CFOs and senior finance leaders on how to drive enterprise value through better strategic choices about growth, cost, margins, capital investment, and AI spending.
• Translate cutting-edge insights into practical teachings that enable typical CFOs and other senior finance leaders to improve business performance, strengthen financial decision-making and transform the finance function.
• Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act
• Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
• Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts
• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions
• Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
• Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
• Provide high quality and timely content peer review
• Build credibility as a Finance expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy
• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community
• Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
• Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members
• Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant Finance experience, with at least 5 of those years working in enterprise financial strategy, tackling issues like cost optimization, organizational structure, and M&A.
• Subject matter expertise in enterprise growth, cost, margins and investments to help CFOs and senior finance leaders make better, strategic decisions.
• Experience using and implementing AI in financial strategy workflows
• Ideal candidate has experience working with FP&A systems and/or Treasury Management Software.
• Continuously deepen expertise across the economics of the enterprise, including cost and productivity, margin performance, capital deployment and investment decisions, while building AI expertise to develop thought leadership in research positions across the finance analyst team.
• Engage with senior finance leaders in your expertise areas, helping them solve complex challenges and improve business outcomes.
• Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional