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Senior Director Analyst – CFO Frontier Insights
Location
Canada
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$155.2K - $174.6K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Director Analyst – CFO Frontier Insights
Gartner
• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content • 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 • Provide high quality and timely content peer review • Build credibility as an industry 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
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- 12+ years’ experience working in a finance function, ideally with 2+ years of recent AI experience.
- Provocative and forward-looking perspectives for CFOs, rooted in professional experience, on how AI and emerging technology trends are (or will) reshaping finance functions
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate ambiguity into clear narratives, stories and teachings that would spark CFO action.
- Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
- Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability
- Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
- Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges
- Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
- Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market
- Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
- Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments
- Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)
Benefits
- Generous paid time off policy
- Charity match program
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