Expense Management

Who we are looking for:

First Eagle is seeking a Vice President of Expense Management to join our Finance team. This individual will be responsible for developing and maintaining an expense management strategy, supporting management reporting and budgeting processes, while also strengthening forecasting accuracy and headcount governance.

What you will do:

• Collaborate closely with the CFO in identifying and evaluating cost synergies in M&A activity
• Participate in post-acquisition integration efforts, including tracking and driving the achievement of cost synergies, to ensure fulfillment of strategic objectives
• Drive and support the execution of expense management initiatives by performing assessments, critical analyses and drawing conclusions
• Support annual planning and monthly actuals and quarterly forecasting processes, working with core Finance teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• Analyze current and past financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and present financial insights for senior decision-making
• Prepare and present financial reporting to business leaders to drive transparency of spend and accountability to budget targets
• Develop and maintain monthly department-level reporting and dashboard presentations for expense and headcount governance
• Identify, challenge and communicate risks and impacts to key expense priorities while considering business implications and dependencies
• Work cross-functionally to automate manual processes and develop more efficient ways to compile and analyze data

The qualities you should have:

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 8+ years of relevant financial services experience, M&A activity, expense management background required
• Advanced mastery in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required; Tableau, Python and SQL experience preferred
• Passionate about reporting, analysis and modeling; always looking to improve and introduce new, innovative ideas
• Experience with transformation efforts, building new processes, and improving on current ones
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong organizational, planning, quantitative modeling, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
• Keen attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy

Base Salary range: $150,000 to $175,000. In addition, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus. Compensation may vary based upon, but not limited to – the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. 

We value our people and offer a broad range of benefits. We provide generous paid time-off, medical/dental/vision healthcare plans, 401(k) retirement and profit-sharing plans, a flexible/hybrid work environment, “dress for the day” flexible work attire, and many more great benefits. For more information, please refer to our First Eagle Benefits website.

First Eagle Investments and their affiliates and subsidiaries, including First Eagle Alternative Credit and Napier Park Global Capital, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at First Eagle, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religious belief, including dress and grooming practices, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, breastfeeding or medical conditions related to breastfeeding, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or any other protected characteristic as established by law.