Director of Data Analytics

Focus Financial Partners•St. Louis, MO

8h•$160,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Director of Data Analytics will help lead the FP&A and data analytics strategy for the wealth management business, transforming client, advisor, operational, and financial data into actionable insights that improve growth, advisor productivity, and business performance. This role will partner closely with advisory, investment, operations, technology, compliance, and finance team members to build scalable reporting, strengthen data governance, and advance a more data-driven organization. The Director will help build scalable reporting frameworks for billable client assets and firm-level performance benchmarking. This position will be an integral contributor to the company’s FP&A and data analytics. This reports to the VP of FP&A and Data Analytics. This role can be located in New York, NY; New Hyde Park, NY; St. Louis, MO

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, finance, computer science, or a related quantitative field
7 to 10 years of progressive experience in data analytics in a large and complex environment
Proficiency in SQL, Python/R, and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar)
Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to explain complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated understanding and experience in financial services.
Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse).
Familiarity with Workday ERP and Adaptive Planning.
Experience implementing predictive analytics, machine learning, or self-service analytics programs in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

Help build and develop a high-performing finance data analytics team responsible for dashboards, KPI reporting, ad hoc analysis, business intelligence, and advanced analytics.
Partner across all business disciplines to improve data quality, establish common definitions, and enable trusted analytics across CRM, portfolio reporting systems and billing systems.
Deliver meaningful reporting across client trends, segmentation, productivity, profitability, and retention metrics.
Navigate the firm's data warehouse capabilities, ensuring clean integration of data to our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and other reporting platforms.
Identify and implement opportunities to use predictive analytics and AI to improve process automation.
Drive adoption of self-service analytics tools, data literacy, and a culture of evidence-based decision-making across the finance organization.
Establish strong standards for governance, date quality, and privacy to support regulatory, risk, and audit requirements.