Director, Strategic Finance

Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

The Director of Strategic Finance plays a key, hands-on role to coordinate budgeting and forecasting exercises for the company, analyze results and performance against budget, and perform ad hoc analyses. The focus of the role will be on budgeting, forecasting and generating ad-hoc analytics for the company’s integrated Credit and Insurance platforms. The role will also oversee analyzing strategic organic and M&A transactions and other special projects, including new fund/strategies launch, Originations, and their financial impact to the firm. This person manages a team to develop presentations for senior management on a monthly basis. This is a highly visible role and requires frequent interaction with the business heads, portfolio managers, and the senior executive team including Business Finance CFOs and COOs.

Primary Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate with business-level CFOs, COOs, Business Leads, senior management, and other stakeholders to define business reporting and analytics requirements and oversee execution of deliverables.

• Coordinate the annual budget process, interim forecast updates, and long-term plan.

• Oversee analysis of strategic transactions and projects, interfacing with professionals across the organization.

• Oversee the preparation and analysis of monthly management reports and other analytics.

• Produce high quality, timely and insightful information to help senior management manage the firm and set direction. Respond in a timely manner to all ad hoc questions and requests for information. Become a one stop, widely recognized source for high quality management information for various departments.

• Analyze variances, trends, risks and opportunities, performance against budget/forecast/targets, key business drivers and sensitivities.

• Oversee the preparation of presentations and key analyses for Senior Management.

• Perform special projects and other duties as required by the needs of the business.

• Develop and improve the financial reporting and business analysis framework; enhance reporting techniques and tools and work with Technology to automate reporting processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of experience with at least 5 years of experience at a Financial Institution

• CFA or CPA preferred

• MBA is not required but a plus

• Strong technical accounting (GAAP) skills with credit and capital markets experience

• Operates with high energy; successful “up-and-comer” with endless passion and drive

• Has a record of confident leadership, sound judgment and creative solutions

• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior level stakeholders

• Excellent communication skills and organizational savvy with experience managing teams

• Ability to train and lead high performing talent

• Analysis requires high level of cognitive and financial reasoning capabilities

• Strong Excel skills

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other criteria prohibited under controlling federal, state or local law.

Pay Range

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.

The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions and do not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.