Strategic Finance Manager / FP&A Analyst chez The Community Lighthouse

Description

(Future-Facing | Systems Builder | Leadership Developer | High-Growth Behavioral Health Company)

💡 About The Community Lighthouse (TCL)

At The Community Lighthouse (TCL), we’re on a mission to heal the world—one child, one family at a time. We empower families, professionals, and communities to break cycles of trauma and build lasting change—starting from within.

We are a for-profit, privately owned behavioral health company based in New Mexico—and we’re scaling fast. With bold growth goals and an expanding statewide presence, we’re building a financial team and systems that match our ambition.

We're seeking a strategic finance partner to support our growth and help build a world-class finance function from the inside out.

🚀 Why This Role Matters

This isn’t a back-office finance job.

You’ll work directly with the COO and CEO to shape strategy, drive growth, and help build the financial engine of a fast-scaling company. Your leadership will directly impact how we invest, plan, and serve—and how we develop talent along the way.

This role sits between a Controller and a CFO. You’ll manage day-to-day finance operations, while building systems, coaching the team, and guiding strategic decisions from the inside out.

💼 What You’ll Do

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to leadership — turn data into insights that drive growth
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, dashboards, and scenario models
• Analyze financial and operational trends to uncover risks and opportunities
• Create reports and tools that make complex data clear, visual, and actionable
• Lead and implement financial policies, systems, and internal controls as we scale
• Coach and develop the bookkeeper into a Controller-level leader
• Support margin improvement and cost-efficiency projects
• Help shape our financial strategy, investment decisions, and readiness for Medicaid changes

Requirements

🧰 What You Bring

• 5+ years experience in finance, FP&A, accounting, or strategic financial operations
• Proven ability to build and maintain financial models, forecasts, and dashboards
• Strong proficiency in Excel / Sheets, with a talent for translating numbers into decisions
• Experience creating or improving financial policies and SOPs
• Natural leadership and mentoring instincts — you enjoy growing people and systems
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Bonus: experience in healthcare, behavioral health, Medicaid, or professional services
• CPA, CMA, or MBA is a plus but not required

🧭 How You’ll Lead

• Be a thought partner to the COO and executive team
• Balance tactical execution with strategic planning
• Bring a system-builder mindset to everything you do
• Use financial data to guide growth, not just report history
• Help define what long-term finance leadership looks like at TCL

🎯 Our Values:

We’re guided by our BRIGHT values:

Be the Example

Relationships First

Inspire Play

Growth & Curiosity

Health & Wellness

Talk with Clarity

Benefits

• Position Details
• Title: Strategic Finance Manager / FP&A Analyst
• Type: Full-Time
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, In-Person
• Reports To: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Compensation: $90,000 – $120,000, based on experience
• Benefits:
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Unlimited PSL after 1 year
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Supportive team culture and leadership development

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