Strategic Finance Director

About the Practice

Lightwave, founded in 2016, is a high-growth company building the group model for the future of the dental industry. Lightwave is passionate about doing things the right way with a tight focus on high quality, core values, and taking care of their people. Lightwave is a dental leadership organization that focuses on partnering, training and developing dentists as the natural leaders of the dental practice. Lightwave helps dentists launch their careers, supports dentists leading high-growth dental groups, and assists doctors looking to establish their legacy as they transition into retirement. Lightwave is solving the big problems in dentistry: retirement, management, reimbursements, and partnership by providing the benefits of a group while preserving the essence of private practice. Lightwave currently supports over 80 dental offices in 4 states.

Job Description

About Us

Lightwave Dental is a high-growth company building the group model for the future of the dental industry. As the industry’s first Dental Leadership Organization, Lightwave focuses on partnering, training, and developing dentists as natural leaders of their dental practice. The company helps dentists launch their careers, supports those leading high-growth dental groups, and assists with preserving their legacy as they transition into retirement. Lightwave is solving large issues in dentistry around retirement, business management, reimbursements, and partnership by providing the benefits of a group while preserving the essence of private practice. The company currently supports more than 200 dentists and 1,800 active employees in 86 dental offices across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama.

Who we are looking for

We’re a team of good people doing great things. We listen first. We love our work. We believe that productivity is never an accident. It’s the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, passionate teamwork, and focused effort. We want every day to be fun and to matter.

Our core values are vital to who we are. We build our culture around them and hire and reward by them. We are seeking someone who will honor and live out our core values at all times: honest, hard working, caring and growth-minded.

Responsibilities

As a Strategic Finance Director, you will work on strategic and financial projects that combine analytical rigor with the need to build and maintain strong relationships. This person will be responsible for driving the corporate financial planning and analysis function and will support Lightwave’s success by helping to scale and improve our corporate finance functions. You will work with various business partners to provide data-driven insights that inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. You will support the VP of Finance directly and the CEO and COO indirectly. A passion for the excitement and challenges of working in a private equity-backed business, exceptional work ethic, and team-oriented mentality is essential for this high impact role.

1. Lead the development and execution of the financial planning process, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. Collaborate with executive leadership to establish ambitious financial goals and strategic initiatives.
2. Deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting that includes in-depth analysis, key operating metrics, and explanations of variances and trends; surface actionable insights.
3. Develop and maintain financial forecasts/models for the business (corporate and practice level) and track key variances, changes and opportunities in actual results vs. budgets and forecasts.
4. Assist in preparing materials for the executive team, including board decks, investor materials and other executive updates.
5. Support valuation, M&A, and partnership processes as appropriate.
6. Complete ad-hoc business projects and analysis that drive decision-making and capital allocation.
7. Provide mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to team members. Foster a collaborative and results-oriented work environment.

Qualifications

Requirements

1. BA/BS degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field.
2. 7+ years of relevant experience in a finance/analytical role (investment banking, consulting, private equity, or FP&A).
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with advanced proficiency in financial modeling and financial statement analysis.
4. Strong understanding of corporate finance concepts required.
5. Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
6. Excellent leadership and team management skills.
7. Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to clearly articulate ideas and drive cross-functional understanding and cooperation across the business.
8. Empathetic, low-ego leader who can recruit, manage, and retain a strong team.

Benefits Offered

We offer a great benefits package for full-time positions to include health and dental benefits, 401(k), holiday pay and paid time off.

Salary Range

$175-200k

Requisition Number

2024-13640