Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

VA - Reston

NY - NYC (Penn)

Full time

REQ1759

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership team.

• Translate corporate strategy into financial plans, operating targets, and performance metrics.

• Provide actionable insights regarding growth opportunities, operating efficiencies, profitability enhancement, and capital allocation.

• Support strategic initiatives, business cases, investment decisions, and transformation efforts across the company.

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own and lead the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasting process, and long-range financial planning process.

• Implement and maintain driver-based forecasting models covering revenue, expenses, margins, EBITDA, cash flow, and capital expenditures.

• Develop scenario-planning analyses to evaluate risks, opportunities, and strategic alternatives.

• Lead a rolling forecast process that improves visibility into future performance and cash requirements.

Performance Management & Analytics

• Analyze financial and operational performance trends and identify key business drivers.

• Develop and maintain product-line P&Ls and any related financial reporting disclosures.

• Establish enterprise KPI frameworks, dashboards, and management reporting processes.

• Deliver timely and insightful performance reviews for executive leadership and business unit leaders.

• Drive accountability through rigorous variance analysis and performance monitoring

Executive, Board & Investor Support

• Prepare financial materials and presentations for Board meetings, executive reviews, earnings support activities, and investor-related discussions.

• Partner with Investor Relations and other finance leaders to ensure consistency and accuracy of financial messaging.

• Present complex financial information in a concise, business-oriented manner.

Corporate Development & Capital Allocation

• Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships, and investment analyses.

• Lead financial due diligence, valuation support, integration planning, and pro forma analysis.

• Evaluate resource allocation decisions to maximize shareholder value.

Systems, Process & Transformation Leadership

• Drive continuous improvement of planning, reporting, and forecasting processes.

• Lead the optimization and evolution of FP&A technology, reporting, and business intelligence tools.

• Champion automation, data quality, and enhanced financial visibility across the organization.

• Partner with Accounting, Sales Operations, Product, Technology, Human Resources, and Commercial leaders to improve enterprise decision-making.

Team Leadership

• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing FP&A organization.

• Establish a culture of accountability, collaboration, business partnership, and continuous improvement.

• Mentor and develop finance talent while creating succession depth and organizational capability.

• Promote a forward-looking, data-driven approach to finance leadership.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related disciplines.

• Significant leadership experience within a publicly traded, multinational organization.

• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and executive reporting processes.

• Strong expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, performance analytics, and business partnering.

• Experience presenting to executive leadership teams and Boards of Directors.

• Deep understanding of GAAP, financial statements, cash flow management, and performance metrics.

Preferred

• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced credential.

• Experience in technology, media, analytics, information services, SaaS, or data-driven businesses.

• Experience supporting public-company earnings processes and investor communications.

• Experience with Adaptive Planning, Workday, ERP systems, and modern business intelligence platforms.

• Salary: $240k-$275k, commensurate with experience

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen

• Executive presence and communication

• Analytical problem-solving

• Cross-functional influence

• Results orientation and accountability

• Change leadership and process improvement

• Talent development and team building

• High integrity and sound judgment

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference.