Head of FP&A

About the role

Vaco has partnered with a large, publicly traded organization to identify a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis. This highly visible leadership position will oversee enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, and analysis while partnering closely with the executive leadership team, operational leaders, and other strategic finance functions. The company has experienced significant growth through both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions. With continued M&A activity anticipated, this individual will play an important role in evaluating growth opportunities, supporting capital-allocation decisions, improving financial visibility, and advancing the capabilities of the FP&A organization. This opportunity offers exposure well beyond traditional FP&A, including Investor Relations, Treasury, capital markets, M&A, and other strategic finance initiatives. The successful candidate will join a collaborative leadership team and have meaningful potential to advance into broader finance leadership responsibilities over time.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company's annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Develop sophisticated financial models and scenario analyses to support enterprise-level strategic decisions.
• Partner with corporate and operational leaders to evaluate performance, identify key business drivers, and recommend actions to improve revenue, profitability, cash flow, and returns.
• Analyze results against budgets, forecasts, historical performance, and relevant benchmarks.
• Establish and maintain financial and operational KPIs that provide greater visibility into business performance.
• Prepare executive-level reporting that clearly communicates financial results, operating trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Support capital-allocation analysis involving acquisitions, capital expenditures, debt reduction, share repurchases, and other strategic uses of capital.
• Partner with Treasury and Capital Markets on liquidity, leverage, financial covenants, and capital-structure considerations.
• Collaborate with Investor Relations on earnings materials, investor presentations, financial guidance, and supporting analysis.
• Lead financial modeling and feasibility analysis for potential acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic investments.
• Support post-acquisition integration, synergy measurement, and performance tracking against investment expectations.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to assess potential business risks and opportunities.
• Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, reporting, systems, and analytical capabilities.
• Develop and mentor a high-performing finance team while strengthening financial acumen across the broader organization.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure financial plans support the company's strategic and operational priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• At least seven years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial modeling, or a related area.
• Strong corporate finance and FP&A foundation gained within a large, complex organization.
• Experience supporting both corporate finance and operational FP&A activities.
• Public-company experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including three-statement modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and long-range planning.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable business insights.
• Experience presenting financial information and recommendations to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, cash flow, and capital allocation.
• Proven leadership capabilities with experience developing and mentoring finance professionals.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with OneStream, Hyperion, or a comparable financial planning system is beneficial.
• CPA, CFA, or another relevant professional designation is a plus.