Vice President, Finance Transformation & Data Strategy

About the role

Moody’s is seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Responsibilities

• Drives Finance data strategy by bridging senior leadership and delivery teams to produce high-impact data products and roadmap outcomes.
• Sets direction and owns delivery outcomes for Finance data products, partnering with engineering, analytics, and automation teams to deliver solutions end-to-end—defining what success looks like and driving toward it, not just documenting requirements.
• Owns and evolves the strategic data roadmap for Finance, sequencing priorities, aligning delivery to stakeholder outcomes, and serving as a trusted advisor to senior Finance leadership by building alignment across competing needs and setting the agenda for how initiatives are scoped and delivered.
• Leads solution design from problem to engineering-ready specification, authoring Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and Functional Design Documents (FDDs), proposing concrete data models and structures, and owning quality assurance (QA) and validation to ensure what ships matches the intended outcome.
• Operates with significant autonomy and influence across Finance leadership while remaining deeply hands-on—rapidly prototyping solutions using SQL, Python, and AI-assisted tools, grounded in deep finance domain expertise and investigation across the Finance data stack.
• Acts as the data strategy lead and representative on Finance's key strategic programs, driving solution recommendations and roadmap decisions that shape investment and prioritization, while building and developing a small team of data strategists and business analysts who provide domain-aligned coverage across Finance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience delivering finance business, data, and technology solutions across key financial domains, including accounting, close and consolidation, FP&A, management reporting, revenue, expense management, treasury, and/or financial analytics in a SOX environment, with a proven track record of translating business needs into scalable solutions and leading design, delivery, and adoption.
• Exposure to enterprise Finance and data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Salesforce, SAP, AWS).
• Excellent executive communication and people-leadership experience to lead a small team of data strategists.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Python, or similar querying and scripting tools to support data analysis, validation, troubleshooting, and rapid prototyping, with the ability to leverage data in support of business analysis, solution design, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude and Microsoft Copilot) to rapidly prototype and convert ambiguous problems into build-ready specifications.
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use.
• Experience with ERP order-to-cash system implementations preferred, with SAP experience strongly desired.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.

Pay

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $171,100.00 - $248,050.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and parental leave.
• Paid time off.
• A 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities.
• Life, disability, and accident insurance.
• A discounted employee stock purchase plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.