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VP, Finance Strategy & Integration

Optimum · New York, New York, United States · 2 wk ago
Finance$179k–$255k/yrFull-time

Job Summary

The Vice President, Finance Strategy & Integration serves as a senior strategic partner to the EVP, Finance, helping translate enterprise priorities into integrated plans, cross-functional execution, and measurable outcomes. This role supports a broad portfolio that includes finance planning projects, capital oversight initiatives, strategic enterprise priorities, real estate planning, and facilities planning. Reporting directly to the EVP, Finance, the role acts as a central integrator across stakeholders, ensuring that major initiatives are sequenced thoughtfully, governed effectively, and aligned to financial, operational, and organizational goals.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Planning & Finance Integration
    • Partner directly with the EVP, Finance to shape, prioritize, and advance key finance planning projects and enterprise strategic initiatives.
    • Translate strategic goals into integrated roadmaps, decision frameworks, milestones, and governance mechanisms that support high-quality execution.
    • Identify interdependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and sequencing considerations across finance, operations, real estate, facilities, and other corporate functions.
    • Develop executive-ready materials, recommendations, and insights that enable the EVP, Finance and senior leadership to make informed decisions quickly and confidently.
  • Portfolio Governance & Execution
    • Lead portfolio governance across a range of initiatives, establishing clear ownership, timelines, decision points, and escalation paths.
    • Apply strong PMO discipline through integrated plans, reporting cadences, issue management, and executive dashboards that improve transparency and accountability.
    • Cook up cross-functional workstreams to ensure initiatives remain aligned, dependencies are actively managed, and outcomes stay tied to strategic intent.
    • Maintain progress against objectives, proactively address barriers, and provide the EVP, Finance with concise recommendations to keep priority work moving.
  • Capital Oversight, Real Estate & Facilities Planning
    • Support capital oversight projects by bringing structure, analysis, and governance to investment planning, prioritization, and tracking.
    • Partner with Finance, real estate, and facilities leaders to develop integrated plans for site strategy, space planning, facilities investments, and related operational requirements.
    • Ensure major real estate and facilities initiatives are evaluated through a strategic and financial lens, with clear business rationale, cost implications, and execution plans.
    • Create visibility into key milestones, investment decisions, and implementation risks across the capital, real estate, and facilities portfolio.
  • Executive Stakeholder Leadership & Change Enablement
    • Build credibility and alignment with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, HR, IT, Legal, and Corporate Services to advance complex, cross-functional priorities.
    • Facilitate structured decision-making, ensure follow-through on commitments, and help leaders navigate tradeoffs, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
    • Develop clear communications, updates, and briefing materials that keep stakeholders informed and aligned on objectives, timing, and implications.
    • Help drive change adoption by ensuring initiatives are implemented with clarity, coordination, and an understanding of organizational impact.
  • Operating Cadence & Management Systems
    • Establish repeatable management rhythms, planning processes, and reporting structures that strengthen execution across the EVP, Finance portfolio.
    • Improve prioritization and operating discipline by creating practical frameworks for tracking decisions, actions, dependencies, and outcomes.
    • Use data, milestones, and performance indicators to assess initiative health and recommend adjustments where needed.
    • Drive continuous improvement in how strategic work is planned, governed, and executed across the organization.
  • Enterprise Integration & Senior Representation
    • Act as an integration point across functions, ensuring strategic initiatives sponsored by the EVP, Finance are coordinated effectively and executed cohesively.
    • Represent the EVP, Finance in planning forums, working sessions, and cross-functional reviews as delegated.

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Operations, or a related field.
    • 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic planning, finance transformation, corporate strategy, business operations, PMO, or related enterprise roles.
    • Demonstrated success supporting senior executives and leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that require alignment across multiple stakeholders.
    • Strong financial and business acumen, including experience with planning processes, capital-related initiatives, or enterprise investment decisions.
    • Exceptional executive communication, influence, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bring clarity and direction in ambiguous environments.
    • Experience creating management systems, governance processes, and reporting mechanisms that improve execution at scale.

    Preferred

    • Master's degree or MBA.
    • Experience supporting a CFO, EVP, or other senior enterprise executive in a strategic planning, chief of staff, transformation, or integration capacity.
    • Background in capital planning, real estate strategy, facilities planning, or corporate services transformation.
    • Formal training or certification in program management, strategy execution, or change leadership.
    • Experience operating successfully in highly matrixed, fast-moving environments where influence and integration are critical.

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