VP Financial Planning and Analysis

About the role

Responsible for overseeing multiple financial functions in a sub-part of the overall organization (major region, region, country, group, division, subsidiary, or a major functional area such as Sales/Service), or may be one of several executives overseeing multiple financial functions at the corporate level. This is a 12-month contract position with certain benefits and no guarantee of a full-time position upon completion.

You will act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team (ELT), turning financial data into clear and actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes financial strategy and budgets.
• Collaborates with the ELT and their direct reports to ensure that financial and strategic goals are reached.
• Translates the company’s financial strategies into tactical plans.
• Accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of Board, management, and investor reporting.
• Owns the annual budget and rolling forecast process, incorporating revenue, direct profit, expenses, working capital and cash flows, capital expenditures, and GAAP financial statement forecasting.
• Owns monthly and quarterly reporting packs to the SVP/CFO and ELT.
• Prepares Board decks.
• Owns Investor Relations activities, including Quarterly Earnings decks, drafting earnings scripts, one-on-one investor call prep, Q&A support, and periodic reporting to private equity owners.
• Owns indirect cash flow and working capital forecasting, including liquidity outlook and drivers of cash conversion.
• Owns bottom-up expense and capital expenditure forecast process.
• Owns long-term financial projections.
• Supports external company valuation.
• Partners closely with other finance functions, including Sales Ops, Accounting, Procurement, Treasury, and Tax to drive the above.
• Uses AI to identify and drive business insights and efficiencies.
• Strictly adheres to the reporting and corporate calendar.
• Supports lender covenant reporting.
• Supports Corporate development.
• Performs product profitability analysis.
• Performs business cases, NPV analysis, resource allocation, and cost optimization; cloud computing experience is a plus.
• Uses Sales forecast to drive forward-looking network and infrastructure capacity planning.
• Provides team leadership and development, fostering a culture of teamwork, career development, high performance, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures team members have the necessary skills and tools.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field; an MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, mostly in a leadership role.
• Prior experience in Technology, Telecom, or Software/SaaS at scale.
• Experience project managing cross-functional initiatives.
• Innate curiosity to understand trends and use these insights to devise ad hoc analysis to surface business risks and opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex financial concepts in a simplified way to leaders both verbally and in PPT.
• Initiative-taking and independent analytical person in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total compensation package, flexible/remote work options, and a leadership team committed to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and transparent organizational culture.