Strategic Business Partnering: Serve as a trusted financial advisor to executive leadership and business unit heads, directly influencing decision-making on key growth initiatives.
Executive & Board Reporting: Deliver high-impact financial performance updates, strategic insights, and recommendations to executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders/investors.
Long-Range Planning: Drive the strategic narrative for executive discussions, aligning corporate financial planning with overarching long-term objectives.
Budgeting & Forecasting: Oversee the end-to-end execution of annual budgets, quarterly rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic plans supported by robust scenario planning.
Advanced Financial Modeling: Build and refine sophisticated models to evaluate strategic investments, capital allocations, potential M&A activities, and revenue drivers.
Performance Metrics & KPIs: Establish, track, and monitor company-wide KPIs, partnering across teams to ensure financial accountability and continuous operational improvement.
Team Development: Lead, mentor, and scale a team of FP&A managers and analysts, cultivating a culture of collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
Systems & Process Optimization: Continuously elevate FP&A processes, reporting tools, and enterprise financial planning systems to maximize efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner closely with Accounting, Treasury, and Corporate Development to ensure seamless enterprise-wide financial management.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
Experience: 15+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including significant leadership roles managing multi-tiered teams within complex, global environments.
Industry Expertise: Strong business acumen with deep familiarity in the SaaS and/or Life Sciences sectors preferred.
Technical Proficiency:
Expert financial modeling and advanced spreadsheet/data manipulation capabilities.
Hands-on experience with modern enterprise FP&A planning platforms and ERP systems.
Familiarity with modern business intelligence and data visualization platforms.
Strategic & Communication Skills: Proven track record of presenting to C-suite executives and boards with exceptional clarity, narrative-building, and influence.
Accounting Core: Deep foundational knowledge of GAAP and corporate finance principles.
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
HR@vaco.com
.Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
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For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
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With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.