Senior Vice President, Business & Function Finance

BNY; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a Senior Vice President, Business & Function Finance to partner with Infrastructure and Cyber engineering leadership, directing workforce planning, financial oversight, and vendor governance. The role requires a strategic, execution-focused leader who can connect long-term priorities to day-to-day operations in a large, matrixed environment.

The successful candidate will influence senior stakeholders, drive organizational efficiency, and shape how the organization plans, invests,

Qualifications

• > Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• > Significant experience in business management, workforce management, chief of staff leadership, or a related discipline within a complex global organization.
• > Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives and influencing across a highly matrixed stakeholder environment.
• > Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• > Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership forums.
• > Proven ability to lead through complexity, manage competing priorities, and drive execution across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with senior engineering leaders to drive business planning and execution across Infrastructure and Cyber platforms
• Lead workforce planning activities, including capacity strategy, headcount forecasting, hiring prioritization, and talent demand management
• Work in close partnership with finance leadership to align workforce strategy, vendor demand, and financial performance
• Lead reporting and analytics that support executive decision-making around organization health, investment trade-offs, and operational priorities
• Oversee vendor planning and governance across external labor, software, and purchased services categories
• Provide leadership oversight for procurement coordination, spending governance, and demand management processes
• Develop high-impact executive reporting and presentation materials for senior leadership forums and business reviews
• Drive process optimization and management discipline across core business management functions
• Support transformation initiatives and help evolve the operating model to enable long-term organizational effectiveness and scale

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Description

BNY is seeking a highly strategic and execution-focused Senior Vice President, Business & Function Finance, to support our Infrastructure and Cyber platforms. This role will serve as a senior partner to engineering leadership, helping drive operational excellence across workforce strategy, financial oversight, vendor governance, and executive decision support.

The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with strong business management and financial acumen, a proven ability to influence across senior stakeholders, and deep experience operating in a large, matrixed environment. This role requires someone who can bring structure to complexity, connect long‑term strategic priorities to execution, and help shape how the organization plans, invests, and operates.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with senior engineering leaders to drive business planning and execution across Infrastructure and Cyber platforms
• Lead workforce planning activities, including capacity strategy, headcount forecasting, hiring prioritization, and talent demand management
• Work in close partnership with finance leadership to align workforce strategy, vendor demand, and financial performance
• Lead reporting and analytics that support executive decision‑making around organization health, investment trade‑offs, and operational priorities
• Oversee vendor planning and governance across external labor, software, and purchased services categories
• Provide leadership oversight for procurement coordination, spending governance, and demand management processes
• Develop high‑impact executive reporting and presentation materials for senior leadership forums and business reviews
• Drive process optimization and management discipline across core business management functions
• Support transformation initiatives and help evolve the operating model to enable long‑term organizational effectiveness and scale

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Significant experience in business management, workforce management, chief of staff leadership, or a related discipline within a complex global organization
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives and influencing across a highly matrixed stakeholder environment
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem‑solving capabilities
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership forums
• Proven ability to lead through complexity, manage competing priorities, and drive execution across multiple workstreams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting engineering, infrastructure, cyber, or large‑scale technology organizations
• Deep familiarity with workforce planning, vendor governance, and resource management
• Experience aligning workforce planning with financial forecasts and business strategy
• Exposure to enterprise transformation, operating model evolution, or large organizational change programs
• Strong track record of process improvement, operational discipline, and stakeholder leadership

Benefits and Rewards

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. Rely on flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting. Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in company‑sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered, with details provided upon an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an “at‑will” position and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or team performance, and market factors.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.