SVP FP&A

Vaco; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks a Senior Vice President of FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. The role partners with executive leadership to drive performance reporting, strategy, and a scalable FP&A organization.

The candidate will build reporting, dashboards, and analytics, mentor a high-performing team, and guide financial strategy across a growth-focused financial services tech environment. Onsite 4 days/week in Bergen County, NJ.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field; advanced degree or professional certification preferred
• 15+ years FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience
• Proven experience leading high-performing finance teams and partnering with executive leadership
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and strategic planning skills
• Experience influencing decisions with data-driven insights
• Experience improving financial processes, reporting frameworks, and planning capabilities
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with financial systems, planning platforms, BI tools, and analytics solutions
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning activities
• Partner with senior leadership to provide financial insights and strategic recommendations
• Develop and enhance management reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance frameworks
• Drive financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business case development
• Identify risks, opportunities, and trends through data analysis
• Build and mentor FP&A team and foster strong business partnering culture
• Improve planning processes and reporting accuracy through process enhancements
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, operations and other functions to align plans
• Support executive presentations, board materials, and strategic planning discussions
• Evaluate and implement tools and analytics to improve decision support

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

BI tools

ERP/Planning systems

Job description

Company: Financial Services - Banking - FinTech

Role: Senior Vice President, FP&A

Salary: $250,000 - $300,000/annually

Location: Bergen County, New Jersey (Onsite 4 days per week)

About the Role: Our client, a technology focused financial services firm, is seeking an experienced finance leader to oversee the organization's financial planning and analysis function. This individual will partner closely with executive leadership to drive planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and strategic decision-making while building a scalable FP&A organization. The role combines team leadership, business partnership, and financial strategy, with responsibility for developing processes, improving reporting capabilities, and providing actionable insights that support growth and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning activities
• Partner with senior leadership to provide financial insights, business performance analysis, and strategic recommendations
• Develop and enhance management reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks
• Drive financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business case development to support key initiatives and investment decisions
• Identify risks, opportunities, and emerging trends through analysis of financial and operational data
• Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A team and foster a strong business partnering culture across the organization
• Improve planning processes, forecasting accuracy, and reporting effectiveness through process enhancements and technology adoption
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, operations, and other business functions to align financial plans with organizational objectives
• Support executive presentations, board materials, and strategic planning discussions
• Evaluate and implement tools, systems, and analytics capabilities that improve decision support and business visibility
• Promote a data-driven approach to performance management and resource allocation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; advanced degree or professional certification preferred
• 15+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience
• Proven experience leading high-performing finance teams and partnering with executive leadership
• Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, business performance analysis, and strategic planning
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through data-driven insights and recommendations
• Experience improving financial processes, reporting frameworks, and planning capabilities
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with financial systems, planning platforms, business intelligence tools, and analytics solutions
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-paced environment
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
• Collaborative and influential leader
• Results-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable navigating complexity and driving change across a growing organization

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 [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

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.