SVP, Head of FP&A

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

Job summary

Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A role in Bergen County, NJ, leading corporate financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic support. This executive reports to the CFO and serves the board with insights on profitability and capital allocation.

The role drives modern FP&A through predictive analytics, AI/ML, BI tools, and dynamic scenario modeling to enable long-range growth and technology-enabled decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a quantitative field.
• MBA, CFA designation, or quantitative graduate degree strongly preferred.
• Experience leading multi-year planning, profitability analysis, capital allocation, and M&A evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multi-year strategic planning, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts.
• Deliver executive-level storytelling and strategic insights to CFO, CEO, and Board.
• Champion modern financial technologies, predictive analytics, and ML models for forecasting and scenario planning.
• Build and scale Finance Business Partnering across operational teams.
• Direct FP&A technology stack roadmap, vendor evaluations, and system implementations.
• Establish KPI maps and dashboards, monitor risks/opportunities, and lead reviews with leadership.
• Mentor and scale a tech-forward FP&A organization.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Forecasting methodologies

Predictive modeling

AI/ML tools

BI platforms

Executive storytelling

Communication skills

Lean & Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or quantitative field

MBA or CFA preferred

Tools

EPM/ERP systems

BI dashboards

Job description

Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A

Location: Bergen County, NJ (4 days onsite)

Salary: $250-300k + bonus + equity

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an innovative, strategic Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A to lead the corporate financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision support functions. Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, this executive serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the CFO, CEO, C-Suite, and Board of Directors.

This role requires a visionary finance leader who can scale the enterprise FP&A and Finance Business Partnering organizations. You will lead the transformation of legacy planning workflows into an advanced, technology-centric decision support model - leveraging predictive analytics, machine learning (AI/ML), BI tools, and dynamic scenario modeling to drive profitability, capital efficiency, and long-range growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrated Financial Planning & Forecasting: Oversee multi-year strategic planning, annual operating budgets, and rolling forecasts. Establish synchronized planning frameworks that align financial, operational, and strategic goals across the enterprise.
• C-Suite & Board Decision Support: Deliver executive-level storytelling, variance commentary, and strategic insights to the CFO, CEO, and Board of Directors. Evaluate profitability drivers, capital allocation, investment prioritization, M&A opportunities, and cash flow optimization.
• Predictive Analytics & AI/ML Innovation: Champion modern financial technologies, predictive analytics, and machine learning models for forecasting, cost optimization, anomaly detection, and variable-driven scenario planning.
• Finance Business Partnering & Operations: Build and scale the Finance Business Partnering capability. Embed FP&A acumen into operational teams to drive margin expansion, revenue optimization, and cross-functional performance alignment.
• Technology Portfolio & Systems Roadmap: Direct the evolution of the FP&A technology stack (EPM/ERP platforms, BI dashboards, decision simulators). Oversee vendor evaluations, software contract negotiations, and system implementation roadmaps.
• Executive Performance Monitoring: Establish enterprise KPI driver maps and performance monitoring dashboards. Identify emerging operational risks/opportunities, monitor leading indicators, and lead routine business performance reviews with leadership.
• Leadership & Talent Development: Mentor, scale, and inspire a multidisciplinary, tech-forward FP&A organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and digital adaptability.

Required Qualifications & Leadership Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a quantitative field. MBA, CFA designation, or quantitative graduate degree strongly preferred.
• 10-15+ years of progressive finance and FP&A leadership experience, with a track record of managing multi-tiered teams and direct exposure to the CFO, CEO, and Board.
• Demonstrated expertise in modern forecasting methodologies, predictive modeling, and leveraging advanced digital tools (AI/ML, BI platforms, enterprise EPM/ERP systems).
• Extensive experience in multi-year planning, profitability analysis, capital allocation, capital efficiency, dynamic scenario planning, and M&A evaluation.
• Superior verbal and visual communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex financial algorithms and data science outputs into clear strategic narratives.
• Experience leading financial process modernization, process improvement frameworks (Lean, Agile), and enterprise system integrations.

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