Vice President Finance

Foster McKay; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster McKay in New Jersey is seeking a strategic Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead the FP&A function and partner with executive leadership to translate strategy into financial plans.

You will build a scalable FP&A organization, own the operating plan, long-range planning, forecasts, and provide actionable insights to drive disciplined financial management across the company.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A organization with senior financial leaders.
• Recruit, coach, and build FP&A talent.
• Own the company's annual operating plan, long-range planning, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlooks.
• Consolidate budgets, forecasts, headcount plans, and investments into a cohesive enterprise plan.
• Oversee board deck prep, lender/PE reporting, and M&A due diligence support.
• Partner with executives to evaluate performance, identify risks and opportunities, and support decisions.
• Support leadership on board materials and operating reviews related to financial performance.
• Lead monthly business reviews for shared functions with budget-to-actual analyses.
• Oversee financial reporting and KPI development with timely, accurate insights.
• Coordinate with accounting for close, forecast integrity, and alignment with plans.
• Own Anaplan/NetSuite roadmap and data architecture; push FP&A system improvements.
• Improve planning processes, reporting, and governance for accuracy and efficiency.
• Oversee commission forecasting, accruals, and sales-forecast alignment with reports.
• Partner with Sales Operations to optimize Salesforce financial reporting and bookings forecasts.
• Evaluate investments and strategic initiatives through financial modeling.
• Represent Finance on cross-functional initiatives and advise leadership.

Job description

We are seeking a strategic, business-minded Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead the company's FP&A function. This leader will oversee a team of senior finance leaders while driving enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, budgeting, headcount management, performance reporting, and financial decision support.

As a key member of the Finance leadership team, you'll partner closely with executive leaders across the business to translate strategy into financial plans, provide actionable insights, and ensure disciplined financial management. This role is responsible for creating a scalable FP&A organization that delivers accurate forecasts, meaningful analytics, and trusted partnership to the business.

What You'll Actually Do

• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A organization, including senior financial leaders responsible for financial planning and support across the company.
• Drive continuous development of the team including recruiting, coaching and building a bench of FP&A talent.
• Own the company's annual operating plan, long-range planning process, quarterly forecasts, and monthly financial outlooks.
• Act as the central liaison between the two business units within the company, responsible for consolidating business unit budgets, forecasts, headcount plans, and investment priorities into a cohesive enterprise financial plan.
• Own core activities associated with PE ownership including being responsible for board deck prep, lender/PE reporting packages, and M&A/diligence support.
• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and support strategic decision-making.
• Support leadership on board materials, operating reviews, and presentations related to financial performance and business outlook.
• Lead monthly business reviews for shared functions outside of the two business units, providing budget-to-actual analysis, forecasting updates, key performance indicators, and actionable recommendations.
• Oversee financial reporting and KPI development across the organization, ensuring leaders have timely, accurate, and actionable insights.
• Partner closely with accounting to ensure accurate monthly close results, forecast integrity, and alignment between actual results and financial plans.
• Own the Anaplan/NetSuite planning platform roadmap and data architecture and champion continuous improvement in FP&A systems, reporting tools, automation, and data quality.
• Improve financial planning processes, reporting capabilities, and governance to increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Oversee commission forecasting, accruals, and financial governance while partnering with Sales Operations to ensure sales compensation plans are accurately modeled, administered, and reported.
• Partner with Sales Operations to optimize Salesforce financial reporting, pipeline analytics, bookings forecasts, and revenue conversion metrics.
• Evaluate investment opportunities, resource allocation, and strategic initiatives through financial modeling and scenario analysis.
• Represent Finance on cross-functional initiatives and serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership.