VP, FP&A: AI-Driven Finance & Strategy Leader

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Mizuho Americas seeks an experienced Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead FP&A activities and partner with business leaders to drive financial performance. The role emphasizes planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost/profitability analytics, using AI and data visualization to enhance insights for decision making.

You will develop dashboards, support headcount and expense planning, and collaborate across functions to standardize processes and improve automation.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting with stakeholders.
• Analyze actual vs. forecast performance and provide actionable insights.
• Develop dashboards and executive presentations for visibility into performance.
• Analyze personnel and non-personnel expenses including headcount and consulting spend.
• Support cost allocations and profitability analyses across businesses.
• Partner with finance and corporate functions to challenge assumptions.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses for strategic decisions.
• Leverage AI and data visualization to improve analysis quality and speed.
• Drive adoption of dashboards and data-visualization tools like Power BI.
• Improve accuracy, consistency, and automation of reporting and planning.

Skills

Financial planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Power BI

OneStream/Hyperion

Excel

Data visualization

Communication

AI in finance

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA/CPA/CFA (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

OneStream

Hyperion

Excel

Job description

Mizuho Americas seeks an experienced Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead FP&A activities and partner with business leaders to drive financial performance. The role emphasizes planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost/profitability analytics, using AI and data visualization to enhance insights for decision making.

You will develop dashboards, support headcount and expense planning, and collaborate across functions to standardize processes and improve automation.