VP, Financial Planning & Analysis

Thrive is seeking a VP of FP&A to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analytics in a high growth, acquisition driven environment. This leader will partner closely with the CFO and executive team to build a scalable FP&A function, deliver rigorous financial insights, and strengthen operational discipline across the business. The ideal candidate brings a builder mindset, deep operational finance expertise, and the ability to operate with speed, accuracy, and executive presence.

The VP of FP&A will be responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, and performance analytics, partnering with the CFO and executive team to drive financial results and operational discipline.

• Be a key partner to the CFO and functional leaders in achieving financial results.
• Provide insights that drive EBITDA growth, margin improvement, and cash optimization.
• Deliver financial analysis that informs pricing, service mix, utilization, labor efficiency, and customer profitability.
• Hold business leaders accountable for delivering on expected results, both financial and strategic.
• Drive improvements in predictability of forecasts.
• Help management and the board understand financial implications and trade-offs of key strategic decisions (e.g. headcount and capital investments, pricing, M&A, etc.).
• Support CFO/org in identifying and tracking big rock initiatives (leading KPI goal setting and reporting out on those goals monthly / quarterly).

• Own the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning.
• Build and maintain driver-based financial models aligned to MSP economics (headcount, utilization, billable rates, contract terms, churn).
• Lead monthly and quarterly forecast cycles, including variance analysis and performance storytelling.
• Partner with business leaders to ensure operational plans align with financial targets.
• Lead decisions on capital planning and expenditures with data to support returns on investment.

• Lead the development of a roadmap for Thrive's financial planning and visualization systems to drive improvements from the current reporting and forecasting environment, as well as ensure processes are in place to support scale globally.
• Guide system and tools decisions based on knowledge of MRP economics and business model.
• Co-lead efforts to arrive at a single source of business reporting truth across the organization.
• Build out processes and systems to provide maximum scalability and clear visibility into financial performance, automating wherever possible.
• Champion an analytical, data-driven approach to decision making across the organization - encourage a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and excellence.

• Partner with the M&A and Integrations teams as needed to support financial diligence, modeling, and valuation for acquisitions.
• Provide FP&A perspective on synergy tracking, operational integration, and financial performance of acquired entities.
• Ensure post acquisition reporting and KPIs are standardized and integrated into broader planning processes.

• Roll up his/her sleeves to provide oversight and direct input in all functional areas and key decisions within FP&A.
• Strong bias toward action in all tasks; be as comfortable in the small details as in the big picture.
• Build and maintain a team of A players.
• Take decisive actions on non-A players; remove C players quickly and appropriately.
• Coach/mentor B players or move them into roles where they can be A players.
• Model, drive, and accelerate a cultural shift toward accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance throughout the finance organization.

• 10+ years of progressive finance and FP&A leadership experience.
• Proven experience building scalable FP&A processes and infrastructure.
• A record of serving as a business partner in helping to influence key business decisions and track performance against key objectives.
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Background in PE backed companies, managed services, or recurring…