Vice President, Strategic Finance and FP&A - North Bethesda, MD

Vice President, Strategic Finance and FP&A

Our client is seeking an individual comfortable in a fast-paced startup-like environment, eager to contribute to a collaborative team atmosphere. Your role will involve strategic analysis in a cross-functional, matrixed organization spanning multiple product lines and geographies. The ideal candidate will bring a data-driven mindset, exceptional communication skills, and a knack for driving business insights and continuous improvement, even with incomplete information.

• Establish & Lead the company planning cycle, overseeing long-range planning, annual plans, and monthly/quarterly forecasts for the full Income Statement and Cash Flow
• Grow and develop a global FP&A team, with clear FP&A career architecture and goals
• Act as a thought leader in decision making, partnering with management across Sales, Marketing, Operations and Product to drive sound financial decisions and operational efficiencies
• Build Analytic tools and models to identify business trends, variances, and levers, providing actionable insights to senior management
• Generate quickly ad hoc analyses to support key business decisions and contract negotiations
• As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, instill finance discipline, promoting fact-based decision-making and financial visibility throughout the organization, including close partnership with Accounting and Finance
• Develop business cases to support new investments, marketing LTV/CAC, strategic decisions, and M&A activities, including valuation analysis, financial modeling, due diligence, and integration
• Evaluate the company's progress towards goals, recommending new initiatives, and driving dialogue on organizational KPIs
• Create and Conduct monthly business reviews, with relevant reporting packages
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting for management and Board of Directors meetings

• 12+ years of Finance/FP&A experience with 5+ yrs of leadership experience
• Experience in a fast-growing company, with a track record of scaling planning, forecasting, and reporting in growth-oriented environments
• Current public company experience
• Familiarity with public company quarterly close and reporting cadence, along with a strong understanding of GAAP accounting policies and revenue recognition requirements
• Proven success as a change agent in a high-growth and scale environment
• Exceptional organizational skills, efficiency, and attention to detail
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on meeting tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present to internal stakeholders and external audiences
• A flexible, dynamic, self-demanding, and proactive individual, motivated and able to navigate ambiguity
• Strong technical skills, including proficiency in complex financial modeling and data analysis using tools such as LLMs, Gemini, SQL and Looker