Director, Enterprise Forecasting & Strategic Modeling

S&P Global • Centreville, VA

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About The Position

About the Role: S&P Global has recently announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility. Mobility Global is seeking a Director, Enterprise Forecasting & Strategic Modeling to join the FP&A organization. This role will own the company’s forecasting and strategic modeling capabilities, including the development, governance, and ongoing enhancement of the core financial models that support planning, forecasting, capital allocation, and executive decision-making. This leader will play a central role in the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and strategic evaluations. The Director will serve as a senior finance partner to executive leadership, helping translate business strategy, operating performance, and investment choices into a clear and credible financial outlook. The ideal candidate combines deep financial modeling and planning expertise with strong business judgment, executive communication skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional processes in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. This is a highly visible role with broad exposure to senior leadership, board-level materials, strategic initiatives, and investor-readiness support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, financial modeling, or a related field.
• Deep experience leading budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting, and long-range planning processes in a complex business environment.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including experience building and overseeing complex, dynamic models from the ground up.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning processes and influence senior stakeholders in a highly matrixed environment.
• Strong Excel skills and a track record of developing clear, reliable, and decision-useful financial models and planning outputs.
• Experience with financial planning or EPM tools such as Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Hyperion, or Planful.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting concepts.
• Proven ability to operate at both a strategic and detail-oriented level, balancing hands-on analytical rigor with broader enterprise leadership.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CFA, or other advanced finance credential.
• Experience in data, SaaS, financial technology, information services, or other analytically intensive industries.
• Experience supporting executive leadership, board reporting, strategic finance initiatives, M&A analysis, or investor-related planning.
• Exposure to public-company readiness, separation or spin activity, IPO preparation, Form 10 support, or other transaction-related finance work.
• Experience leading FP&A process improvements, forecasting redesign, or planning system enhancements.
• Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience with Python or SQL for financial analysis, automation, or data extraction.

Responsibilities

• Own the company’s integrated financial modeling architecture, including the core three-statement model and supporting frameworks used for forecasting, planning, and strategic decision-making.
• Lead the enterprise forecasting process across short-term outlooks, quarterly reforecasts, and long-range planning, including governance, calendar management, assumption setting, cross-functional alignment, consolidation, and executive review.
• Direct the development of multi-year financial plans that reflect corporate strategy, market dynamics, investment priorities, and key business assumptions.
• Establish and maintain governance over forecast assumptions, model controls, documentation standards, and analytical outputs to ensure rigor, consistency, and scalability.
• Partner with business unit finance leaders, functional leaders, and corporate stakeholders to align revenue, expense, headcount, cash flow, and investment assumptions across the enterprise.
• Lead scenario, sensitivity, and risk analyses to support capital allocation, strategic initiatives, operating tradeoff decisions, and enterprise performance management.
• Oversee the preparation of executive and board-level reporting materials, ensuring financial insights are clear, decision-oriented, and tied to key performance drivers and business priorities.
• Support strategic finance initiatives, including M&A evaluations, new business opportunities, investment cases, and other high-priority analytical workstreams.
• Serve as a senior advisor to FP&A leadership and executive stakeholders on forecast risks, planning assumptions, and financial implications of strategic decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting processes, financial tools, management reporting, and analytical capabilities, including opportunities for automation and increased scalability.
• Build and enhance standardized reporting outputs and planning templates to support monthly business reviews, forecast cycles, and leadership discussions.
• Partner closely with Accounting, Treasury, Strategy, Corporate Development, and other finance teams to ensure consistency between forecast outputs, actual results, external reporting needs, and strategic planning activities.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members and/or provide leadership across cross-functional planning processes, helping elevate forecasting discipline and modeling capability across the FP&A organization.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director