Vice President, FP&A

American Operator•New York, NY

1d•$150,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

American Operator is seeking a Vice President, F&A to lead financial planning and analysis across our portfolio of operating companies. Reporting to the CFO, this role will partner directly with portfolio company leadership to analyze performance, develop recommendations, and drive key decisions around margins, pricing, hiring, and growth. The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance leader who thrives in a fast-moving, PE-backed operating environment and is comfortable rolling up their sleeves and building through ambiguity. This person will be a player-coach, personally owning critical analysis and operator relationships while building and developing a broader FP&A team over time. This role will be based in NYC and report directly to the CFO.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, operational finance, or related roles, with meaningful experience owning financial planning and analysis.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required; MBA or similar advanced degree is a plus.
Experience supporting multiple operating businesses, ideally within a private equity, multi-entity, roll-up, portfolio operations, or interim CFO environment. Private equity or PE-backed experience strongly preferred.
Strong operational finance orientation with demonstrated experience using financial analysis to influence pricing, margins, hiring, resource allocation, and business performance.
Advanced financial modeling skills and experience building driver-based forecasts, updating forecasts, and conducting detailed variance analysis.
Experience partnering directly with CEOs, CFOs, GMs, or other senior operators and communicating financial insights and recommendations to non-finance stakeholders.
Strong understanding of unit economics, customer and revenue analytics, gross margin drivers, and operating leverage.
Ability to move fluidly between high-level strategic questions and detailed, hands-on financial analysis.
Highly organized and capable of managing planning, forecasting, and stakeholder relationships across multiple businesses simultaneously.
Comfortable rolling up their sleeves and building processes and infrastructure from the ground up in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment with ambiguity.
Experience building, coaching, or managing an FP&A team preferred.

Nice To Haves

MBA or similar advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning across approximately 50 portfolio companies, developing models that reflect the unique operating drivers of each business.
Own regular forecast updates and twice-monthly performance conversations with portfolio company CEOs and operators, identifying risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Analyze revenue, gross margin, labor, operating expenses, and other key drivers to identify opportunities to improve profitability and operating performance.
Analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, conducting variance analysis and clearly communicating key drivers and recommendations.
Serve as a strategic finance partner to portfolio company CEOs and operators, translating financial performance into actionable recommendations and supporting critical business decisions.
Develop financial analyses and business cases for headcount, capital allocation, expansion initiatives, and other operating investments.
Analyze customer-level economics, pricing, mix, retention, concentration, and revenue opportunities to inform commercial strategy and improve profitability.
Build strong relationships across value creation, portfolio performance, and operating-company teams to drive alignment and execution.
Develop consistent reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that give portfolio leadership and American Operator management clear visibility into business performance.
Establish scalable FP&A processes, operating cadences, forecasting methodologies, and analytical frameworks across the portfolio.
Adapt financial models and reporting as new businesses are acquired and help integrate new portfolio companies into American Operator's financial planning processes.
Operate as a player-coach, remaining hands-on while hiring, developing, and leading an FP&A team as the portfolio scales.