VP Financial Planning and Analysis
Syniverse
•Remote
About The Position
Responsible for overseeing multiple financial functions in a sub-part of the overall organization (major region, region, country, group, division, subsidiary, other sub-part or a major functional area such as Sales/Service), or may be one of several executives overseeing multiple financial functions at the corporate level. This role acts as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team (ELT), turning financial data into clear and actionable insights. The scope of the role includes people leadership for a 12-month contract with certain benefits, and no guarantee of a full-time position once the contract is completed.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
- A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, mostly in a leadership role
- Prior experience in Technology, Telecom or Software/SaaS at scale
- Experience project managing cross-functional initiatives
- Innate curiosity to understand trends and use these insights to devise ad hoc analysis to surface business risks and opportunities
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex financial concepts in a simplified way to leaders both verbally and in PPT
- Initiative-taking and independent analytical person in a dynamic environment
- Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines
Nice To Haves
- An MBA or CFA or CPA preferred
- Cloud computing experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Develops and executes financial strategy and budgets
- Collaborates with the ELT and their direct reports to ensure that financial and strategic goals are reached
- Translates the company’s financial strategies into tactical plans
- Accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of Board, management and investor reporting
- Owns the annual budget and rolling forecast process, incorporating revenue, direct profit, expenses, working capital and cash flows, capital expenditures and GAAP financial statement forecasting, consistently producing prompt and predictable financial models
- Owns monthly and quarterly reporting packs to the SVP/CFO, and ELT
- Prepares Board decks
- Owns Investor Relations activities, including Quarterly Earnings decks, drafting earnings scripts, one-on-one investor call prep, Q&A support and periodic reporting to our private equity owners
- Owns indirect cash flow and working capital forecasting, including liquidity outlook and drivers of cash conversion
- Owns bottom-up expense and capital expenditure forecast process
- Owns long-term financial projections
- Supports external company valuation
- Partners closely with other finance functions, including Sales Ops, Accounting, Procurement, Treasury and Tax to drive the above
- Uses AI to identify and drive business insights and efficiencies
- Strictly adheres to the reporting and corporate calendar
- Supports lender covenant reporting
- Supports Corporate development
- Performs product profitability analysis
- Performs business cases, NPV analysis, resource allocation and cost optimization; cloud computing experience is a plus
- Uses Sales forecast to drive forward-looking network and infrastructure capacity planning
- Fosters a culture of teamwork and career development, high performance and continuous improvement
- Ensures team members have the necessary skills and tools
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation
- Flexible/remote work
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Career Level
Executive
