VP, Global Energy FP&A and Finance Business Partner

S&P Global•New York, NY

13d•$176,300 - $314,600

About The Position

The Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for S&P Global Energy is a senior finance leader responsible for shaping the division’s financial strategy, performance management agenda, and decision support. The role advises the Energy CFO and senior business leaders, translating business strategy into financial plans and providing forward-looking insights to support growth, profitability, investment discipline, and execution. The VP owns Energy’s FP&A agenda across planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic financial planning, while maintaining strong connections with Enterprise Finance & Strategy and other corporate partners. The role leads and develops a high-performing global team and establishes the financial transparency, operating rigor, and analytical capability needed to support informed senior-leadership decisions. The position also leads divisional M&A activities and finance transformation, including workflow streamlining and the introduction of AI-enabled processes. It provides executive decision support, oversees revenue and expense planning, workforce and investment analysis, and strengthens FP&A operating practices, governance, and controls. The anticipated U.S. base salary range is $176,300 to $314,600. The role is eligible for an annual incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits. Final base salary depends on geographic location, experience, skills, training, licenses, and certifications.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive finance experience with substantial leadership responsibility across FP&A, strategic finance, and business partnership in a large, complex organization.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
Demonstrated success as a senior finance partner to C-suite and senior business executives, with the executive presence, judgment, and credibility to influence strategy and challenge constructively.
Deep expertise in planning, forecasting, performance management, financial modeling, scenario analysis, investment evaluation, and executive reporting.
Proven leadership of high-performing finance teams, including developing senior talent and leading effectively across global and matrixed structures.
Strong commercial and strategic acumen, including the ability to connect market and operating drivers to financial performance and translate complex analysis into clear recommendations.
Experience supporting significant growth, transformation, productivity, portfolio, or M&A-related decisions in a complex business environment.
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to synthesize complex issues into concise, decision-oriented narratives for senior executives.
Demonstrated ability to modernize FP&A through improved processes, data, analytics, automation, and emerging technology.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant advanced qualification.
Experience in information services, data, analytics, subscription, or other recurring-revenue businesses.
Experience supporting a global portfolio with multiple products, customer segments, and business models.
Familiarity with modern enterprise planning, analytics, and visualization platforms.

Responsibilities

Own Energy’s end-to-end FP&A agenda, including annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, performance reviews, and scenario analysis.
Partner with the Energy CFO and senior leaders to translate strategic priorities into financial plans, performance targets, and resource allocation decisions.
Shape the division’s financial performance narrative by identifying business drivers, emerging risks and opportunities, and actions to improve outcomes.
Provide an independent, enterprise-minded finance perspective and constructively challenge assumptions in business decisions.
Lead financial risk and opportunity assessment, surface material performance issues early, and drive accountability for corrective actions.
Drive divisional M&A activities, including acquisitions, divestitures, winddowns, and internal business transfers.
Streamline finance workflows and introduce AI-enabled processes.
Advise senior Energy leaders on business strategy, portfolio choices, investments, and operating decisions.
Prepare and deliver decision-ready financial insights for executive forums, including Quarterly Finance and Business Reviews and other senior leadership reviews.
Evaluate organic and inorganic growth business cases, including ROI, NPV, revenue potential, cost efficiencies, integration considerations, and synergy opportunities.
Partner with Product, Commercial, Strategy, and other functions to assess growth opportunities and connect business priorities with financial commitments.
Conduct market, competitor, and benchmarking analysis where relevant to inform strategy and investment choices.
Oversee revenue and expense planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the Energy portfolio.
Build driver-based analysis connecting commercial and operating indicators to revenue, margin, expense, and cash outcomes.
Work with business leaders to assess revenue performance and growth opportunities using measures such as retention, wallet share, pricing, product mix, and customer growth.
Establish performance metrics, management dashboards, and forward-looking analytics to improve transparency, forecast quality, and accountability.
Drive investment, productivity, and cost trade-off decisions to support sustainable financial performance.
Lead financial oversight of Energy workforce planning with People and business leaders, aligning headcount, location strategy, capabilities, and investment with strategic priorities.
Establish next-generation headcount analytics and insights across full-time employees and third-party support.
Advise senior leaders on allocation and reallocation of resources across businesses, products, and initiatives based on strategic importance, financial return, and execution capacity.
Provide financial leadership for transformation, productivity, and investment programs, establishing financial baselines, benefits tracking, and accountability for outcomes.
Strengthen FP&A operating rhythms, planning methodologies, management reporting, and governance.
Champion automation, advanced analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and modern planning tools to improve FP&A effectiveness and shift capacity toward higher-value insight and partnership.
Partner with Controllers and other Finance teams on financial governance, policy alignment, reporting integrity, and compliance with applicable requirements.
Create scalable processes and standards while accommodating differing economics and strategic priorities across the Energy portfolio.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing, globally connected FP&A organization with commercial acumen, analytical rigor, and executive-level business partnership capabilities.
Set team priorities and standards, fostering accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and an enterprise mindset.
Develop finance talent and succession pipelines and create opportunities for business exposure, capability building, and career growth.
Lead across matrixed teams and stakeholders to align priorities, roles, and financial outcomes.