VP, Financial Planning and Analysis

Summary

The Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (“FP&A”) is a critical, high-impact leadership role responsible for building and scaling a best-in-class FP&A function. This role will serve as the financial nerve center of the organization—driving disciplined planning, forecasting, analytics, and insight to enable informed, timely, and data-driven decision making. The Vice President of FP&A will work alongside senior leadership to establish financial transparency, modernize planning processes and systems, and translate complex financial and operational data into clear strategic insights for management and the Board of Directors. This role is both strategic and hands-on, requiring the ability to design and implement scalable systems and processes while serving as a trusted thought partner to executive leadership.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

Strategy, Leadership & Transformation

• Establish standardized, scalable budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes that support growth, margin expansion, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the evaluation, implementation, and ongoing optimization of planning and forecasting systems and tools, partnering with leads supporting: Finance, Revenue Cycle Management, and Commercial teams.
• Drive continuous improvement across FP&A processes, data quality, reporting cadence, and analytical rigor.

 

 

Annual Operating Plan, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Ownership of annual operating plan (AOP), forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Board and Investor reporting: Deliver timely, accurate monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Board of Directors, and key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain robust, integrated financial models to analyze performance across customers, products, channels, and business units.
• Analyze financial results and KPIs, clearly articulating performance drivers, variances to plan, risks, and opportunities.
• Proactively evaluate business trends, identifying emerging risks and upside opportunities.

 

Strategic & Operational Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to ELT and Management Team (MT) partners, providing insight that drives improved decision making and performance.
• Lead financial analysis supporting key strategic initiatives across Commercial, Lab Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, and other corporate functions.
• Develop and report key performance indicators, dashboards, and scorecards for operations, procurement, and other functional leaders.
• Identify and lead cost reduction, margin improvement, and productivity initiatives in partnership with the business.

 

Analytics, Insight & Decision Support

• Deliver timely, accurate, and actionable analysis with clear recommendations for executive decision making.
• Translate complex data into compelling narratives and presentations for ELT and Board meetings.
• Continuously enhance reporting, analytics, and visualization to provide real-time, decision-ready insights.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance

• Partner closely with accounting to support the close process, ensuring alignment between actuals and budget.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align financial plans with operational and strategic objectives.
• Recommend and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, control, and insight.
• Establish the financial framework for capital & investment allocation, ensuring that all significant investments are measured against consistent financial criteria

 

People Manager

• Set and execute strategic direction for the department/function, driving cross-functional alignment and making decisions with significant operational and business impact across the organization. 
• Lead and develop the team, fostering a high-performance culture, building organizational capability, and ensuring talent pipelines support long-term business objectives.

 

Education, Experience, and Skills

• Advanced degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting (MBA or CPA required).
• 15+ years of progressive FP&A experience, with demonstrated success building and scaling FP&A functions in high-growing and transformational environment. 
• Experience in healthcare, or similarly complex data-intensive environments preferred.
• Proven experience implementing and managing FP&A systems