VP, Financial Planning & Analysis

Merge Storytelling and Technology

We bring together the minds and passions of creative pioneers, tech innovators, and data explorers to help ambitious clients solve business challenges and rise to the top. MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Subway, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The North Face, Meta, Adobe, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Astellas, Supernus, CSL, GE Healthcare, Broward Health, Indiana University Health, Nationwide, and Morgan Stanley. With offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Montreal, New York City and Los Angeles. MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers. 

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At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where talented and ambitious people grow. An experience that encourages people to think higher and feel deeper. An experience where people engage their minds and hearts to do the best work of their careers.

As our VP, Financial Planning & Analysis, you will…

Take responsibility for a wide variety of core FP&A functions, both analytical and strategic in nature.  You will be a strategic partner for the CFO, business leaders, and ownership as they evaluate resource needs, plan the monthly business activity, and drive process improvements in the business.  You will be at the center of preparing many of our critical financial analyses and executive and board-level presentations. You will also help provide insights and create business partnerships with MERGE functional leaders to improve efficiency and drive growth. 

MERGE is in an accelerating phase of transformation with an increasing need for dynamic and actionable information and insights.  Experience working in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment is an asset.  All employees are expected to be active members of the growing team and be flexible in assisting the company as it grows organically and through M&A. The following duties provide a framework for the position as defined today with growth opportunities for tomorrow.

Be Accountable and Responsible

• Executive Decision Support: Support the executive decision-making process by leading in-depth financial and strategic analyses, interpreting results, and articulating actionable recommendations.
• Thought leadership: Recommend and implement KPI’s, metrics, and analysis to help leaders drive profitable growth and achieve business objectives.
• Business Partner: Communicate and provide action-oriented insights to help the client service and project management teams increase efficiency and inform resource capacity. Partner with department leadership to ensure business decisions are made with all relevant information.
• Drive accuracy and timeliness of forecasting, consolidation, and reporting of financial results: Analyze and report financial results at month-end, including financial statement preparation, revenue and cost variance analysis, and vertical and offering performance. Lead preparation of monthly reporting files for leadership, private equity ownership, and lenders.
• Budget, Forecast, and Reporting: Key role in leading the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes. Partner with business leaders to make key assumptions on revenue and expenses. Assist CFO in materials creation for leadership and board.
• Systems assessment, and ownership: Oversee Power BI instance and make recommendations on financial and workflow management systems roadmap.  Key role in all aspects of administration for the company-wide ERP and BI systems and intimate involvement in ongoing systems assessment.   
• Client finance & resource management support. Work closely with the client finance and project management function to support key clients in areas such areas as new and renewal contracts, pricing, and profitability.  
• Mergers and Acquisition Support:  MERGE is in growth mode and acquisitions are a likely part of this role.  You will partner with leadership and ownership to help assess potential acquisition targets along with developing the post-close integration plan.

These are the qualifications we’re looking for

• 10+ years of related FP&A experience
• Relevant experience in marketin