Director Strategic Finance/FP&A POST NUMBER: 479165
Role: Director Strategic Finance/FP&A
Salary: $200,000 - $240,000 bonus
Location: New York City or Morris County, NJ (Hybrid)
About the role: A growing financial services organization is seeking a senior finance professional to help lead enterprise planning and strategic analysis efforts. This role will sit within the broader finance function and focus on consolidating financial outlooks, supporting long-term planning, and providing insights that guide business decisions. The position blends forward-looking financial modeling with hands-on partnership across leadership teams. The individual will play a key role in connecting business performance with financial strategy, helping the organization evaluate growth opportunities, manage resources, and improve overall planning capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise-wide financial planning efforts, including budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term outlooks, ensuring outputs are consistent and decision-useful
- Build, maintain, and refine financial models that support consolidated views, key assumptions, and scenario analysis as the business evolves
- Provide analytical support for growth initiatives, including expansion opportunities, investment decisions, and overall profitability planning
- Partner closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to translate business performance into clear financial insights and recommendations
- Evaluate strategic priorities through modeling and analysis, including areas such as capital allocation, resource planning, and performance optimization
- Support planning around workforce growth, transactions, and other key business drivers through structured financial frameworks
- Strengthen and standardize financial methodologies, improving consistency across teams and enhancing the scalability of planning processes
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve data quality, and reduce reliance on manual processes
- Collaborate across finance and business teams to improve alignment, communication, and overall effectiveness of planning outputs
- Operate comfortably at both a high-level strategic view and within detailed financial analysis when needed
- Contribute to a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with an ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to change
Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of experience across FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical roles
- Must be coming from Financial Services industry (Asset Management, Wealth Management, Investment, Private Equity, etc.)
- Strong financial modeling skills, with experience handling complex and dynamic models
- Experience with credit/lending facilities
- Proven ability to communicate insights clearly to senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
- Experience working in multi-entity or high-growth environments, including exposure to transaction-related activities
- Familiarity with financial services or related industries is helpful but not required
- Hands-on mindset with strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability
- Collaborative approach with the ability to build relationships across functions
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity while maintaining structure and organization
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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