VP Finance, Data Strategy & Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a key member of the Finance leadership team, influencing Finance strategy, operational priorities, transformational initiatives, and executive decision-making.

• Develop and implement the Finance data strategy in alignment with enterprise business goals, technology strategies, regulatory obligations, and Finance transformation objectives.

• Create and sustain a multi-year Finance data roadmap that prioritizes strategic initiatives, investments, governance, modernization, and quantifiable business outcomes.

• Provide counsel to executive leadership regarding Finance data investments, prioritization, business value, risks, and technology trade-offs.

• Collaborate with leaders from Finance, Technology, Enterprise Data, Analytics, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Treasury, Architecture, and Operations to ensure alignment of enterprise data initiatives with Finance priorities.

• Represent Finance in forums focused on enterprise data governance and technology governance.

• Oversee the Finance data product portfolio, which encompasses financial reporting datasets, semantic models, business metrics, APIs, dashboards, analytical assets, and reusable data products.

• Spearhead the adoption of a product-based operating model for Finance data, addressing product lifecycle management, prioritization, stakeholder engagement, adoption measurement, and value realization.

• Provide Finance business ownership for enterprise data platforms, ERP integrations, planning systems, treasury systems, regulatory reporting platforms, and analytics environments.

• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Technology, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure, automated, and high-quality Finance data solutions.

• Establish and manage the Finance data governance framework, stewardship model, governance councils, policies, standards, and operational procedures.

• Define accountability for Finance data ownership, data quality, metadata management, issue resolution, lifecycle management, and stewardship across essential Finance domains.

• Standardize business definitions, master data, reference data, metadata, hierarchies, KPIs, business glossaries, and data lineage within Finance.

• Ensure Finance data practices comply with SOX regulations, audit readiness, regulatory reporting, privacy requirements, and enterprise control standards.

• Create transparent and auditable Finance data processes that support executive reporting, regulatory reporting, planning, forecasting, and operational decision-making.

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate high-performing teams responsible for Finance data strategy, governance, data products, and stewardship.

• Drive organizational change by fostering data literacy, governance adoption, stewardship accountability, and standardized Finance metrics.

• Establish and track KPIs that measure data quality, adoption, governance effectiveness, business value, stakeholder satisfaction, and operational performance.

• Communicate strategy, progress, risks, outcomes, and milestones of transformation to executive leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Management, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.

• Over 12 years of progressive leadership experience in Finance data management, Finance transformation, enterprise data strategy, analytics, finance systems, data governance, or data product management.

• Proven success in leading enterprise-scale Finance data transformation, governance, analytics, or platform modernization initiatives.

• Experience in developing and executing multi-year strategic roadmaps and organizational transformation programs.

• Experience collaborating with executive leadership across Finance, Technology, Enterprise Data, Risk, Compliance, and business functions.

• Extensive knowledge of:

• Financial reporting

• Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)

• Forecasting

• Regulatory reporting

• SOX compliance

• Internal controls

• Audit requirements

• Data governance

• Data quality management

• Master Data Management (MDM)

• Metadata management

• Business glossaries

• Data lineage

• Data stewardship

• Enterprise data management

• Data product management

• Change management

• Experience in establishing governance frameworks, stewardship programs, data ownership models, and enterprise data standards.

• Demonstrated ability to translate Finance priorities into scalable technology and data solutions.

• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing executive stakeholders without direct authority.

• Exceptional executive communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contributions, and a wide range of investment options.

• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year.

• A business-casual environment that allows for wearing jeans.

• Generous paid time off from the start – including a paid time off program, ten paid company holidays, and three floating holidays each calendar year.

• Paid volunteer time – 16 hours per calendar year.

• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).

• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs promote inclusion and collaboration across our business and within the communities where we live, work, and play. All employees are welcome to join BRGs.