Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.
The Senior Vice President, Finance, Water Solutions & Services (WSS) serves as the primary finance leader and strategic business partner for Xylem’s WSS segment. This role is responsible for financial strategy, performance management, capital allocation, and value creation across a global, outcome-based services portfolio with significant recurring revenue, complex contracts, and strong growth ambitions.
The SVP Finance will partner closely with the President, WSS, segment leadership, and enterprise finance to outgrow the market, expand margins, strengthen cash generation, and enable disciplined investment aligned to WSS’s strategic pillars.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Financial Leadership
• Act as the lead finance business partner to WSS senior leadership, shaping strategy, investment decisions, and long-term financial plans that support sustainable, profitable growth.
• Drive portfolio-level financial insights across outcome-based services, rentals, capital projects, and recurring revenue models.
• Provide leadership on long-range planning, annual operating plans, forecasting, and scenario modeling, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives.
Performance Management & Value Creation
• Lead financial rigor around pricing discipline, value-based pricing models, and service productivity, particularly in digitally enabled and outcome-based contracts.
• Ensure timely, accurate actuals, forecasting, and variance analysis, with clear executive-level narratives connected to operational drivers.
Capital Allocation, M&A, and Transformation
• Provide financial leadership on capital allocation, evaluating investments across growth initiatives, rental fleets, service networks, and digital capabilities.
• Play a key role in M&A evaluation, financial due diligence, integration, and value capture, aligned to WSS growth priorities and portfolio strategy.
• Sponsor and drive finance transformation initiatives, including process simplification, FP&A modernization, and enhanced analytics capabilities.
Governance, Controls & Compliance
• Ensure strong financial governance, internal controls, and compliance, including adherence to SOX and enterprise financial policies.
• Maintain robust financial reporting systems that provide leadership with clear, decision-ready insights across geographies and business models.
People Leadership & Talent Development
• Lead, attract, and develop a high-performing global finance organization, building strong succession pipelines and future-ready finance capability.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion, aligned with Xylem leadership behaviors.
Experience
· Proven senior finance executive experience in complex, global, multi-dimensional businesses, ideally with exposure to services, rentals, industrial, or outcome-based revenue models.
· Demonstrated success driving profitable growth, margin expansion, cash flow, and working capital improvement.
· Strong background in strategic finance, FP&A, capital allocation, and M&A.
· Experience operating effectively in a matrixed, global environment.
Leadership & Competencies
· Strategic, enterprise-minded finance leader with strong business acumen and the ability to translate complexity into actionable insight.
· Results-oriented, with a high bias for action and a commitment to accountability.
· Strong communicator capable of influencing at the executive and board level.
· Demonstrated ability to build diverse, high-performing teams and develop next-generation leaders.
Education
· Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required
Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.
At Xylem, you'll not only contribute to solving water issues but also have the chance to make a difference through our paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark. We prioritize our employees' well-being through inclusion and belonging as well as our Employee Resource Groups (ERG). Proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (including disability and veterans) and Affirmative Action workplace, Xylem fosters an inclusive environment free from discrimination or harassment.
Please note that the information in this job description outlines the general nature of the position and is not an exhaustive list of duties. Xylem is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to enable all employees to perform their essential job functions. We reserve the right to modify this job description and assign additional duties as needed. Embrace the opportunity to be part of Xylem's transformative journey in shaping the future of water technology! #XylemCareers #GlobalImpact #WaterInnovation
Skills Required
- Proven senior finance executive experience in complex, global businesses
- Strong background in strategic finance, FP&A, capital allocation, and M&A
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
What We Do
Xylem |ˈzīləm| 1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots; 2) a leading global water technology company. Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas. If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you!
