The Vice President of FP&A serves as a core member of the finance leadership team and a strategic partner to the CFO, responsible for enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and decision support. This role partners closely with executive leadership to drive business performance, translate strategy into financial outcomes, and enable data-driven decision-making.
The VP, FP&A leads the development of long-range plans, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts, while providing actionable insights on financial and operational performance. This role acts as a key advisor to the CFO and executive team on growth strategy, capital allocation, and financial risks and opportunities.
Strategic Planning & Business Partnership
- Lead enterprise-wide financial planning processes, including long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting, and rolling forecasts
- Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic initiatives into financial plans and measurable outcomes
- Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis to support growth initiatives, investments, and operational decisions
- Serve as a key advisor on profitability, pricing strategy, and resource allocation
Performance Management & Reporting
- Develop and oversee management reporting packages, including KPIs, dashboards, and variance analysis
- Deliver insights on financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities
- Drive accountability across business units through performance reviews and financial transparency
- Enhance reporting capabilities through automation and data visualization tools
Forecasting & Financial Modeling
- Build and maintain robust forecasting models to project revenue, expenses, cash flow, and profitability
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making under uncertainty
- Continuously improve forecasting accuracy and planning processes
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with operations, sales, and other functional leaders to align financial plans with business drivers
- Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering analytical rigor and strategic thinking
- Collaborate with Accounting to ensure alignment between financial reporting and planning outputs
Capital Allocation & Financial Strategy
- Support capital planning, investment analysis, and ROI evaluation
- Provide recommendations on capital deployment, cost optimization, and margin improvement
- Evaluate M&A opportunities, including financial modeling, due diligence support, and integration planning
Process Improvement & Systems
- Lead the evolution of FP&A tools, systems, and processes (e.g., planning systems, BI tools)
- Drive standardization, scalability, and efficiency in financial planning processes
- Champion data integrity and governance across financial datasets
- Lead enterprise-wide financial planning processes, including long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting, and rolling forecasts
- Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic initiatives into financial plans and measurable outcomes
- Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis to support growth initiatives, investments, and operational decisions
- Serve as a key advisor on profitability, pricing strategy, and resource allocation
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- MBA or advanced degree preferred
- CPA, CFA, or CMA preferred
- 12–15+ years of progressive finance experience, with significant focus in FP&A
- 5–10+ years in leadership roles within financial planning or corporate finance
- Experience supporting executive-level decision-making in a mid-to-large organization
- Industry experience (e.g., distribution, healthcare, or relevant sector) preferred
- Advanced financial modeling and analytical capabilities
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial results to operational drivers
- Executive presence with excellent communication and storytelling skills
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with planning and analytics tools (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion, Power BI)
- High level of intellectual curiosity, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail
- Demonstrated leadership capability with experience building and developing teams
- Strong ethics and integrity
- Attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- MBA or advanced degree
- CPA, CFA, or CMA
- 12-15+ years of progressive finance experience with significant FP&A focus
- 5-10+ years in leadership roles within financial planning or corporate finance
- Experience supporting executive-level decision-making in a mid-to-large organization
- Industry experience (distribution, healthcare, or relevant sector)
- Advanced financial modeling and analytical capabilities
- Strong business acumen; connect financial results to operational drivers
- Executive presence with excellent communication and storytelling skills
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with planning and analytics tools (Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion, Power BI)
- Demonstrated leadership capability building and developing teams
- High ethics, integrity, attention to detail, and exceptional interpersonal skills
What We Do
NDC is a unique healthcare supply chain company. We offer a wide range of solutions for distributors and manufacturers, all in an effort to deliver efficiency to healthcare. We aim to serve our customers by helping to access new markets and products, grow sales, and reduce operating and transaction costs. NDC member distributors serve healthcare providers across acute care, primary care, long term care, home care, veterinary, dental and other related healthcare markets. NDC members service one or multiple markets supported by the resources of NDC.
