Role Overview
The Vice President, Finance Strategy & Execution, is a leadership role responsible for defining, shaping, and executing the future-state Finance operating model. Positioned outside of regular Finance production work, this role is focused on change, and how Finance evolves as a functional and strategic partner to support the wider Finance organization.
The VP will serve as a finance transformation change leader, agent, strategist, and architect, working closely with Finance, Technology, Operations, and enterprise strategy teams. The role integrates strategic vision with pragmatic execution, helping to ensure Finance evolves towards its strategic Target Operating Model (TOM) while maintaining strong control, integrity, and flexibility.
This position is foundational to building a modern and functional Finance Strategy & Execution organization—one that helps design the future of the Finance organization, positions Finance competitively throughout the firm and develops Finance leaders.
Core Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leader & Change Driver
Shape and engineer the future of Finance, defining the enterprise-wide operating model.
Drive the design of the strategic vision and realization of complex Finance transformation initiatives, with clear accountability for outcomes and value realization.
Translate enterprise and Finance strategy into clear, multi-year transformation agendas.
Act as a thought partner to Financial Controllers, Accounts Payable, and FP&A teams in a complex and continuously evolving environment.
Demonstrate ability to apply fit-for-purpose methods aligned to initiative complexity and risk.
Actively manage risks, issues, and remediation actions across a portfolio of initiatives.
Strengthen organizational capability to sustain long-term transformation and innovation.
2. Transformation Architect & Solution Mindset
Contributes to the overall transformation architecture, ensuring coherence and compliance across the operating model.
Define solution intent, design principles, and target-state outcomes while ensuring solutions remain executable.
Ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical solutions.
Lead cross functional working sessions focused on future-state design, decision-making, and adoption.
Drive integration and simplification across core Finance platforms (e.g., G/L, sub-ledgers, consolidation, planning, reconciliation) to reduce complexity and manual intervention.
Ensure solutions are designed for scale, adaptability, and long-term sustainability.
Serve as a trusted advisor for Finance leadership and partner for Technology, articulating the strategic rationale, design choices, and trade-offs underlying transformation decisions.
3. AI & Automation Enablement
Integrate the AI-enabled Finance vision, embedding advanced analytics and intelligent capabilities into the operating model.
Identify and scale high-impact use cases for AI, including predictive forecasting, anomaly detection, and intelligent reconciliation.
Shape the data architecture required to enable enterprise-grade analytics and decision intelligence.
Shift Finance from a reactive mindset to forward-looking, insight-driven, and performance focused organization.
Reimagine Finance processes through an automation-first lens, eliminating manual effort and redesigning workflows.
Embed AI fluency and digital capability into Finance ways of working and talent models.
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies to sustain competitive advantage.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience across Financial Accounting, Finance Transformation / Strategy, or similar advisory roles within complex financial institutions.
Deep knowledge across Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, FP&A.
Proven experience designing and leading large-scale Finance transformations, not simply managing delivery.
Demonstrated ability to operate credibly at both high-level strategic and detailed architecture levels.
Exceptional analytical, communication, and influencing capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional certification.
Experience with major Finance platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, OneStream).
Practical experience leveraging automation, solutioning and AI within Finance or adjacent functions.
Experience operating within Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
Key Competencies
Strategic and architectural leadership that defines direction and guides execution.
Analytical and insight-led thinking and leadership.
Change leadership and influence at all levels of organization.
Ability to interact with Technology fluently.
Clear, confident communication to various stakeholders and levels of organization.
Success Measures
Progression towards adoption of future-state Finance operating model.
Adoption, value realization, and business impact of Finance Transformation initiatives.
Sustained reduction in manual effort through automation and AI-enabled capabilities and utilization.
Strong stakeholder feedback and engagement.
Strength of the Finance transformation leadership pipeline.
The expected base salary ranges from $115,000 - $180,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, including Medical, Dental and 401K plans, successful candidates are also eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years experience across Financial Accounting, Finance Transformation/Strategy, or similar advisory roles within complex financial institutions.
- Deep knowledge of Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, and FP&A.
- Proven experience designing and leading large-scale Finance transformations (not just managing delivery).
- Ability to operate credibly at both high-level strategic and detailed architecture levels.
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and influencing capabilities.
- CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional certification.
- Experience with major Finance platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, OneStream).
- Practical experience leveraging automation, solutioning, and AI within Finance or adjacent functions.
- Experience operating within Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
Mizuho Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mizuho and has not been reviewed or approved by Mizuho.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are characterized as strong, with plans described as excellent in multiple contexts. U.S. entities provide standard plan options and supporting programs that reinforce overall coverage quality.
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Retirement Support — A U.S. 401(k) program with employer contributions is available, indicating solid retirement support across entities. While formulas may vary by unit and year, the presence of an employer-funded component is a consistent feature.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as meaningful, accompanied by programs that support childcare and eldercare. Flexible workstyles and family-focused resources broaden the depth of family support.
Mizuho Insights
What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion. At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone. Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world. We’re all global citizens, and that’s why our company feels compelled to make an impact through more than just drawing up deals. We prove that it’s possible to do well and do good. We do right by our clients, our community and each other.
