We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
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Job Summary
The Vice President, FP&A, Consumer Services position is the senior finance leader for Optimum's Residential business, partnering closely with the President of Consumer Services and the broader executive team to drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making. This role provides financial and strategic leadership across all aspects of the Consumer Services portfolio, including marketing strategy, customer growth, pricing, and long-range planning - ensuring that financial insights and analytics shape the company's strategy and execution.
The VP will lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of business partnership, accountability, analytical rigor and continuous improvement, while serving as a key advisor to senior leadership on performance optimization, investment priorities, and enterprise value creation.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic financial leadership for Optimum's consumer services division, driving budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and performance management in alignment with strategic goals
- Partner with senior business leaders to translate operating strategies into financial outcomes, ensuring financial targets, KPIs, and growth initiatives are clearly defined, monitored and achieved
- Lead the development and execution of annual operating plans, long-range planning, and capital allocation strategies - including go-to-market, pricing, product mix, customer acquisition economics and channel-level economics
- Establish financial transparency and discipline across Consumer Services by implementing consistent performance measurement, reporting cadence, and accountability for results
- Partner with corporate teams, including Investor Relations and executive leadership to shape external financial storytelling for quarterly earnings, investor communications and strategic updates
- Develop, mentor and elevate a best-in-class FP&A organization - building future finance leaders and promotion collaboration across the broader enterprise finance team
- Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, sales, product and operations to ensure that financial strategies align with customer experience, market competitiveness, and long-term value creation
Qualifications
- BS/BA degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA preferred
- 15+ years of operationally focused financial management experience, including experience in a Finance leadership role
- 5+ years experience managing a team with an ability to implement process and structure
- B2C strategy and planning experience in the consumer space required.
- Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, and extensive experience with financial planning, go to market strategy, forecasting, modeling, and data analysis
- Experience in telecommunications, media, and/or technology strongly preferred
- Proven ability to collaborate with and build effective business partnerships at senior levels of the organization
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills including the ability to establish key operational metrics, summarize and interpret results, and develop strategic, actionable recommendations for leadership decision making
At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company's discretion based on business necessity.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $225,000 - $300,000 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Please note that at this time, we do not provide visa sponsorship for employment.
Nearest Major Market: Brooklyn
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City
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