We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
The Vice President, Finance Optimization will lead the transformation of Finance across CVS Health — common systems, an Enterprise process for forecasting and planning, and data that is structured, governed, and readily available. This leader will own the design and drive its adoption in every Business Unit. The outcome is a Finance organization that makes faster, better-informed decisions and can see risk and opportunity earlier.
Major Responsibilities
Finance Optimization Roadmap
Owns the Finance business capability roadmap and co-owns the integrated delivery plan with DDAT (Digital/Data/Analytics/Technology), jointly accountable for scope, sequence, and outcomes. Charged with maintaining a single business optimization roadmap for all of Finance with clear timelines, thoughtful change management planning, business case development and tracking against a defined and measurable ROI. Also accountable for delivering against budget and forecasted spend for Finance Optimization roadmap work (both operating expense and capital expense).
Supports DDAT in the delivery of the core Finance platforms — SAP for ERP and Ledger, Anaplan for planning — through implementation, adoption, and retirement of legacy systems.
Develop robust communication and change management plans to support colleague adoption of new technologies and ways of working, ensuring a simple and consistent vision.
Data Governance & Process
Own the financial data domain — how financial data is structured, who owns it, who has access to it, the quality of the data, the chart of accounts and master data stewardship.
Define a standard process to support Enterprise forecasting and planning, providing guidance to BU Finance teams on what data to share and when to share it, and ensuring there are robust underlying assumptions.
Ensure the right information reaches the right stakeholders to support sound, timely decision-making across the Enterprise.
Stakeholder Management
Serve as the senior face of Finance Optimization with the Executive Leadership Team, Business Unit CFOs, and the broader Finance organization.
Partner closely with Controllership, Treasury, and FP&A leadership to ensure Enterprise standards hold up through close, reporting, and planning.
Act as Finance's counterpart to Enterprise Technology, operating as a shared owner of delivery rather than an internal customer — including where BU operational technology plans may affect Finance processes and systems.
Leadership of Finance Optimization team
Build, lead, and develop a high performing transformation team with clear roles, expectations, and accountability.
Evolve team capabilities and structure as the work advances – including Change Management and Communications.
Set the standard for simplicity in how the team works and communicates with stakeholders.
Capability & Experience Profile
Clarity and simplicity: Makes complex things simple. Builds communication plans that ensure the message is understood and cascaded to everyone who needs it, and designs systems and processes around the people using them.
Rigorous execution: Turns decisions into action, works through roadblocks, and delivers to the standard, timeline, and agreed-upon outcome.
Decides and moves: Gathers the right input, weighs competing priorities, and makes the call. Explains the reasoning and moves forward when people push back — including on unpopular decisions, and without damaging relationships.
Involves others effectively: Knows when and how to bring stakeholders in so issues are fully understood and people are heard, even when the decision goes against them.
Enterprise influence: Credible and influential at every level, with the presence to face off against Senior Leadership and hold a position under pressure.
Managing through resistance: Identifies what is a genuine risk and manages through it, and can tell the difference between that and pushback against change.
Ability to influence and manage through change: Proven ability to navigate through a complex organization to champion, influence and deliver change and effectively communicate the impacts of that change.
Tech proficiency: Possesses a strong understanding of Finance systems and technologies, and can speak credibly with Technology partners.
Location
Open to Remote but travel based on needs of the business
Required Qualifications
20+ years of progressive Finance leadership experience, including significant accountability for large-scale transformational bodies of work.
Deep working knowledge of planning, forecasting, close, and reporting processes and the data architecture that underpins them.
Proven ability to influence and align senior executives and Business Unit CFOs without direct authority.
Experience supporting CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board-level decision making.
Preferred Qualifications
Healthcare or other multi-segment regulated industry experience
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (required)
MBA and/or CPA (preferred)
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$300,000.00 - $400,000.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
Skills Required
- 20+ years of progressive Finance leadership experience, including significant accountability for large-scale transformational work
- Deep working knowledge of planning, forecasting, close, and reporting processes and their underlying data architecture
- Proven ability to influence and align senior executives and Business Unit CFOs without direct authority
- Experience supporting CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board-level decision-making
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
- Healthcare or other multi-segment regulated industry experience
- MBA and/or CPA
CVS Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CVS Health and has not been reviewed or approved by CVS Health.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA-eligible options, free preventive care, virtual care, and access to MinuteClinic services. Mental-health resources such as counseling support are emphasized, and coverage is often considered solid for full-time colleagues.
-
Retirement Support — A dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 5% after one year and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan are consistently highlighted in Total Rewards materials. Feedback suggests retirement programs are a meaningful strength within the overall package.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing offerings include up to 20 no-cost counseling sessions per issue, backup care, tuition assistance, and substantial in-store discounts, alongside broader wellness tools. These everyday perks expand value beyond base pay and can be especially meaningful for full-time schedules.
CVS Health Insights
What We Do
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
.png)
