SVP, Segment Controller

Why this role matters:

Vonage, now a subsidiary and business division within Ericsson AB, is looking for a seasoned professional with corporate finance and accounting experience to take on the responsibilities of a Senior Vice President, Segment Controller within the Vonage Finance Planning and Accounting organization.

The role will report to the Vonage Chief Financial Officer, you will provide executives with the financial information and analysis required to make effective business decisions. Specifically, the reports and recommendations you create will help our leadership team understand business trends, review past company performance, anticipate future challenges, and forecast the company’s future financial results. You will take ownership of key elements that are critical to continued financial success including budgeting and forecasting processes, monthly reporting packages to key stakeholders, and financial modeling.

This role is perfect for you if you’re a critical thinker who is passionate about intelligently analyzing large volumes of data to gain insight and understand the story it tells. You’ll also be a naturally curious person, asking the right questions and understanding the bigger picture to contextualize financial data in consideration of the organization’s strategic growth plan. A high growth, fast-paced environment energizes you and you’ll be skilled in adapting to shifting priorities and changing needs. Ideally, you will have previous experience with financial consolidation, service-based organizations, and mergers & acquisitions with regard to diligence, modeling, and integration.

What you will do:

• Own all reporting requirements, inclusive of comprehensive monthly stakeholder reports, financial leadership reporting, and ad-hoc requests.
• Drive a rigorous budget and rolling forecast process for the organization, obtaining appropriate inputs from product & engineering, sales, marketing and operations teams to consistently provide the most accurate and detailed financial outlook.
• Utilize data from variances analysis, reports, and forecasts to proactively advise management in improving performance, minimizing risk, or capturing new opportunities from both an internal company and external environment perspective.
• Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including senior executives and functional leadership; Work with key leaders across departments to provide improved visibility and insights on business drivers and results.
• Develop systematic reporting through available tools to streamline the current reporting process.
• Engage in special projects as required, inclusive of M&A activities, development and evaluation of optional paths – including return on investment, and improving processes and systems utilized to create and analyze data.

What is required:

Some of the qualifications and skills we are expecting include the following:

• 8+ years of experience in finance / FP&A, preferably in a high-growth, service-based organization.
• Experience providing comprehensive monthly reporting, business modeling, and ad-hoc analysis.
• Experience in mergers & acquisitions diligence, modeling, and integration
• Tech-forward, systematic approach to financial management
• MBA a plus.
• Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to both roll up your sleeves as well as be a thoughtful, trusted strategic contributor.
• Superior attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining a view of the big picture.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with all levels of management and executive leadership – distilling complex concepts as well as effectively relaying data in a simple and compelling way.