Vice President, FP&A

Company Description

Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!
Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.
What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! 

Who we are: 

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in education, using modern technology.
Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 3,800+ global clients across education, healthcare, travel & B2B, covering more than 240 countries and territories and supporting over 140 currencies. And, we’re just getting started!

With over 1,200+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a dynamic senior FPA leader to join our team to be part of Flywire’s incredible growth story. This is a highly visible and impactful leadership role, reporting directly to the CFO, with exposure to the entire executive team and the board of directors. It is an opportunity to lead a critical and growing function, that will shape and influence business strategy, build strong financial rigor to execute on our commitments and build towards long term success. This role will lead both the central Corporate FPA team and the Business Unit finance teams, having unique end-to-end influence, impact and visibility across the enterprise.

What we are looking for:

• Proven leadership with strong business and financial acumen, excellent analytical and strategic planning skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information in a clear answer concise way
• Proven ability to influence at the C level and partnering and collaborating across senior leaders across multiple functional areas
• Experience in building FPA teams, processes, systems and planning from the ground up
• Passion for people development and building a strong succession pipeline for the future
• Demonstrated ability to inspire a team with a strategic vision
• Ability to be an effective coach and have challenging employee conversations when necessary
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Ability to manage and understand business and operational metrics and KPIs, and establish linkage to financial and strategic outcomes
• Background in predictive modeling of complex metrics and financials, balancing the science and art of forecasting, and driving actionable results through foresight and insights from forecasting data
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence successfully within a highly matrixed organization
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders
• Collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

Responsibilities

• End to end financial planning, budgeting, and analysis efforts.
• The role includes leadership of Corporate FP&A, and also Business Unit FPA functions.
• This highly visible role will have significant exposure with CEO, COO, CFO, executive team and Board of Directors
• Oversee the creation of long range plan, annual budgets and regular financial forecasts, ensuring they accurately reflect the company's strategic goals
• Analyze financial data and performance, identifying trends and making recommendations to improve financial performance
• Prepare regular and ad hoc financial reports for senior management, providing clear insights into the company's financial status and performance
• Work closely with other senior leaders to ensure financial strategies align with company goals, and communicate financial information effectively to stakeholders
• Partner with Investor Relations for quarterly earnings call and key investor conferences
• Drive improvement in Budget and forecasting processes, in partnership with Regions and Functions
• Coordinate closely with Controllership and other finance functions to manage the monthly close and conduct monthly & quarterly results analysis of business performance
• Lead ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments
• Expand and oversee a high performing team, fostering a positive and productive work environment
• Drives sound decision-making through effective forecasting, reporting, and analysis of results and business drivers
• Expert at structuring, managing, and communicating complex analysis, working across functions and with multiple stakeholders
• Drives an efficient and effective process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to the strategic objectives

Qualifications

We're looking for: 

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or related field is required; MBA and CPA strongly desired
• 10 years of finance experience with management experience inclusive of finance leadership roles and finance expertise
• Proven track record delivering exceptional results through a high performing team and driving results beyond the finance function
• Outstanding leadership, communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills. Proven as an experienced,confident and mature manager and business partner
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and execute across complex functional requirements and global business structure
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong systems and data analytic capabilities including NetSuite, Adaptive and Looker

Additional Information

Submit today and get started!

We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect 4-5 rounds of interviews with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a homework assignment (don’t worry - this is the fun part!) your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 14 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $210,000 - $300,000 plus [other potential items: bonus, commission, restricted stock units] and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training. Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.