Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis; Germany

Remote | Germany

STRIVE is a specialist recruitment firm offering proactive recruitment solutions across Accounting & Finance, Corporate Administration, Manufacturing Operations, and Technology. We partner with organizations ranging from high-growth scale-ups to Fortune 500 companies, supporting permanent, contract, and temporary recruitment across North America and Europe.

STRIVE has partnered with a high-growth, global technology organization to appoint a Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will be responsible for redefining how Finance supports the business - evolving FP&A from a reporting and forecasting function into a strategic partner that helps shape executive decision-making across the organization.

We're looking for a commercially minded finance leader who is naturally curious, thrives on solving complex business problems, and enjoys challenging conventional thinking. You will work alongside the executive leadership team to provide forward-looking insights, influence strategic priorities, and build a modern FP&A function that enables faster, better business decisions.

A key part of this mandate will be leading the evolution of the FP&A function by embedding AI, automation, advanced analytics, and modern planning methodologies to improve forecasting, accelerate decision-making, and enable Finance to spend less time producing reports and more time influencing the future of the business.

This is far more than a traditional FP&A leadership role. This is an opportunity to build something---not simply inherit it.

• Partner directly with the CFO and Executive Leadership Team to influence enterprise strategy and key business decisions.
• Deliver forward-looking commercial insights that drive growth, profitability, capital allocation, and investment decisions.
• Challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, and become a trusted thought partner to executive leadership.
• Support strategic initiatives including M&A, investment analysis, and enterprise-wide transformation.

• Lead the transformation of FP&A into a modern, technology-enabled finance function.
• Champion AI, automation, Business Intelligence, and advanced analytics to enhance planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support.
• Drive the evolution toward rolling forecasts, scenario modelling, and dynamic planning capabilities.
• Introduce innovative ways of working that improve forecasting accuracy, planning agility, and executive insight.

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Corporate Functions.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into actionable business insights.
• Influence strategic decision-making through commercial analysis and scenario planning.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a geographically dispersed FP&A team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Build a scalable, high-performing FP&A function capable of supporting a rapidly growing global business.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in FP&A and strategic finance.
• Experience operating as a VP or Head of FP&A within a large, complex, multinational organization.
• Industry experience within Technology, SaaS, Digital, Retail Technology, FMCG, or Media
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• Demonstrated success leading significant FP&A transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience leveraging AI, automation, Business Intelligence, and modern planning tools to improve financial decision-making.
• Experience implementing rolling forecasts, driver-based planning, or integrated business planning methodologies.
• Strong executive business partnering experience with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge thinking constructively.
• Proven track record leading high-performing finance teams across multiple locations.
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives including capital allocation, commercial decision-making, and M&A.

The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional strategic intelligence, with the ability to solve complex business problems, influence executive decision-making, challenge conventional thinking, and translate financial data into meaningful commercial insights.

• MBA, CPA, CFA and/or CBV designation preferred.
• Advanced expertise in financial…