Vice President, FP&A

About Catalant:

As the pioneer of Consulting 2.0, Catalant gives the world's leading companies on-demand access to a community of highly vetted independent consultants and former operators. Together, we deliver strategic solutions that solve our clients' most important challenges through flexible and fit-to-purpose consulting engagements. Growing rapidly over the last 10 years, our client base now includes more than 30% of the Fortune 500, top private equity firms, and a range of other organizations seeking independent, external perspectives and professional expertise to help their businesses grow and succeed.

We've reimagined consulting for today's world: it's digitally enabled and powered by the insights and capabilities of over 100,000 seasoned professionals drawn from leading consultancies and global businesses Our consultants offer clients a competitive edge: actionable insights and hands-on support from leaders who have successfully solved similar problems before. Our business is lean, agile, and optimized to deliver best-in-class value in a way that disrupts how executives think about consulting.

Backed by world-class venture investors, we're building the team that will take Catalant and the future of consulting to the next level.

Role Overview

Catalant is entering its next phase of growth-deepening enterprise partnerships, expanding its product platforms, and launching new productized services. We are seeking a strategic, analytical, and operationally minded VP of FP&A to help drive financial discipline, operational rigor and efficiency, and scalable decision-making across the company.

Reporting to the CFO, partnering closely with the CEO and leaders across Product, Sales, Operations, Talent, and Client Success, this role will lead the company's financial planning and analysis function while also collaborating with financial operations that improve performance, efficiency, and execution. This role will partner closely with the Chief of Staff to ensure financial priorities are tightly aligned with company-wide strategic initiatives and operating rhythms.

This role will help shape how Catalant financially operates and scales. The VP of FP&A will enable timely reporting and scenario planning, stronger financial accountability for decision-making, and greater organizational effectiveness during a critical phase of scale.

This is a highly visible role that sits at the center of strategy, finance, and financial operations. The ideal candidate combines strong financial and analytical capabilities with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to solving business problems in a lean, fast-moving environment. The use and embedding of AI tools will also be an important part of the operations and deliverables of the FP&A function as it is initially designed and as it evolves.

What you'll do

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning efforts across the organization.
• Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into financial plans, operating targets, and measurable KPIs.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support growth initiatives, investment decisions, and resource allocation.
• Provide proactive insights into business performance, identifying risks, opportunities, and operational trends.
• Analyze key drivers of working capital, revenue growth, margin performance, consultant utilization, and operating leverage.
• Provide reporting and analysis for Board meetings and presentations, and ad hoc financial projects

Financial Operations & Financial Performance Management

• Oversee financial operations including monthly forecast cadence, financial reporting, cash flow forecast management, and operational finance process improvements.
• Drive financial control frameworks in partnership with Accounting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across financial processes and reporting.
• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to align financial operations with strategic priorities and company-wide performance management processes.
• Partner with department leaders to define and report financial and operational metrics, establish company-wide performance targets, and monitor progress against financial goals.
• Evolve, build and iterate scalable company-wide dashboards and reporting frameworks that provide visibility into company financial performance and strategic initiatives.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement financial operations best practices across the organization.
• Support cross-functional initiatives that improve financial efficiency, scalability, and customer outcomes.

Strategic Decision Support

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CFO and business leaders on strategic and operational decisions.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, pricing strategies, and investment priorities through data-driven financial analysis.
• Collaborate closely with the Chief of Staff to ensure financial plans and priorities are aligned with the…