Vice President, Budget & Financial Analysis

Vice President, Budget & Financial Analysis

Chief Financial Officer

The Vice President, Budget & Financial Analysis is the Garden’s senior leader for enterprise financial strategy and analysis, institutional decision-making support, operating and capital budgeting, grants and contracts, and financial systems. Reporting to the CFO, the VP serves as a strategic financial leader and advisor to executive leadership, business units across the Garden, and the Board of Trustees. The

VP helps shape organizational priorities and resource allocation decisions by providing rigorous financial analysis, evaluating strategic alternatives, and identifying risks and opportunities.

The VP owns the annual and multi-year financial planning for the Garden’s $100 million operating budget. NYBG has multiple complex revenue and expense streams, including endowment income ($460 million endowment), earned income (retail, parking, admissions, membership, food services) and government funding (Federal, State and City). The VP leads the development and continuous refinement of the multi-year financial model; prepares business plans, scenario analyses, and profit-and-loss statements for existing operations and new operating and capital initiatives;

identifies emerging risks and opportunities; and establishes disciplined processes for reporting and monitoring performance against budget.

This highly collaborative leadership role has three direct reports: AVP for Grants and Contracts, Budget Director, and Director of Financial Systems & Reporting. Together, these teams oversee the operating and capital budgets, government reimbursements, grants and contracts, financial systems (NYBG’s ERP system is Unit4), management reporting, and related compliance. The VP provides leadership and professional development to their direct reports as well as additional team members through these direct reports.

Strategic Financial Leadership & Decision-Making

• Partner with the CFO, COO, and President, as well as other leaders across the Garden to evaluate budget priorities, develop strategic financial plans, allocate resources, and make informed decisions that advance the Garden’s mission and long‑term financial sustainability.
• Serve as a proactive thought-partner who frames key questions, identifies areas where deeper analysis can improve decisions, and develops actionable recommendations.
• Lead analyses and recommendations that inform and influence strategic, operational, capital, and investment decisions across the Garden.
• Develop and present executive- and Board-level materials that synthesize complex information, clarify key drivers and tradeoffs, and facilitate timely decisions.
• In partnership with executive leadership, develop, monitor and adjust institutional financial models to support NYBG’s strategic initiatives.

Financial Planning & Analysis;
Multi-Year Forecast

• Own and continuously enhance the Garden’s integrated multi-year financial model, incorporating components such as earned income, capital plans, restricted funding, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop base-case, upside, and downside scenarios; evaluate sensitivities; identify structural gaps; and recommend actions that balance growth and financial sustainability.
• Partner with the CFO and Controller to ensure forecasts and planning analyses reconcile appropriately to actual year-end results.
• Lead the development of business plans and P&Ls for major areas of the Garden and proposed new initiatives.
• Partner with unit leaders to define meaningful financial and operational performance measures and interpret results in the context of strategic goals.
• Build decision tools and repeatable templates that…