Senior Vice President, Financial Business Partner

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Finance and Accounting

Location:

New York, NY, United States;
Philadelphia, PA, United States;
Boston, MA, United States;
Washington, DC, United States;
Atlanta, GA, United States;
Miami, FL, United States;
Chicago, IL, United States;
Dallas, TX, United States;
Houston, TX, United States;
Orlando, FL, United States Posted:
The OpportunityWSP is seeking a highly strategic and commercially focused senior finance leader to serve as a trusted advisor to executive and operational leadership. This role provides financial leadership across a significant business portfolio and is accountable for translating business strategy into actionable financial and operational plans.

The role balances strategic finance partnership with operational diligence, financial discipline, and effective governance. The successful candidate will help drive profitable growth, operational excellence, effective capital and resource allocation, forecasting accuracy, cash performance, and long-term enterprise value creation.

Working closely with business leadership, Corporate Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Development, and other functional teams, the senior finance leader will provide insight, constructive challenge, and financial leadership in support of sound business decisions.

The position requires executive presence, commercial acumen, strong technical finance expertise, and the ability to influence decisions across a complex, matrixed organization. The role will also provide leadership and oversight to the finance team supporting the assigned portfolio.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Finance and Business Partnership Serve as the senior finance advisor to business and operational leaders.

Partner with leadership teams to develop and execute growth, profitability, and performance strategies.

Translate strategic priorities into actionable financial and operational plans.

Provide financial insight and constructive challenge on investments, organizational changes, acquisitions, pricing, and growth initiatives.

Build strong partnerships across Finance, Operations, HR, Legal, and Corporate Development.

Promote financial literacy and sound business decision-making across leadership teams.

Financial Planning, Analysis, and Strategic Planning Lead long-range planning, annual operating plans, forecasting, scenario planning, and financial modeling.

Ensure alignment between strategic priorities, business objectives, and financial plans.

Monitor key financial and operational metrics including revenue growth, margin, utilization, backlog conversion, working capital, and cash flow.

Deliver actionable analysis of performance, risks, opportunities, and market trends.

Lead performance reviews and support executive decision-making through data-driven insights.

Drive accountability for achieving financial and operational commitments.

Establish and monitor key financial and operational performance indicators, including revenue growth, operating income, margin, utilization, backlog conversion, working capital, and cash flow.

Identify emerging risks and opportunities and work with business leaders to develop appropriate mitigation or acceleration strategies.

Ensure that complex financial matters are communicated clearly and translated into practical business actions.

Business and Operational Performance Partner with business leaders to maximize growth opportunities while managing risk.

Support pricing strategies, margin optimization, commercial decision-making, and significant bids or business opportunities.

Drive effective management of costs, resources, working capital, and cash performance.

Identify emerging issues early and lead resolution efforts.

Transformation and Continuous Improvement Lead initiatives that improve financial performance, operational effectiveness, resource allocation, and decision support capabilities.

Drive the adoption of finance best practices, standardized processes, automation, and digital finance solutions.

Support enterprise and finance transformation initiatives, including organizational redesign, process improvement, and systems modernization.

Partner with local, regional, and global finance teams to implement consistent, scalable finance systems and processes.

Provide finance leadership for the enhancement of enterprise resource planning and enterprise transformation initiatives.

Foster a culture of delivery excellence, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Integration Provide strategic…