Overview
Director of Finance Jobs in New York, NY at Vaco by Highspring
Title: Director of Finance
Company: Vaco by Highspring
Location: New York, NY
Director of Finance (FP&A & Strategy)
Location: Hybrid (4 days/week in-office)
Compensation: $165,000 – $200,000,000 Base + Annual Discretionary Bonus
Join a high-growth professional services leader as the Director of Finance. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will serve as the primary financial architect and strategic thought partner to the executive team. This is a high-visibility seat designed for a finance leader who excels at building analytical infrastructure and translating complex data into clear, actionable strategic narratives.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to lead a team that directly influences the trajectory of a scaling organization, this is your next move.
Strategic Planning & FP&A Leadership
- The Blueprint: Own the end-to-end annual budgeting and long-range planning processes, partnering cross-functionally to align financial targets with enterprise growth goals.
- Forecasting Excellence: Manage a disciplined forecasting cadence, identifying risks and opportunities while leading the FP&A team toward best-in-class delivery.
- Dynamic Modeling: Build and maintain sophisticated multi-year financial models to support capital allocation, pricing strategies, and strategic alternatives.
Business Intelligence & Narrative
- Executive Visibility: Design and deliver monthly/quarterly reporting packages and KPI dashboards that provide the executive team with a "single source of truth."
- Operational Insights: Deep-dive into revenue trends, gross margins, and workforce utilization metrics to identify performance drivers specific to the professional services/staffing industry.
- Business Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to non-finance department heads, embedding financial rigor into daily decision-making through data-driven storytelling.
Systems & Team Growth
- Scalable Infrastructure: Continuously enhance FP&A tools and systems (BI tools, Power Query, etc.) to improve the speed and accuracy of financial insights.
- Leadership: Mentor and develop a high-performance finance team, fostering a culture of accountability and technical excellence.
The Ideal Profile
- Experience: 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3-5 years in a senior FP&A leadership role. Experience in Staffing, Professional Services, or Workforce Solutions is a significant advantage.
- Analytical Mastery: Advanced Excel modeling skills are required. Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, or FP&A platforms (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan) is a major plus.
- Education: Bachelor's degree required; an MBA, CFA, or CPA is highly preferred.
- Communication: You must possess the "executive presence" to present complex financial concepts to a boardroom-level audience with clarity and confidence.
Equal Opportunity Notice
Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR and UK GDPR may access our policies here.
Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
· the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
· licensure and certification requirements;
· office location and other geographic considerations; and
· other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).
