VP, Financial Planning & Analysis

Position Overview:

Thrive is seeking a VP of FP&A to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analytics in a high growth, acquisition driven environment. This leader will partner closely with the CFO and executive team to build a scalable FP&A function, deliver rigorous financial insights, and strengthen operational discipline across the business. The ideal candidate brings a builder mindset, deep operational finance expertise, and the ability to operate with speed, accuracy, and executive presence.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Finance & Executive Partnership

Be a key partner to the CFO and functional leaders in achieving financial results.

• Provide insights that drive EBITDA growth, margin improvement, and cash optimization.

• Deliver financial analysis that informs pricing, service mix, utilization, labor efficiency, and customer profitability

• Hold business leaders accountable for delivering on expected results, both financial and strategic.

• Drive improvements in predictability of forecasts.

• Help management and the board understand financial implications and trade-offs of key strategic decisions (e.g. headcount and capital investments, pricing, M&A, etc.).

• Supporting CFO/org is identifying and tracking big rock initiatives (leading KPI goal setting and reporting out on those goals monthly / quarterly)

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Own the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning.

• Build and maintain driver-based financial models aligned to MSP economics (headcount, utilization, billable rates, contract terms, churn).

• Lead monthly and quarterly forecast cycles, including variance analysis and performance storytelling.

• Partner with business leaders to ensure operational plans align with financial targets.

• Lead decisions on capital planning and expenditures with data to support returns on investment.

FP&A Foundation & Infrastructure Build-Out

• Lead the development of a roadmap for Thrive's financial planning and visualization systems to drive improvements from the current reporting and forecasting environment, as well as ensure processes are in place to support scale globally.

• Guide system and tools decisions based on knowledge of MRP economics and business model.

• Co-lead efforts to arrive at a single source of business reporting truth across the organization.

• Build out processes and systems to provide maximum scalability and clear visibility into financial performance, automating wherever possible.

• Champion an analytical, data-driven approach to decision making across the organization - encourage a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and excellence.

M&A and Integration Support

• Partner with the M&A and Integrations teams as needed to support financial diligence, modeling, and valuation for acquisitions.

• Provide FP&A perspective on synergy tracking, operational integration, and financial performance of acquired entities.

• Ensure post acquisition reporting and KPIs are standardized and integrated into broader planning processes.

Team Development

• Roll up his/her sleeves to provide oversight and direct input in all functional areas and key decisions within FP&A. Strong bias toward action in all tasks; be as comfortable in the small details as in the big picture.

• Build and maintain a team of A players. Take decisive actions on non-A players; remove C players quickly and appropriately. Coach/mentor B players or move them into roles where they can be A players.

• Model, drive, and accelerate a cultural shift toward accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance throughout the finance organization.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive finance and FP&A leadership experience.

• Proven experience building scalable FP&A processes and infrastructure.

• A record of serving as a business partner in helping to influence key business decisions and track performance against key objectives.

• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills.

• Background in PE backed companies, managed services, or recurring revenue models highly desirable.

• Experience supporting M&A, integrations, and PE reporting.

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.

• Demonstrated agility, resilience, and ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, change heavy environment.

• Strong alignment with Thrive’s core values: People, Customers, Attitude, Ownership.

Base Salary Range: $225,000 to $240,000

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws.

Thrive is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation practices for all employees and strive to provide competitive salaries that reflect the value and skills each team member brings to our organization. Salaries are determined according to the job's scope, market data, location, and the candidate’s qualifications, including experience and relevant education.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.