Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optimum is a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, seeking a Vice President of Finance Strategy & Integration. This role serves as a senior strategic partner to the EVP, Finance, focusing on translating enterprise priorities into integrated plans and ensuring alignment across financial and operational goals.
Responsibilities
- Partner directly with the EVP, Finance to shape, prioritize, and advance key finance planning projects and enterprise strategic initiatives
- Translate strategic goals into integrated roadmaps, decision frameworks, milestones, and governance mechanisms that support high-quality execution
- Identify interdependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and sequencing considerations across finance, operations, real estate, facilities, and other corporate functions
- Develop executive-ready materials, recommendations, and insights that enable the EVP, Finance and senior leadership to make informed decisions quickly and confidently
- Lead portfolio governance across a range of initiatives, establishing clear ownership, timelines, decision points, and escalation paths
- Apply strong PMO discipline through integrated plans, reporting cadences, issue management, and executive dashboards that improve transparency and accountability
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams to ensure initiatives remain aligned, dependencies are actively managed, and outcomes stay tied to strategic intent
- Monitor progress against objectives, proactively address barriers, and provide the EVP, Finance with concise recommendations to keep priority work moving
- Support capital oversight projects by bringing structure, analysis, and governance to investment planning, prioritization, and tracking
- Partner with Finance, real estate, and facilities leaders to develop integrated plans for site strategy, space planning, facilities investments, and related operational requirements
- Ensure major real estate and facilities initiatives are evaluated through a strategic and financial lens, with clear business rationale, cost implications, and execution plans
- Create visibility into key milestones, investment decisions, and implementation risks across the capital, real estate, and facilities portfolio
- Build credibility and alignment with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, HR, IT, Legal, and Corporate Services to advance complex, cross-functional priorities
- Facilitate structured decision-making, ensure follow-through on commitments, and help leaders navigate tradeoffs, ambiguity, and changing priorities
- Develop clear communications, updates, and briefing materials that keep stakeholders informed and aligned on objectives, timing, and implications
- Help drive change adoption by ensuring initiatives are implemented with clarity, coordination, and an understanding of organizational impact
- Establish repeatable management rhythms, planning processes, and reporting structures that strengthen execution across the EVP, Finance portfolio
- Improve prioritization and operating discipline by creating practical frameworks for tracking decisions, actions, dependencies, and outcomes
- Use data, milestones, and performance indicators to assess initiative health and recommend adjustments where needed
- Drive continuous improvement in how strategic work is planned, governed, and executed across the organization
- Act as an integration point across functions, ensuring strategic initiatives sponsored by the EVP, Finance are coordinated effectively and executed cohesively
- Represent the EVP, Finance in planning forums, working sessions, and cross-functional reviews as delegated
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Operations, or a related field
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic planning, finance transformation, corporate strategy, business operations, PMO, or related enterprise roles
- Demonstrated success supporting senior executives and leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that require alignment across multiple stakeholders
- Strong financial and business acumen, including experience with planning processes, capital-related initiatives, or enterprise investment decisions
- Exceptional executive communication, influence, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bring clarity and direction in ambiguous environments
- Experience creating management systems, governance processes, and reporting mechanisms that improve execution at scale
- Master's degree or MBA
- Experience supporting a CFO, EVP, or other senior enterprise executive in a strategic planning, chief of staff, transformation, or integration capacity
- Background in capital planning, real estate strategy, facilities planning, or corporate services transformation
- Formal training or certification in program management, strategy execution, or change leadership
- Experience operating successfully in highly matrixed, fast-moving environments where influence and integration are critical
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