Job Overview

The Vice President of FP&A will play a critical role in shaping the financial strategy and decision-making at AvidXchange. This position leads financial planning, analysis, and reporting while partnering closely with senior leadership. The VP of FP&A connects operational and strategic initiatives to the financial forecast, supports business decision-making through actionable insights, and ensures alignment across functional areas. Leading a high-performing FP&A team, this role combines strategic vision with hands-on execution to drive company growth and enhance organizational performance.

What You’ll Do

Lead the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes to support business goals.
Prepare and present timely, decision-ready financial materials, forecasts, and performance narratives for the Executive Team and Board of Directors.
Lead financial modeling and business case analysis to support growth initiatives, operational improvements, and capital allocation decisions.
Collaborate with FP&A teams and business leaders to communicate financial trends, forecast performance, and recommend course corrections.
Partner with executive leaders to improve financial performance through revenue growth, profitability improvements, capital planning, and operational efficiency.
Lead the FP&A team through AI transformation, creating efficiency on the team while enhancing business insights.
Modernize FP&A processes, data infrastructure, planning tools, and business intelligence capabilities to improve accuracy, speed, scalability, and self-service insights.
Drive forecasting accuracy, data quality, and operational excellence across FP&A through clear standards, repeatable processes, and continuous improvement.
Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A organization, building a culture of accountability, business partnership, critical thinking, and high-quality execution.
Help AvidXchange prepare for and help lead through future sale of the business

What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred. Typically requires 12+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, executive reporting, and financial performance management.
Strong financial modeling skills, including experience building integrated three-statement models.
Experience in a private equity-backed company preferred. Experience in technology, SaaS, payments, or fintech is a plus.
Proven ability to serve as a strategic finance partner to executive and cross-functional leaders, connecting operational decisions to financial outcomes.
Advanced financial modeling skills. Experience with planning, ERP, and business intelligence tools is preferred.
Exceptional organizational judgment and ability to balance recurring planning cadences with multiple high-priority and ad hoc analyses under tight deadlines.
Exceptional executive presence and written, verbal, and presentation skills, including experience communicating financial forecasts and recommendations to senior executives and Boards.
Proven ability to influence decisions, challenge assumptions constructively, and build alignment across all organizational levels.
High professional integrity, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and effectiveness in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing FP&A teams that deliver accurate, timely, and decision-ready financial insights.

About AvidXchange

AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable (“AP”) automation software and payment solutions for middle-market businesses and their suppliers. By trade, we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone who works here, they’ll tell you our people are at the core of who we are. At AvidXchange, mindset is everything. We are Connected as People, Growth Minded, and Customer Obsessed. These three mindsets represent our culture – who we are, who we’ve always been, and they guide us to improve every

Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis