Vice President FP&A, Functional and Business Performance

Logistics at full potential. 

At GXO, we’re constantly looking for talented individuals at all levels who can deliver the caliber of service our company requires. You know that a positive work environment creates happy employees, which boosts productivity and dedication. On our team, you’ll have the support to excel at work and the resources to build a career you can be proud of.

The Vice President of Global FP&A leads strategic financial planning and analysis across the enterprise, driving global processes for forecasting, budgeting, and reporting—particularly around Free Cash Flow and Capital Expenditure. This role partners with global functional leaders and the CIO to provide financial oversight, strategic guidance, and cost control, while driving continuous improvement of the FP&A system (EPBCS) and supporting enterprise-wide initiatives such as ERP transformation. As a key contributor to quarterly earnings preparation and executive messaging, the VP ensures financial integrity and alignment with shareholder expectations, while directly supporting the CFO with high-impact reporting, analysis, and strategic decision-making. Position is based onsite at our GXO facility in Greenwich, CT with a hybrid work schedule (4 days a week onsite and 1 day a week remote).

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability, and the opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan.

Key Responsibilities:  

Direct support to CFO

• Organize teams across businesses to address CFO’s requests, either routines (Monthly Financial Reviews) or ad’hoc, bringing the sense of urgency and importance required by the CFO
• Design, set-up and maintain productivity and cost reporting for the CFO to help him influence the financial performance in the existing operations 

FCF & Capex

• Develop and run a global FCF budgeting & forecasting process & continue to make improvements
• Manage CFOs expectations of FCF quarterly & FY during budgeting & forecast cycles
• Partner with SVP of Treasury to navigate quarterly FCF through various key corporate levers
• Provide guidance to regions on targets ensuring we are meeting expectations of our shareholders Develop and run the first global consolidation of Capex
• Lead the development of analysis for CAPEX
• Provide Global Capex view for earnings & monthly reviews

FP&A Lead for Strategic Finance Projects

• EPBCS
  • Driving continuous improvement, develop and roll-out key foundational elements & scope of the system
  • Influence controllership business partners to ensure HFM always meets the needs of the “One Source of the Truth”
  • Lead key stakeholder meetings Globally to source new strategies.

• ERP Project
  • Participating in Executive Steerco
  • Providing guidance on project management

Global IT

• Provide finance support to the CIO
  • Strategic guidance
  • Financial analysis
  • Oversight on the accuracy of information communicated across leadership

• Oversee Global IT financials
  • Budgeting, forecasting, & monthly analysis including P&L as well as CAPEX
  • Support IT leadership on the prioritization of global projects & cost

Corporate cost control & C-Suite Support

• Drive budgeting & forecasting process across global departments, including Finance, IT, Comms & Marketing, Human Resources, Operations and Senior Management.
• Identify and lead opportunities to improve the business, including designing solutions to address existing challenges; establishing governance and reporting to serve needs of all stakeholders; and anticipating knock-on effects and future problems before they arise.
• Effectively translate technical/financial and strategic objectives to educate stakeholders and contributors from other parts of the organization to drive alignment (e.g. “Finance for Non-Finance”) for budget & forecast.
• Influence leadership on managing cost while ensuring they are able to meet the strategic goals of GXO
• Support Global leaders on overall strategic message, recommendations, & analysis to prepare for presentations to the CEO & CFO.

Quarterly Earnings process

• Key contributor in driving the coordination cross functionally on Earnings Materials including the Release & Presentation
• Support CEO chief of staff in developing the storyline for the quarter
• Develop model to provide clear understanding of results and forecasts as well as recommending guidance
• Provide all materials for the CFO for Q&A to ensure messaging externally is clear & consistent
• Lead process on sign off with Controllership
• Influence CFO, CEO, & CIRO on properly answering questions as well as ensuring financial integrity of the script

Education & Experience:

• BA or BS Finance, Administration, Accounting or any other mathematical / business-related career
• Post-graduate studies in business preferred
• 10 years' experience in a financial role

• Strong strategic finance business partner experience
• Experience holding enterprise-wide strategic FP&A roles in global organisations, within matrix environments 
• Experience in using financial management tools to drive financial planning, budget
• Experience leading and managing ‘leaders’, or exhibited sufficient informal leadership of executives
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Experience leading regional/global projects

Skills Required: 

• Strong business and financial acumen
• Strategic thinking and high analytical skills
• Can build solid and trusted relationships across the XLT: exudes executive presence, and impact
• Can effectively communicate at all organizational levels, both verbal and written. Pyramid communication style
• Leadership skills: can lead formally and informally across different stakeholders’ group; is an inclusive leader who operates as a true team player
• Is results driven and action oriented
• Influencing skills across different organizational levels
• Has a can-do attitude and proactive approach
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Highly resilient, can navigate conflict effectively by having a “win-win” approach and emphatic listening skills
• Exudes gravitas and presence and builds credibility
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally 15%

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

GXO adheres to CDC, OSHA and state and local requirements regarding COVID safety. All employees and visitors are expected to comply with GXO policies which are in place to safeguard our employees and customers.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.

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