Vice President Finance

Boston, MA, United States

The Vice President of Finance

(FP&A) will report to the EVP & Chief Financial Officer, serve as a key leader in the finance organization, and oversee all global aspects of the company's financial planning functions. This position will be focused on the continuous improvement of financial tools, business modeling and financial planning processes that will effectively scale with the company's rapid growth. The VP of Finance will be responsible for delivering value-added business analysis as well as defining and reporting meaningful financial and operational metrics that lead to insightful, accurate global business decision-making. In addition, the VP of Finance will play a significant role in our Investor Relations activities.

Job Responsibilities

Oversee the financial planning and analysis organization and partner with the leadership team, both regional and corporate, to provide value-added insight into the business.

Oversight of the financial planning tools and technology, including driving the enhancement roadmap in partnership with our financial systems team.

Prepare a reporting package that includes full financial statements, comprehensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, operational Dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, actual versus budget variances and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.

Drive an efficient, effective and comprehensive process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to the strategic objectives.

Develop and monitor the company’s annual budget and monthly forecasts, which shall include establishing budget tools, setting timelines and acting as project manager for the company, ensuring all budgets are accurate, comprehensive and completed on time.

Provide financial modeling, financial analysis and valuation support for acquisitions, new product development, long-term contracts, customer profitability and other ad-hoc financial projects.

Providing advice to the CFO and other senior management about the financial performance of the company, including recommendations for action.

Preparing executive presentations, including financial reporting, comprehensive business analyses and recommendations to senior management and the Board of Directors.

Assuring the development and maintenance of an effective internal control structure within respective areas of responsibility, including internal controls over the financial statement close process.

Engage in Investor Activities including development of investor decks/presentations and Earnings Release scripts.

Leading, motivating, developing and retaining a high-quality team.

Skills/Qualifications

15 years of progressive corporate finance management roles in high growth, multinational companies.

Experience in financial planning for a global enterprise, financial & economic modeling and analysis, and capital planning/treasury exposure.

Exposure to reporting on and forecasting multiple revenue models, such as SaaS, Professional Services and Revenue share agreements.

Extensive financial planning experience, as well as a solid track record in related areas such as financial reporting, project financial analysis, strategic planning, customer profitability and corporate development within a global entity.

Experience leading, motivating and mentoring/growing teams.

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related major is required. An MBA or Master's degree is a benefit.

Must be tenacious, with the emotional intelligence to know when to push harder and when to look for alternative approaches.

Excellent relationship building and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Confident and self-aware with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. Capable of quickly establishing credibility.

Intelligent, with excellent analytical and strategic skills. Good business judgment and problem solving skills.

Unquestionable integrity and personal ethics.

Extremely well organized and objective oriented.

About Brightcove

Brightcove is the industry leader in the video space. Since 2004, Brightcove (NYSE: BCOV) has been supporting some of the largest media companies, enterprises, events, and non-profit organizations by revolutionizing the way they deliver video. Our customers are the reason for everything we do. For them, having Brightcove as a partner is a choice. For us, it’s a privilege – one we take very seriously. We help some of the world’s most trusted brands use video to move their business forward, whether that’s in broadcasting, publishing, marketing, or enterprise communications. Whenever they need us, however they need us, we are there for them. Without fail.

We look for people to join the Brightcove team who believe in video as much as we do and who want to help shape its future. That’s who you’ll find in every one of our offices around the world – people who share a passion for killer technology and who love working together to deliver the best video experiences possible.

Working at Brightcove

As the undisputed global leader in powering premium video for our customers, Brightcove recruits and retains highly qualified and motivated individuals, creating an environment where people can innovate and achieve their best, and we reward them for their performance by giving them the opportunity to share in the company’s success. We offer competitive compensation, stock options, 401k matching, and tuition reimbursement, as well as generous PTO - and we expect you to use it!

We are currently all working remotely due to Covid-19 and plan to return to an in-office experience once it is safe to do so. When we return, this role will be located in our Boston office which is located downtown, in Fort Point harbor. This Brightcove office has an open working space layout with beautiful water views. Employees enjoy access to fully-stocked kitchens and social activities including: happy hours, trivia and movie nights, ping pong tournaments, and philanthropy events. While you won’t get to experience the in-office culture immediately, you will feel it remotely and be able to participate actively. We have plenty of opportunities to meet your colleagues around the globe and we also celebrate a variety of personal interests with organized groups and clubs including an Employee Action Committee, Women of Brightcove, Pride of Brightcove, Parents of Brightcove … and more to come!

If you've gotten all the way to the bottom of this description, thank you for your interest in Brightcove! If this role sounds like something that is exciting to you please don't hesitate to apply, even if you don't meet all of our qualifications. We recognize that no candidate is perfect and Brightcove would love to have the chance to get to know you.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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