Senior Manager/Deputy Head, FP&A

The Role

GovExec is seeking a senior-level FP&A professional to serve as a strategic deputy to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. In this role, you will act as the FP&A Director's right-hand, helping to drive forecasting rigor, elevate executive-level storytelling, and ensure operational excellence across budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

You will own key forecasting processes, lead cross-functional financial discussions, and step in as the FP&A lead when the Director is unavailable. The role requires strong judgement, deep financial acumen, and the ability to operate independently while collaborating with senior leaders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the FP&A lead for several business units, independently owning forecasts, budgets, and long-range planning
• Act as a thought partner to senior management and help them evaluate strategic business decisions by proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and emerging trends
• Step in as deputy to the Director of FP&A for leadership meetings, forecast reviews, and executive presentations
• Develop and refine ARR/MRR models that reflect short and long-term business plans
• Own monthly close support and variance analysis, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency in reporting
• Translate complex financial data into clear, concise narratives for senior management and prepare materials for senior leadership and board discussions
• Anticipate leadership questions and proactively address them in materials and presentations
• Drive automation and efficiency improvements in forecasting and budgeting using Adaptive, Tableau, Excel and other systems
• Identify gaps in data quality or workflows and implement solutions
• Help set standards for accuracy, clarity, and professionalism across the FP&A team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 5-8+ years of corporate experience in an FP&A department or similar finance role
• Strong experience supporting subscription-based or recurring revenue businesses
• Experience with Workday Adaptive, NetSuite, Tableau, or similar tools preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong financial modeling capability
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and lead without formal authority
• Strong executive communication, judgement, and interpersonal skills

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Leadership trusts this person as a primary financial partner, not just a support resource
• Forecast cycles run smoothly with minimal surprises, rework, and escalations
• Financial narratives are clear, accurate, and aligned across stakeholders
• The FP&A Director can confidently delegate ownership of major workstreams

About GovExec

GovExec's data and insights set the standard for depth, accuracy, and impact for government leaders and contractors. As the market-leading information and intent-based marketing platform, for over fifty years GovExec has empowered the government ecosystem to engage and support government leaders as they work to achieve their missions across federal, defense, and state and local agencies. Our strategic sales enablement and intent-based marketing solutions accelerate revenue growth to fuel market success. The platform is powered by the largest and most sophisticated database in the public sector, GovExec's platform reaches 3.3 million government influencers each month and provides its marketing clients with a significant competitive advantage in driving higher conversion and growth.

Working at GovExec

At GovExec, we believe that a new era of work -- particularly when, where, and how it gets done -- has arrived. We are building a hybrid workplace that allows for greater freedom and flexibility while also fostering a collaborative culture, no matter where you are working. GovExec offers permanent remote work in 20+ states across the US, as well as the option to work out of one of our offices based in Washington DC, New York or Connecticut. GovExec also offers a range of great benefits including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Open time off policy
• Twelve weeks paid parental leave
• Supportive, collaborative teams
• Unique opportunity to help government officials from a private sector company
• Expansive learning and development opportunities

Commitment to Shared Values

GovExec recruits talent for four salient attributes or qualities:

• Soul of Entrepreneurship
• Culture of Inclusion
• Force of Ideas
• Spirit of Generosity

The compensation range for this role is $130,000 to $140,000 per year.

Government Executive Media Group, Inc. and its affiliates ("GovExec") are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.