VP Finance

Job description

**About Avalere Health** United by one profound purpose: to reach **EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE**. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind. Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere. Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources. Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs. We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves. We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application. **About the Role** The VP, Finance is the senior finance leader for the Advisory capability, responsible for driving financial performance, commercial effectiveness, operational discipline and governance. As a key member of the capability leadership team, the role partners closely with client-facing, operational and capability leaders to support profitable growth, optimise performance and ensure strong financial stewardship. **What You'll Do** ### Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership - Serve as the primary finance advisor to the Capability President and leadership team, providing insight and challenge on strategic, commercial and operational decisions. - Lead financial planning and strategy to support growth, profitability and investment priorities. - Act as the key liaison with Group Finance, ensuring alignment on budgets, forecasts, reporting requirements and business initiatives. ### Commercial Performance & Client Finance - Own revenue, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning for the capability. - Drive improvements in project profitability and margin. - Oversee financial governance across the client lifecycle, including contract review, revenue recognition, forecasting and billing. - Identify financial risks and opportunities, delivering clear recommendations and action plans to improve performance. - Ensure robust cost control and spend justification. ### Financial Control & Governance - Support an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting, including month-end and year-end close activities. - Maintain strong financial controls. - Support local audit, tax and statutory compliance activities and serve as the senior finance escalation point for the capability. - Promote a culture of accountability, governance and sound financial management. ### Cash Flow & Working Capital - Input to group cash forecasting. - Partner with client-facing teams to improve working capital through improvement in the order to cash process. ### Leadership & Team Development - Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team, creating clear accountability and development opportunities. - Foster collaboration across finance, operations and client-facing teams. - Drive continuous improvement, automation and adoption of best practices across finance processes. ### Success Measures - Achievement of revenue, EBITDA, and working capital targets. - Improved forecast accuracy, project profitability and overall financial performance. - Strong governance, compliance and audit outcomes. - High levels of stakeholder confidence and finance team engagement. **About You** - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline; CPA, CMA or equivalent qualification preferred. - 8+ years of progressive finance experience, including senior leadership responsibility. - Experience within Advisory, advertising, communications, consulting or professional services environments. - Strong expertise in commercial finance, project accounting, revenue recognition and business partnering. - Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams. **Preferred** - Experience within a project-based, professional services or advisory business. - Familiarity with financial transformation, process improvement and finance technology initiatives. - PE backed company experience.