Vice President Divisional FP&A

Reach Your Peak at Vail Resorts. You’re someone who pushes boundaries and challenges the status quo. You’re brave, ambitious and passionate in everything you do. And we want you on our team. Pursue your fullest potential and never settle in the quest to deliver extraordinary guest service. Join one of the world’s most innovative companies and re-imagine a mountain resort experience with us. Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

The Vail Resorts Finance Team is committed to Building Leaders and Driving Value. We are creating a new fully centralized Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team in our corporate headquarters near Boulder, Colorado, to support a growing company of 37 resorts across Australia, Canada and the United States, 55,000+ employees, and a market capitalization of over $9 billion. We are transforming our FP&A organization to bring best-in-class insight generation, data-driven decision-making support and financial management to Vail Resorts – the ski industry’s global leader.

Our team will be driven by top-tier talent, state-of-the-art systems and tools, and strategic process management to identify and deliver against the Company’s biggest value opportunities. We are creating a sustainable high-performing team that will develop talent and prioritize career growth through accelerated opportunities and progression. This is an opportunity to join the FP&A team at a critical inflection point and shape how we do business into the future.

The Vice President of Divisional FP&A will develop a comprehensive, strategic view of our financial results and performance across each of our divisions to drive strategic decision-making, growth objectives, strategic planning and capital prioritization in partnership with the CFO and C-Level executives overseeing each of the company’s divisions and corporate functions.

This leader will report directly to the CFO and will be a member of the Finance senior leadership team. The Vice President will lead a team of over 100 finance professionals with six senior level direct reports overseeing FP&A for each of our three Mountain regions, Lodging and Real Estate, Retail and Rental, and SG&A. The Vice President will use financial acumen, strategic synthesis and data driven insights to advise senior executives. The role is intended for candidates who have the potential to be a successor to the CFO.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver enterprise-level financial insight and commentary based on comprehensive view of Vail Resorts’ results.
• Lead the financial planning process that focuses on value creation and aligning resources with strategic priorities.
• Conduct executive-level synthesis and communication of results to drive decision-making with divisional and operational leaders.
• Provide thought leadership and guidance to drive strategic business initiatives.
• Create a high performing team and culture focused on value creation, delivering results, stakeholder influence and leadership development for career progression.
• Support the creation of an effective FP&A team culture including partnership with peers.
• Play a critical role on the CFO’s leadership team, bringing an enterprise-level perspective to support the strategic, talent and process improvement efforts in the Finance organization.
• Lead FPA& functions:
  • Conduct operational analyses that drive performance and decision-making.
  • Develop annual operating budget.
  • Perform monthly financial analysis and forecasting for enterprise-level leaders.
  • Deliver executive-level presentations for Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
  • Actively contribute to capital prioritization, ROI analysis, approvals and decision making.
  • Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans.
  • Lead long-term strategic planning.
• Leadership qualities
  • Trusted partner: possesses the technical expertise, communication skills and good judgement to provide Company executives and the FP&A leadership team with an objective and independent point of view on broader business issues. Has a proven track record of working well as a member of a team of senior executives, an ability to influence major decisions through reasoned analysis, and good judgment about people and business issues.
  • Leadership and management: demonstrated track record of leading, motivating, developing and assessing a team of high performing finance professionals. Leads by example, possesses a strong work ethic, is collaborative and embraces a passion and results driven leadership model. Has high self-awareness, is decisive and maintains authentic humility. Possesses energy, drive and an ability to execute. Is flexible, agile and resilient, and has the ability to adapt quickly in a rapid-paced executive level environment. Embraces personal leadership development, with an openness to stretch and pursue leadership range and flexibility.
  • Passion for Vail Resorts’ business strategy and product.
• Approach & Behavior—cultural characteristics:
  • Strong learning agility. Enjoys and excels in environments where s/he must tackle and solve new and increasingly complex strategic business challenges and issues—incorporating the newest ideas, technologies, and approaches to business.
  • A brave, ambitious, and passionate leader who is comfortable in his/her own skin while also demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence and self-awareness.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Outstanding academic credentials; Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, graduate finance degree and/or CFA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years’ experience in financial planning and analysis, with demonstrated success in financial modeling, analysis and budgeting.
• Experience leading all financial planning and analysis functions including annual operational budgeting, capital budgeting, long-term strategic planning and resource allocation processes.
• Strong understanding of both corporate and operational finance with an orientation to value creation and core business drivers.
• Outstanding analytical skills with ability to synthesize information, develop insights and communicate effectively in presentations and in-person meetings.
• Deep curiosity and passion for understanding and analyzing financial results in the context of creating shareholder value.
• Excellent communication skills with significant experience working with Senior Executives.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with strong initiative and ability to multi-task.
• Superb attention to detail balanced by ability to focus on the “big picture.”
• Effectively manage and build capabilities and culture for high performing professional team.
• Preferred skills:
  • Unflappable executive presence and ability to remain “calm under fire.”
  • High intellect and ambition.
  • Unquestioned ethics and integrity.
  • Excellent listener and open to feedback.
  • Secure in own skin and in leadership approach.
  • Outstanding organizational and analytical skills.
  • Focus on people development.
  • Collaborative team player.

We offer a variety of career opportunities at our world-class resorts and corporate headquarters near Boulder, Colorado in fields like Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Public Affairs & Sustainability, Marketing, Sales & Communications and more. Our corporate team shares both a passion for the outdoors and a drive to re-imagine the mountain resort experience around the world. Learn more at http://www.vailresortscareers.com
Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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Requisition ID 181975