Company Description:Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP) is a management company that forms joint ventures with Veterinarians to co-own and run their veterinary practices. Once the joint venture is formed, VPP provides support and leadership for marketing, financial, operations, IT and human resources functions while veterinarians lead the clinical and client services functions. VPP currently has over 150 partner hospitals with over 3,000 employees and continuing to grow. VPP is a dynamic, profitable growth company with strong financial backing from a Boston based private equity firm.
Position Summary:Veterinary Practice Partners' ("VPP") Financial Planning & Analysis ("FP&A") team brings quantitative, analytical support to decision-making for our fast-growing business. Team members serve as partners to business leaders in linking strategic, operational, and financial planning to execution. As a key member of the FP&A team, the Manager of FP&A will contribute significantly to the performance and financial management of our business. The Manager of FP&A will partner with the Director and Vice President of FP&A to analyze financial performance, establish financial plans, develop periodic forecasts, aid in business decision support and strategy, partner cross-functionally to deliver value, provide recommendations for growth, and enhance FP&A tools, processes, and best practices.
Essential Responsibilities:- Build and maintain financial forecasts for P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and debt
- Work directly with operational and functional leaders and support them in developing their strategic plans, annual budgets, and forecasts
- Perform monthly variance analysis of actual results to budget and prior year to understand tracking against goals for growth
- Produce and make enhancements to monthly financial reporting packages and presentations for the VPP leadership team and Board of Directors
- Provide financial analyses that identify opportunities to improve revenue growth, efficiency, and margins
- Support the company's M&A strategy through planning, tracking, and reporting of synergies in partnership with the VPP's internal M&A team
- Perform longer-term financial modeling to inform capital allocation
- Build financial models for potential investments in new veterinary hospitals, including capital outlays and expected ROI
- Track and analyze actual performance of new veterinary hospitals against established projections, and provide insights to management
- Support the design and implementation of approval processes around growth investments in new hospitals and M&A
- Support the growth and build-out of the FP&A function by developing and reporting key financial and operational data and metrics in dashboards and forecasts
- Ensure financial integrity of data to support accurate reporting and forecasting
- Ad hoc analytical projects that drive value for the business
- Support M&A, debt and equity financings, and other strategic transactions
Qualifications:- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Management or Economics
- 5-7+ years of post-undergrad professional experience, preferably in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or related fields
- Expert 3-statement financial modeling, budgeting, reporting and Excel skills
- Experience with financial systems (Oracle) and Power BI software a plus
- Cross-functional collaborator and communicator
- Highly organized, accurate, detail-oriented, and takes pride in the quality of their work
- Acumen and curiosity to learn the business and understand growth drivers
- Prioritizes and maintains composure to meet deadlines
- High energy, humble team player, and "get-it-done" attitude
- Composure and confidence to interact with executives and other leadership team members
Notes:- Competitive salary and benefits, including medical and 401(k) plan with a company match
- Fully remote role with opportunities to travel to our animal hospitals and other VPP events
- Unlimited PTO
- A fun environment that values independent thought and an ownership approach to working
- Ability to make a significant impact on the growth of the company
