VP, Finance Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the VP, finance position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for guidance in relation to IPSAS accounting and makes appropriate recommendations to Finance and/or Management for changes in accounting policy;.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Build accounting, reporting systems and financial analysis capabilities and skills
• Experience within manufacturing / higher level assembly environment
• Experience at the intermediate level with Microsoft applications and computer systems
• Coordinate with other financial disciplines/functions in support of business transactions, , regulatory issues, analysis of legal entities
• Transactional experience in shipping and/or offshore finance including experience in domestic cabotage trade and international shipping and offshore markets
• Sourcing new transactions
• Financial transaction modeling including sensitivity/scenario analysis, industry and competitive analysis and identifying key transactional risks
• Negotiating, structuring and re-structuring shipping/offshore loan agreements, equity offerings, amendments and/or waivers

In response to your job posting for VP, finance, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for guidance to the finance department for annual subscriber and revenue budgets and monitor this in conjunction with the Finance and Accounting Department.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience with state and federal grants (pre-award and post-award) and sponsored projects is preferred
• Skill as a negotiator, excellent team-building skills and experience reviewing and realigning systems, policies, and business processes and procedures
• Experience in explaining complex financial information in lay terms and effectively articulating the University’s financial vision, strengths, goals, and requirements to a wide range of audiences
• Strong understanding of financial statement analysis, financial modeling and DCF analysis
• Experience within a listed, multi-location, international and acquisitive organization preferred
• Exceptionally strong technical skills in finance, accounting, and analysis, planning and forecasting skills
• Professional integrity with a continuous history of delivering 'clean financials'
• Experience supporting investor and board presentations

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the VP, finance position.

Previously, I was responsible for overall direction to the Accounting, Finance, and IT functions, ensuring all activities are of the highest quality and completed on time.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Tax and payroll compliance experience
• Knowledge of Master Tax
• Excellent leadership skills in a growth business environment
• Team player that can collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product and Customer Success teams
• CPA with Big 4 background
• Experience implementing Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting solutions using IBM Cognos TM1
• Proven past experience in implementing and managing concurrent planning and allocation models in a global environment
• Working knowledge of Cognos BI and SPSS is preferred

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the VP, finance position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for leadership to the Finance team responsible for all cost accounting, distribution and logistics, and operational support activities.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Proven experience in building, mentoring, motivating and leading high-performance teams that attract and retain top talent
• Proven success as a financial leader in an entrepreneurial environment within a startup/consumer business ecommerce company
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail and is a team player
• A great communicator who is self-aware, collaborative and open to feedback
• In-depth knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles and best practices
• Understanding of banking and related drivers, capital management, pricing, modeling
• Experience leading complex change initiatives with > 10 VP or higher stakeholders
• BBA (or equivalent work/life experience)

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the VP, finance position.

Previously, I was responsible for necessary diligence and management of day-to-day forecasting and budgeting for Corporate functions, including monthly close, reforecasting, management reporting, variance analyses, tracking of internal capital labor in compliance with accounting guidance, reporting and forecasting of spend;.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• CCAR experience, including documentation focus
• CCAR experience will be a critical requirement
• Own the creation and enhancement of the documentation submitted to the Fed to ensure consistency and compliance with all requirements
• Assess current documentation standards and effectiveness in order to help prioritize documentation workstreams ahead of CCAR submissions
• Lead the discussions/assessment of model methodology and documentation, including engagement with senior stakeholders
• Senior finance role, proving commercial, analytic and strategic partnering to the Head of Group Technology Infrastructure Services and Functions Technology
• Supporting Head of Central and Engagement (GTIS & CTO) FBP with analytics in partnering CIO
• Driving change agenda, covering Transaction Cycles, Service Company set up