Vice President, Finance

Role Overview

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, President, CTO, and HR leadership, aligning financial strategy with business priorities and scaling global operations effectively
• Lead enterprise-wide financial planning, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, ensuring alignment with Sitero’s growth objectives
• Drive financial rigor and visibility across project delivery, talent acquisition, and resource allocation to support margin optimization and delivery efficiency
• Partner with HR and Talent Acquisition to establish governance and financial discipline around global workforce planning, requisition approvals, and headcount investment strategies
• Provide clear, executive-level financial reporting and insights to business leaders, enabling informed decision-making across all functions
• Strengthen financial modeling and analytics capabilities, leveraging large datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across global operations
• Play a leadership role in bid defense meetings, RFP processes, and commercial strategy by ensuring financial competitiveness and profitability
• Support mergers and acquisitions activities, including financial diligence, integration planning, and synergy realization
• Lead financial strategy and evaluation for inorganic growth initiatives, including target identification, valuation modeling, deal structuring, and alignment with Sitero’s long-term strategic priorities (services, eClinical platform, and AI capabilities)
• Partner with executive leadership to define and execute M&A strategy, including building acquisition theses, assessing build vs. buy decisions, and prioritizing targets that enhance Sitero’s competitive positioning and technology differentiation
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to evaluate acquisition scenarios, including ROI, accretion/dilution, synergy potential, and integration costs across global operations
• Drive end-to-end financial diligence for acquisitions, including quality of earnings analysis, revenue sustainability, cost structure assessment, and identification of operational and financial risks
• Establish governance and performance tracking frameworks for acquired entities, ensuring alignment with Sitero’s margin targets, growth objectives, and operational efficiency benchmarks
• Oversee global financial operations, ensuring appropriate controls, compliance (including GDPR considerations), and audit readiness
• Lead Audit Committee engagement, including preparation, planning, and execution of all financial reporting requirements
• Evaluate and implement systems, tools, and automation to enhance financial operations, reporting accuracy, and scalability (including payroll and benefits infrastructure where applicable)
• Drive continuous improvement of financial processes and systems to support a high-growth, global organization

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; CPA and/or MBA strongly preferred
• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including senior-level responsibility in a global organization
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing finance teams in complex, multi-entity environments (US, EMEA, India preferred)
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning & analysis, forecasting, and strategic finance within a high-growth setting
• Experience supporting mergers & acquisitions, including due diligence and post-acquisition integration
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights
• Experience in life sciences, clinical research, or related industries preferred
• Ability to operate as both a strategic leader and hands-on operator in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Healthcare and retirement benefits