Senior Director of Finance - M&A

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

The Senior Director of FP&A provides executive leadership for the enterprise financial planning and analysis function. This role partners with C-suite executives to drive strategic decision-making through advanced financial analysis and insights, leads annual planning processes, and develops long-range financial models.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise FP&A function and strategy

• Partner with C-suite on strategic decisions

• Oversee annual planning and quarterly forecasts

• Drive business performance management

• Lead investor relations support

• Manage complex financial analysis

• Develop long-range planning models

• Support board of directors meetings

• Lead M&A financial analysis

• Build and develop FP&A team

• Implement planning systems and tools

• Drive data-driven decision making

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required, MBA strongly preferred

• 12+ years of progressive FP&A experience

• 6+ years of senior management experience

• Expert financial modeling and analysis skills

• Experience with investor relations

• Strong executive presence

• Strategic thinking and vision

• Experience with M&A analysis

• Proven leadership abilities

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with enterprise planning systems

• Track record of business partnering

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View email address on us.fitly.work for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

Salary Range:

160,500.00 USD to 236,233.33 USD #LI-JG1