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VP of Finance (Vice President of Finance) jobs: 739 open roles, pay, industries and skills

739 open Vice President of Finance jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as VP Finance, Vice President, Finance, SVP Finance, Senior Vice President of Finance, EVP Finance. Listings that state pay show a median of $200,000 a year.

The market for Vice President of Finance work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Vice President of Finance jobs
739

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$200,000

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State with the most openings
New York (150)

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Industry hiring the most
Financial Services & Banking (42%)

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Listings that are remote
34%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
16%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a VP of Finance does

Vice president role in Finance.

A vice president of finance runs finance, accounting and planning, and the reporting leaders rely on for a company or a large business unit.

Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • VP of Finance
  • VP Finance
  • Vice President of Finance
  • Vice President, Finance
  • SVP Finance
  • Senior Vice President of Finance
  • EVP Finance
  • Executive Vice President of Finance
  • VP of Financial Planning
  • VP of Accounting
  • Finance VP

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Vice President of Finance jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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VP of Finance salary

From 167 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$171,000
Median
$200,000
Upper quarter
$250,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for VP of Finance jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where VP of Finance jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills VP of Finance jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 341 Vice President of Finance listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in VP of Finance listings

  1. 1. treasury43%
  2. 2. fp&a34%
  3. 3. forecasting29%
  4. 4. budgeting26%
  5. 5. audit20%
  6. 6. risk management15%
  7. 7. gaap14%
  8. 8. financial modeling13%
  9. 9. excel12%
  10. 10. erp11%

Across all Finance openings

  1. 1. audit9%
  2. 2. excel7%
  3. 3. accounts payable6%
  4. 4. accounts receivable5%
  5. 5. forecasting5%
  6. 6. budgeting4%
  7. 7. fp&a4%
  8. 8. gaap4%
  9. 9. risk management3%
  10. 10. erp3%

AI skills for VP of Finance jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

16% of 186 open Vice President of Finance listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 2% of all Finance openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work8%
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)3%
  3. 3. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)3%
  4. 4. AI adoption and change management3%
  5. 5. AI governance and risk2%
  6. 6. Responsible AI1%

Do AI skills change vice president of finance pay?

For Finance roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for vice president of finance alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Finance listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +15.4% (about $24k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$172,000
median, from 642 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$117,500
median, from 1,282 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Job titles under VP of Finance

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for VP of Finance roles

  • BNY 77
  • Confidential 69
  • JPMorgan Chase 13
  • Page Executive 7
  • Michael Page 7
  • Goldman Sachs 6
  • Achieve 6
  • Madison-Davis 6
  • Citco 6
  • Altius Search Group 5
  • SMBC Americas 4
  • Compa 4

VP of Finance questions

What does a VP of Finance do?
A vice president of finance runs finance, accounting and planning, and the reporting leaders rely on for a company or a large business unit. Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.
What else is a VP of Finance called?
The same job is also written VP Finance, Vice President of Finance, Vice President, Finance, SVP Finance, Senior Vice President of Finance, EVP Finance, Executive Vice President of Finance, VP of Financial Planning.
How many VP of Finance jobs are open?
739 verified open Vice President of Finance jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a VP of Finance make?
Among 167 open Vice President of Finance listings that state pay, the median is $200,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $171,000 and $250,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are VP of Finance jobs?
New York (150), Pennsylvania (95), California (66), Texas (50) have the most open Vice President of Finance listings. About 34% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a VP of Finance the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $234,000.
Which industries hire for VP of Finance roles?
Financial Services & Banking (42%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (11%), Technology & Software (10%), Education & EdTech (7%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do VP of Finance jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Vice President of Finance listings are treasury, fp&a, forecasting, budgeting, audit.
Do VP of Finance jobs ask for AI skills?
16% of 186 open Vice President of Finance listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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