P6P6 — Principal Professional
Senior Leadership
VP or Head of FP&A
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Report to CFO or VP of Finance
- Shape the company’s financial strategy
- Oversee all FP&A activities
- Engage with investors and board members
- Shape financial strategy
- Engage with investors
- Oversee FP&A activities
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Executive leadership
- Strategic visioning
- Investor engagement
- Board communication
- Comprehensive financial oversight
- Executive finance
- Strategic vision
- Investor relations
- Board dynamics
- Comprehensive financial strategy
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Vision
- Investor relations
- Board engagement
- Financial strategy
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- MBA or relevant MS (Finance) preferred
- Experience in executive leadership
Common titles
Senior Leadership
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.