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Senior Director of Finance - M&A

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hoboken (HQ), NJ, USA Posted Aug 12, 2026
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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 appli

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