Principal Finance Business Partner - Remote

Overview

AvidXchange is seeking a highly strategic Principal Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A organization. This senior individual contributor serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and plays a critical role in shaping the company’s financial strategy, long-range planning, and enterprise decision making.

In Short

• Serve as a trusted finance advisor to senior executives, influencing strategic decisions and long-term business planning.
• Provide independent financial perspective on key initiatives, investments, and enterprise priorities.
• Partner with executive leadership to shape AvidXchange’s long-range financial strategy and performance targets.
• Lead development and evolution of the company’s integrated long-range financial model and enterprise forecasting frameworks.
• Build and maintain complex driver-based financial models that support strategic planning, investment decisions, and capital allocation.
• Lead corporate financial performance analysis and KPI monitoring across the organization.
• Develop and deliver executive and board-ready financial reporting and presentations.
• Provide leadership in the annual planning and budgeting process, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Influence cross-functional leaders through data-driven insights and financial expertise.
• Champion best practices in financial planning, modeling, and decision support across the FP&A function.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in FP&A, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or strategic finance.
• Proven experience partnering directly with senior executive leaders on strategic financial decisions.
• Deep expertise in building integrated financial models and enterprise forecasting frameworks.
• Strong understanding of financial drivers within high-growth, technology, or fintech environments.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex financial analysis into clear insights for executive and board audiences.
• Proven ability to influence decision-making at senior leadership levels.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to connect financial insights to operational and market dynamics.
• Advanced experience with financial planning and analytics platforms such as Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, Workday, NetSuite, Power BI, and SQL.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize competing initiatives, and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence without direct authority.

Benefits

• 18 days PTO.
• 11 Holidays (8 company recognized & 3 floating holidays).
• 16 hours per year of paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO).
• Competitive Healthcare.
• 401(k) Match: 100% match on the first 3% of your salary, plus 50% match on the next 2%.
• Parental Leave: 8 weeks 100% paid by AvidXchange.
• Tuition Reimbursement up to the federal maximum of $5,250.
• Hybrid Workplace Flexibility.
• Onsite gym fitness center, yoga studio, and basketball court.
• Free parking.