How Good a VP Finance Are You, Really?
Fifty questions across ten competencies and the four faces of a modern VP Finance — Operator, Partner, Steward, Leader. Behavioral and scenario-based, not flattery. About 15 minutes. Built for the people who run the finance machine and partner with the business: a clean close, real decision support, sound controls and honest forecasts, and a team of business partners.
What this assessment measures
10 competencies across the 4 faces of the VP Finance role — Operator, Partner, Steward, Leader — built on the Finance leadership: the machine, partnering, stewardship, team. Five questions each: scenarios, honest reads and forced choices designed to resist self-flattery.
Operator
Financial planning, close and finance operations — the machine.
- Financial Planning & Budgeting — A planning and budgeting process that is rigorous, timely and actually drives decisions.
- Reporting & Close — A fast, clean close and reporting the business trusts and gets on time.
- Finance Operations & Systems — Efficient finance operations and systems — not heroics and spreadsheets.
Partner
Business partnering, decision support and commercial finance.
- Business Partnering — A partner the business pulls into decisions, not a scorekeeper it works around.
- Analysis & Decision Support — Analysis that answers the so-what and changes decisions, not just reports numbers.
- Commercial Finance — Sharp support on pricing, deals and investment cases — finance that drives value.
Steward
Controls, compliance and forecasting discipline.
- Controls & Compliance — Sound controls and compliance; the numbers are right and defensible.
- Forecasting Discipline — Forecasts that are accurate and honest — no sandbagging, no hockey sticks.
Leader
Building the team and finance’s influence.
- Team & Talent — A strong finance bench of business partners, not just number-crunchers.
- Influence & Leadership — A trusted, influential voice; the CFO’s right hand and a partner to the business.
How the score reads
- Emerging (0–34) — Foundations forming — operating below a full VP-Finance mandate today.
- Developing (35–51) — Real strengths with clear, nameable gaps before a top finance seat.
- Established (52–67) — A solid, credible VP Finance across the four faces.
- Advanced (68–82) — A strong finance leader operating ahead of the role.
- World-class (83–100) — A world-class VP Finance — runs the machine and drives the business.
What you get
- An overall score out of 100 and a maturity level
- Your VP Finance archetype — the honest read on how you lead today
- A 10-competency radar across the faces above
- What companies actually demand from VP Finance hires, from real job postings, against your profile
- A personalized AI analysis and development roadmap, delivered by email with a print-ready PDF report
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