Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

💰 Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
🚀 Key Responsibilities
Lead the company’s Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function and support strategic financial decision-making.
Develop annual budgets, operating plans, long-range financial plans, forecasts, and scenario analyses.
Partner with the CFO, Finance leadership, and business-unit executives to establish financial targets and strategic priorities.
Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, profitability, cash flow, and operating performance across business units and geographic markets.
Lead monthly and quarterly financial performance reviews and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to evaluate growth opportunities, investments, market expansion, and strategic initiatives.
Perform variance analysis between actual results, budgets, forecasts, and strategic targets and identify root causes and corrective actions.
Establish FP&A KPIs, dashboards, reporting frameworks, and performance-management processes.
Partner with Operations, Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology, and other functions to align financial plans with operational execution.
Support resource allocation, headcount planning, cost optimization, pricing decisions, and investment prioritization.
Develop financial scenarios and sensitivity analyses to assess business risks, market changes, and strategic alternatives.
Improve financial planning processes, reporting systems, forecasting accuracy, and analytical capabilities.
Leverage AI, automation, business intelligence, and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, reporting, and financial decision-making.
Evaluate business cases, capital requirements, strategic investments, and expected ROI for major initiatives.
Provide executive leadership with financial insights, performance trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
Lead, mentor, and develop FP&A managers, analysts, and financial planning professionals.
Present financial performance, forecasts, strategic analyses, and recommendations to the CFO, CEO, executive leadership team, and Board when appropriate.
🎓 Experience & Qualifications
20+ years of progressive professional experience in FP&A, Financial Planning, Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, Business Finance, or related disciplines.
Significant senior leadership experience, preferably at the Director, Senior Director, VP, FP&A Executive, or equivalent level.
Proven track record leading budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and strategic planning functions.
Extensive experience with financial analysis, variance analysis, scenario planning, profitability analysis, and performance management.
Strong understanding of financial statements, business drivers, operating metrics, cash flow, margins, and corporate finance.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business and strategic recommendations.
Experience partnering directly with CFOs, CEOs, COOs, business-unit leaders, and other senior executives.
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and support complex enterprise-wide initiatives.
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and executive communication skills.
Experience with ERP, FP&A platforms, business intelligence, financial analytics, automation, and AI-enabled planning tools preferred.
Experience in multinational or geographically distributed organizations preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required; MBA, CPA, CFA, or advanced degree preferred.

Work arrangement
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