Jobs · Finance · Texas

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Celanese · Irving, TX · 1 wk ago
HybridFinanceFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Lead the annual budgeting, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes, translating business strategy into financial plans and scenario analyses to assess risks and opportunities.
  • Validate monthly business actual financial results, partnering closely with Accounting and Controllership to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of reported financials.
  • Deliver timely and insightful variance analysis against forecast, identifying key performance drivers and recommending corrective actions.
  • Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical rigor.
  • Act as a trusted finance partner to senior business and functional leaders, providing data-driven insights to support strategic initiatives, investments, and resource allocation.
  • Develop and maintain robust financial models to support business cases, pricing decisions, and profitability analysis.
  • Support M&A, capital investment, and other strategic initiatives through financial modeling, valuation, and post-investment performance tracking.
  • Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and systems to improve scalability, automation, and insight generation.
  • Partner with IT and finance transformation teams on planning system enhancements and data model improvements.
  • Ensure strong governance, controls, and documentation across planning and reporting processes.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required.
  • MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles, with demonstrated business partnership at a senior level.
  • Prior experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
  • Industry experience in a complex, matrixed, or global organization preferred.

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