Director, FP&A

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary FP&A leader and strategic advisor to the BU VP Finance, BU President, and executive operations leadership.
• Drive strategic decision-making through forward-looking financial insights, scenario modeling, and risk/opportunity analysis.
• Lead financial support for strategic initiatives including productivity programs, footprint optimization, capital deployment, commercial strategies, and enterprise-wide transformation efforts.
• Influence BU strategy, long-range planning, and resource allocation through data-driven recommendations.
• Direct the full FP&A cycle for the BU, including annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
• Oversee driver-based forecasting models that improve accuracy and support complex scenario planning.
• Deliver executive-level performance analyses with clear insights on variance drivers, operational trends, KPIs, and margin performance.
• Guide financial evaluation of capital investments, major customer programs, and strategic initiatives, including ROI, sensitivity modeling, and alignment to long-term BU strategy.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecasting accuracy, analytical depth, and reporting efficiency across the BU.
• Champion advanced analytics, digital tools, dashboards, and data standardization across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A and IT on systems modernization, ensuring data integrity and process consistency in planning systems and reporting platforms.
• Direct and develop an expanded FP&A team supporting multisite operations, including talent planning, succession development, and capability building.
• Foster a culture of high performance, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required.
• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, or accounting within manufacturing or industrial services, including 3-5 years of leadership responsibility.
• Strong US GAAP experience.
• Preferred qualifications include CPA and/or MBA.
• Experience leading FP&A across a multisite or global manufacturing environment.