Director, FP&A

About the role

The FP&A Finance Director supports IDEX Corporation's FMT and FSDP segments, overseeing all FP&A activities globally. The FMT segment focuses on fluid handling products, while the FSDP segment includes Fire & Safety and Diversified Products.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Group VP Finance, providing forward-looking analysis, scenario modeling, and decision support.
• Lead daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting and forecasting processes, providing high-level insights to segment leadership.
• Ensure timely, accurate reporting with clear communication of timelines and deliverables.
• Drive adoption of standard reporting packages, and continuously improve analytics tools and KPI dashboards.
• Develop and refine metrics that drive business performance and support best-practice sharing.
• Support ad hoc financial requests from segment leadership.
• Establish best-in-class global FP&A processes to improve operational effectiveness and business insight.
• Collaborate with IT and business optimization teams to improve data quality, accessibility, and analytics capabilities (e.g., PowerBI, Webi, OneStream).
• Lead and enhance core financial processes including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning (STRAP), and management reporting.
• Participate in monthly MBRs to deepen operational understanding and identify risks and opportunities.
• Champion digital transformation within FP&A, identifying opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance data visualization.
• Lead adoption and standardization of new reporting technologies across the segments and business units.
• Mentor and develop FP&A talent across FMT and FSDP, including best-practice sharing.
• Develop strong relationships with business unit leaders and finance leads to ensure adherence to financial processes, timelines, and policies.
• Lead change management efforts related to new systems, processes, or reporting structures.
• Lead or support special projects as assigned by segment finance leadership.
• Represent the segments in enterprise-wide FP&A initiatives, ensuring alignment and sharing best practices across IDEX.
• Support M&A activities including due diligence, financial modeling, and integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance required; CPA or MBA preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressive finance or accounting experience, including manufacturing and FP&A.
• Advanced experience with Hyperion and/or OneStream; JDE experience a plus.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Self-starter with a strong drive for results and continuous improvement.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Pay

$158,600.00 - $237,800.00, depending on experience.

Schedule

Based at either the IDEX Corporate Offices in the Chicago area, an IDEX manufacturing location, or remotely in a US time zone.