Director of FP&A

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Own recurring FP&A deliverables, including variance analysis, KPI reporting, dashboards, and executive reporting packages.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support forecasting, profitability analysis, capital planning, and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with business leaders to identify risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
• Support preparation of materials for executive leadership, ownership groups, lenders, and board-level audiences.
• Enhance reporting processes and improve the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial information.
• Deliver meaningful financial insights and recommendations that support decision-making.
• Analyze profitability across products, plants, business units, customer segments, and distribution channels.
• Evaluate manufacturing cost drivers including labor, materials, overhead absorption, inventory management, and operational efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to improve margins through process improvements, cost controls, and operational enhancements.
• Partner closely with operations and supply chain leadership to improve performance measurement and financial visibility.
• Support inventory planning, capacity utilization analysis, and production performance reporting.
• Develop reporting that connects manufacturing activity to financial results.
• Support and improve cash flow forecasting processes.
• Monitor and analyze key working capital drivers including inventory, receivables, payables, and production planning.
• Identify operational issues impacting cash conversion and liquidity.
• Provide leadership with actionable recommendations to improve cash flow performance.
• Develop reporting and analysis that improves visibility into working capital management.
• Evaluate existing financial processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, and HR to improve data quality and reporting consistency.
• Standardize KPI definitions, reporting methodologies, and management reporting packages.
• Implement tools and processes that enhance decision support and business performance measurement.
• Aid in strategic initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, and operational improvement projects as needed.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO and senior leadership team.
• Present financial results, forecasts, risks, and opportunities to executive stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and promote data-driven decision-making.
• Balance recurring reporting responsibilities with ad hoc strategic projects and executive support requests.
• Operate as a highly visible finance leader capable of providing insights and recommendations across the enterprise.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, finance operations, transaction advisory, or related disciplines.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills.
• Experience managing financial planning processes in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of P&L management, cash flow, working capital, and operational KPIs.
• Experience developing executive-level reporting and management presentations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with leaders across finance, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and executive management.
• High degree of ownership, accountability, and initiative.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.