Finance - Director of FP & A
General Position Purpose
The Director of Finance (FP&A) is a senior finance leader responsible for financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, business intelligence, profitability analysis, and decision support for a $2.5+ billion Verizon Authorized Retailer. This position partners closely with executive leadership, operations, sales, accounting, treasury, and field leadership to provide accurate financial insight, actionable reporting, and strategic recommendations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and performance management processes.
Develop and maintain financial models supporting profitability, labor planning, liquidity forecasting, capital allocation, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives.
Produce executive reporting packages and present financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership, lenders, and ownership.
Monitor performance against budget and forecast while driving accountability throughout the organization.
Perform scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling to support strategic decision-making.
Data Extraction, Business Intelligence & Analytical Modeling
Expert ability to tactically pull data from multiple systems and sources, including financial systems, operational databases, carrier reporting, POS platforms, inventory systems, payroll systems, and business intelligence tools.
Validate relationships across operational and financial data sources including sales, commissions, payroll, inventory, traffic, customer performance metrics, and general ledger systems to ensure reporting accuracy and consistency.
Build and maintain analytical models and reporting dashboards.
Identify data anomalies, reconciliation issues, and process breakdowns.
Establish and maintain a trusted "single source of truth."
Business Partnership & Operational Finance
Partner with operations and field leadership to evaluate store performance, labor productivity, compensation programs, sales effectiveness, and profitability initiatives.
Provide financial analysis and recommendations supporting new store investments, remediation plans, acquisitions, transfers, and strategic business decisions.
Translate operational activity into actionable financial insights and communicate findings to leadership in a clear, concise manner.
Process Improvement, Controls & Data Integrity
Establish rigorous standards for financial and operational reporting accuracy.
Improve reporting processes, close support, data governance, and reconciliation procedures.
Lead efforts to automate recurring reporting and reduce dependence on manual workarounds while preserving data integrity.
Create repeatable and auditable processes for forecast updates, management reporting, KPI tracking, and store-level financial review.
Ensure key analyses and models are transparent, logically structured, and capable of standing up to executive, lender, audit, or transaction scrutiny.
Leadership & Team Development
Lead, mentor, and develop the FP&A and business analytics team.
Establish a culture of accountability, analytical rigor, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
Coach team members on financial analysis, forecasting, storytelling, and executive communication.
Education and/or Experience
BS or BA in Finance (CPA or MBA preferred)
Minimum 15 years of FP&A experience
Demonstrated skills necessary for budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, financial management, cost management and process improvement
Successful project management across multiple initiative and projects
Finance experience supporting corporate functions, business operations and executive leadership
Minimum 5 years management experience
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Proven experience turning raw data into trusted business insight
Expert understanding of how operational data translates into financial performance
Strong tactical capability to pull, organize, validate, and interpret complex data
Deep understanding of retail performance drivers and field-level economics
Bias toward accuracy, root-cause analysis, and practical decision support
Ability to create clarity where data is fragmented, inconsistent, or incomplete
Willingness to dive into details personally when needed, not just manage at a high level
Strong partnership mindset with operations, accounting, and executive leadership
Potential to connect, integrate and synthesize analysis and data into a meaningful 'so what' to drive concrete strategic recommendations for company tactics and strategies
Capable of describing relevant caveats in data or in a model and how they relate to business questions
Experience defining problems, collecting data and testing conclusions
Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally, as well as to interact in a professional manner and collaborate across all functions of the company
Analytical Thinker
Strong Data and Information analysis capabilities
Possess a high degree of proficiency with MS Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, and Outlook
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining efficiency and meeting deadlines
Exceptional organizational skills required
Ability to meet designated deadlines