Director of Finance – FP&A

• Lead the corporate FP&A cadence, including annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, monthly business reviews, and executive reporting




• Partner with Finance, Operations, Commercial, and functional leaders to connect financial plans to business drivers, operational performance, investment decisions, and cost-to-serve economics




• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models, scenario analyses, and performance dashboards




• Oversee variance analysis, trend reporting, and financial narratives for senior leaders




• Drive FP&A process improvement, automation, and reporting standardization




• Evaluate business cases, productivity initiatives, network investments, and cost reduction opportunities




• Lead, coach, and develop FP&A team members; set priorities and manage performance




• Connect financial outcomes to volume, productivity, labor, transportation, pricing, and cost drivers




• Identify root causes behind performance gaps and quantify risks and opportunities




• Collaborate with senior Finance and business leaders to shape the corporate planning agenda

Requirements

• 10–12 years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Accounting, or related analytical roles




• People leadership or cross-functional leadership experience




• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field




• Deep FP&A expertise, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, financial modeling, and executive reporting




• Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills




• Ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships across the business




• Experience improving FP&A processes, reporting tools, and financial controls




• Experience using and configuring Oracle EPM/PBCS or similar enterprise planning tools preferred




• Ability to travel up to 25%




• MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent advanced credential preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis, while effectively leading and developing teams to drive process improvements and strategic financial insights.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• FP&A Expertise




• Financial Modeling




• Variance Analysis




• Leadership Experience




• Oracle EPM/PBCS

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Budgeting




• Forecasting




• Long-Range Planning




• Driver-Based Financial Models




• Scenario Analysis




• Performance Dashboards




• Trend Reporting




• Cost Reduction Analysis




• Financial Narratives

Soft Skills

• Coaching




• Stakeholder Management




• Influencing Without Authority




• Building Trusted Partnerships

Certifications & Qualifications

• MBA




• CPA




• CFA

Industry Keywords

• Corporate FP&A




• Financial Plans




• Operational Performance




• Investment Decisions




• Cost-to-Serve Economics

Tools & Technologies

• Oracle EPM




• PBCS




• Reporting Tools