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