Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

We are recruiting a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for a growing company in the Raleigh area. In this role, you will lead the FP&A function and play a key role in shaping financial strategy. You will also oversee planning, forecasting, modeling, and performance analysis while leading a strong team and partnering with senior leadership to help guide business decisions and future growth.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across multiple business units, developing integrated financial plans aligned with organizational objectives.
• Own the company's financial forecasting and modeling framework, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Deliver recurring financial and operational reporting to executive leadership, including analysis of revenue, margins, profitability, cash flow, and other key performance indicators.
• Partner closely with operational and functional leaders to analyze business performance, challenge assumptions, identify trends, and translate financial information into actionable recommendations.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting strategic initiatives, capital allocation decisions, investments, potential transactions, and other growth opportunities.
• Lead profitability and performance analysis across customers, products, business units, and sales channels, identifying opportunities to improve margins and overall financial performance.
• Establish and enhance enterprise KPI reporting, dashboards, and management reporting tools to provide greater visibility into financial and operational performance.
• Partner with accounting and other finance leaders to ensure consistency between management reporting, forecasts, financial results, and key business assumptions.
• Drive improvements in financial systems, reporting processes, automation, data quality, and planning capabilities, including participation in major financial systems initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop an FP&A team while remaining hands-on with modeling, analysis, reporting, and special projects as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, with progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a similar finance leadership capacity.
• Strong background in financial planning, forecasting, modeling, and performance analysis, with experience leading and developing FP&A professionals.
• Experience working within a sophisticated, growth-oriented business environment; exposure to manufacturing is a plus.
• Strong financial and analytical systems capabilities, including advanced Excel skills and experience leveraging planning, reporting, ERP, or business intelligence tools to support better decision-making.

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