Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

We’re looking for a Director of FP&A to help guide smart growth in a fast‑paced consumer business—owning forecasting, delivering insights, and partnering cross‑functionally to drive performance.

The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a key finance leader responsible for driving enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, performance management, and decision support. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance, this role partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Back Office functions) to deliver forward-looking insights, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide resource allocation.

This role is highly analytical and business-facing, with a strong emphasis on forecasting accuracy, scenario modeling, ROI evaluation, and translating financial data into clear, actionable recommendations. The Director, FP&A plays a critical role in ensuring financial rigor while enabling growth, margin improvement, and operational efficiency.

• Lead key components of the monthly forecast, annual budget, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and financial targets.
• Own consolidated forecast models, assumptions, and scenario analyses across revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and cash flow.
• Perform deep variance and trend analysis versus plan, forecast, and prior periods; clearly articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives, cost optimization efforts, pricing decisions, and investment trade-offs.
• Continuously improve forecasting methodologies, planning processes, and reporting cadence to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and usability.

• Serve as a trusted finance business partner to functional leaders
• Provide ROI analysis, profitability assessments, and performance tracking for initiatives including product launches, promotions, cost savings programs, and operational changes.
• Proactively identify financial risks and opportunities; partner with the business to define mitigation plans and value-creation actions.
• Support executive decision-making with clear storytelling, scenario comparisons, and concise executive-ready materials.

• Oversee management reporting and performance dashboards, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and clarity of insights.
• Own day-to-day finance planning tools and models (e.g., Adaptive Planning), including model integrity, assumptions, and enhancements.
• Partner with Technology and Data teams to improve automation, reporting tools, and analytics capabilities.
• Maintain strong data governance and controls across planning and reporting processes.

• Partner closely with Controllership to bridge actual results to forecast and plan, ensuring clean handoffs between close, forecast, and reporting cycles.
• Support interpretation of financial results, ensuring leadership understands underlying drivers versus accounting timing or one-time items.

• Lead and mentor FP&A team members (as applicable), providing guidance on modeling, analysis, and business partnering.
• Set clear priorities, review analytical outputs, and ensure high-quality, timely deliverables.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement within the FP&A function.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, or related roles, preferably in consumer products, beauty, or manufacturing environments.
• Strong expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with planning systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, Essbase).
• Proven ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.

• MBA, Master’s degree, or CPA a plus.
• Experience supporting cross-functional leaders in fast-paced, growth-oriented organizations.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• CPG Beauty (haircare, skincare, cosmetics)