Director, Financial Planning – Analysis

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Direct the strategic planning, forecasting, and financial analysis efforts across all business lines.

• Supervise the creation of financial models, performance metrics, and business insights that aid executive decision-making and long-term planning.

• Spearhead the development, review, and enhancement of financial reporting, forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans across various business units.

• Oversee monthly and quarterly performance evaluations, identifying emerging trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Implement and uphold standardized FP&A methodologies, tools, and reporting frameworks.

• Prepare presentations for executives, board materials, committee documents, and reports.

• Manage internal and external financial reporting packages and furnish leadership with financial data for informed decision-making.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure financial planning aligns with organizational goals and initiatives.

• Assess the financial implications of strategic initiatives, investments, and business cases, providing recommendations to senior leadership.

• Lead strategic projects, including scenario planning, cost optimization, and enterprise-wide initiatives.

• Monitor the performance of direct reports, offering coaching, feedback, development opportunities, performance reviews, and merit-pool management.

• Evaluate team capacity, productivity, and performance to facilitate resource allocation and achieve departmental goals.

• Manage interviewing, hiring, workforce planning, recognition, and conflict resolution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

• At least 2 additional years of experience relevant to the functional area.

• A minimum of 6 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, delegating work, and managing the performance of direct reports.

• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with business partners, staff, external auditors, and vendors.

• Proven experience in working with and influencing senior management.

• Exceptional project management skills with a history of managing multiple large projects simultaneously.

• Superior analytical abilities.

• A demonstrated track record of influencing stakeholders for optimal results.

• Excellent organizational and planning capabilities; detail-oriented with the ability to multitask.

• Adaptable and capable of swiftly altering priorities and direction as needed.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

• Clean credit history as indicated in the credit report.

• For remote roles, candidates must show a high degree of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings.

• Preferred: experience in leading a team to create dashboards and analytics, and articulating complex business challenges.

• Preferred: experience in owning intricate business drivers that serve as inputs into financial models.

• Preferred: experience collaborating cross-functionally across shared services, LOB, and cross-LOB business partners.

• Preferred: experience in implementing AI best practices within a financial organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligible bonuses and commissions may be included in the compensation package.

• VSP Vision benefits are available.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Drug-free workplace.

• Pre-employment substance abuse testing.