Senior Director Financial Planning Analysis

Pacific World Corporation is a global leader in the consumer goods industry, specializing in the creation, development, and management of high-performance brands. The company drives category growth by bringing innovative, trend-forward products to market and delivering them to major retailers around the world. With expertise in brand building, product innovation, and omnichannel execution, Pacific World Corporation consistently sets the pace for consumer-driven solutions across its diverse portfolio.

POSITION TITLE

Senior Director, FP&A

REPORTS TO

EVP of Finance

LOCATION

Headquarters is in Glendale, CA

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Senior Director of FP&A is a strategic finance leader responsible for driving the company’s financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management processes. This role partners directly with executive leadership to shape long-term strategy, optimize financial outcomes, and provide clear insights that enable high-quality decision-making across the business. The ideal candidate is both highly analytical and operationally minded, capable of influencing at the highest levels while building and scaling a world-class FP&A function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the company’s annual budget, quarterly forecasts, long-range planning, and monthly financial outlooks.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable financial models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Develop clear financial insights and recommendations for leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities.

Cash Flow Ownership & Weekly Cash Forecast Management

• Sole owner of the weekly cash forecast, ensuring all inputs are accurate, current, and validated across stakeholders.
• Maintain a highly detailed and dynamic cash model, incorporating:
• Daily and weekly inflows/outflows
• Customer collections timing
• Inventory purchases and COGS commitments
• Freight, logistics, and supply chain payments
• Payroll, benefits, and fixed cost schedules
• Capital expenditures and any other cash impacts
• Partner with Accounting, Treasury, AP, AR, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to continuously update assumptions.
• Proactively identify short-term and long-term liquidity risks, and prepare mitigation recommendations.
• Provide weekly (or ad-hoc) cash reporting to executives with clear variance analysis vs. prior forecast.
• Drive process improvements that enhance accuracy, timeliness, and visibility into cash movement.

Financial Reporting & Performance Management

• Prepare monthly financial packages, board-level reporting, and KPI dashboards.
• Deliver insightful variance analysis against plan, forecast, and prior periods.
• Partner closely with Accounting to support month-end close and ensure accuracy between FP&A and actuals.
• Establish and manage key operational and financial KPIs to measure business performance.

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• Act as a trusted business partner to leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Product, and HR.
• Evaluate financial implications of new products, pricing strategies, retail programs, and growth initiatives.
• Drive ROI analysis on marketing investments, promotions, inventory buys, and strategic projects.
• Support scenario planning and risk assessments to guide leadership decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop members of the FP&A team; ensure strong analytical rigor and accountability.
• Implement scalable processes, tools, and systems to support a growing organization.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and continuous-improvement culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 3+ years in FP&A leadership.
• Deep experience with forecasting, financial modeling, and cash flow management.
• Exceptional attention to detail, especially in cash analysis, timing, and reconciliation.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and planning/reporting best practices.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP and planning systems.
• Proven success partnering cross-functionally and influencing at the leadership level.

Preferred

• Experience in consumer goods, retail, beauty, apparel, or other inventory-heavy industries.
• Prior ownership of a 13-week cash forecast or weekly liquidity model.
• MBA, CPA, or CFA desirable.
• Highly detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy.
• Strong communicator capable of simplifying complex data for non-finance audiences.
• Strategic problem solver with strong business acumen.
• Bias for action and ability to operate with urgency.
• Collaborative and able to build trust across all levels of an organization.

At Pacific World Corporation, we are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, gender, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Pacific World Corporation is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.