Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Title: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Location: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Hybrid: 3 days onsite/week

Salary: $180,000-$200,000 + 20% Annual Bonus

About the Chemical Manufacturing Company / The Opportunity:

This is an opportunity to lead the accounting function within a dynamic, private equity-backed manufacturing company experiencing rapid growth and transformation. As Financial Controller, you will influence the evolution of the finance function, support expansion through add-on acquisitions, and work closely with the executive team and sponsors. Enjoy significant visibility, impact, and the chance to shape scalable finance programs within a collaborative and results-oriented environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual operating budget and rolling forecasts, partnering with sales, operations, and supply chain leadership to develop driver-based models connecting operational metrics to EBITDA outcomes.
• Design and maintain comprehensive cash flow forecasting models, delivering leadership with ongoing visibility into liquidity, cash conversion, and the impact of commercial decisions.
• Develop and implement working capital analytics to optimize inventory, receivables, payables, and create actionable free-cash-flow improvements.
• Prepare, automate, and deliver monthly financial reporting packages, including KPI scorecards, EBITDA bridges, and board-level commentary.
• Own and administer the financial reporting/EPM platform, leading system selection, configuration, integration, and continuous enhancement in partnership with IT.
• Drive automation initiatives to streamline consolidation, close, variance, and board reporting, leveraging BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Build, manage, and interpret cost accounting and profitability analytics at the SKU, product, and customer level to identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Support financial integration of new acquisitions, building and tracking synergy capture tools to enable seamless transition to reporting platforms.
• Partner cross-functionally as a trusted advisor, translating financial data into actionable recommendations for both financial and operational leaders.

Must-Have Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
• 7+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, transaction advisory, or investment banking with a focus on manufacturing, distribution, chemicals, or industrial products.
• Demonstrated leadership in a multi-entity, private equity-backed or complex corporate environment.
• Hands-on experience with modern financial reporting/EPM platforms (e.g., Workday Adaptive Planning, Vena, Anaplan, Planful, OneStream, Prophix, or equivalent) and history of leading FP&A system upgrades or implementations.
• Expertise in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Solid understanding of cost accounting principles and ability to build accurate cost/margin analytics in a manufacturing/distribution environment.
• Advanced Excel skills including model building, scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and financial statement analysis.
• Experience with Business Intelligence Platforms (PowerBI, Tableau)

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience working with mid-market or enterprise ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Oracle, Infor).
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, or other data analytics and automation tools.
• Background in private equity-backed growth environments, especially within chemical manufacturing or industrial distribution sectors.