Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

A growing consumer focused organization is looking for a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to join its New York City finance team. This is a highly visible role with broad ownership across financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and strategic analysis. Reporting into senior finance leadership, the Director will serve as a key finance partner across the organization, working closely with executive leadership and functional teams to understand business performance, identify opportunities and risks, and help drive better financial and operational decisions. This role will have significant exposure to the P&L and will play an important part in how the company plans for growth, allocates resources, evaluates investments, and measures performance. Director of FP&A Responsibilities Lead the company's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long range planning processes, partnering with business leaders to develop financial targets and operating plans Own and continuously enhance financial models across revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, cash flow, and profitability Develop rolling forecasts that incorporate current performance, business trends, operational drivers, and changing market conditions Lead monthly and quarterly financial performance reviews, including detailed analysis of actual results against budget, forecast, and prior year Partner closely with executive leadership and functional leaders to provide financial insight and support key business decisions Analyze revenue, margins, operating expenses, and profitability to identify the underlying drivers of business performance Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate potential outcomes, opportunities, and risks Build financial models and business cases to evaluate growth initiatives, investments, pricing decisions, new products, partnerships, and other strategic opportunities Analyze customer, channel, product, market, and business unit performance to identify opportunities to improve revenue and profitability Develop and monitor financial and operational KPIs that provide leadership with greater visibility into company performance Prepare executive level financial reporting, presentations, and analysis that clearly communicate results, trends, risks, and opportunities Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership Partner with Accounting throughout the monthly and quarterly close process to ensure accurate reporting and a comprehensive understanding of financial results Support profitability improvement, cost optimization, and resource allocation initiatives across the organization Identify emerging financial and operational risks and proactively communicate their potential impact to leadership Improve forecasting methodologies, financial reporting, dashboards, and planning processes as the business continues to grow Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting and create more scalable FP&A processes Partner on enhancements to financial systems, planning tools, data infrastructure, and business intelligence capabilities Support strategic projects and ad hoc analysis for executive leadership Director of FP&A Qualifications 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or a related function Experience within retail, consumer products, ecommerce, media, advertising, entertainment, or another consumer facing industry Significant experience leading budgeting, forecasting, long range planning, and management reporting processes Strong understanding of P&L management, financial statements, and the operational drivers of business performance Advanced financial modeling skills with the ability to build detailed, driver based models from the ground up Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large and complex financial data sets Experience analyzing revenue, margins, operating expenses, profitability, and other key business drivers Demonstrated experience developing business cases, scenario analyses, and financial models supporting strategic decisions Strong commercial and operational finance experience with the ability to connect financial results to business performance Experience preparing financial reporting, presentations, and recommendations for senior and executive leadership Proven ability to partner effectively with senior executives and cross functional stakeholders Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to move comfortably between detailed analysis and broader business strategy Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to both finance and non finance audiences Experience improving financial planning processes, reporting capabilities, and FP&A infrastructure Experience with financial planning systems, ERP platforms, and business intelligence tools Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field #J-18808-Ljbffr