Senior Director of FP&A
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Description
- Reporting to the Head of FP&A, we have a unique opportunity that calls for a highly analytical and ambitious finance professional to join our FP&A team
- The Senior Director FP&A will play a strategic role in forecasting, business planning, management reporting, and business analytics
- This analytical and strategic leader will oversee the tools and processes necessary to help us scale for the future in a highly visible role that includes frequent interaction with the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, and other senior leaders
- The Senior Director FP&A will bring proven experience managing the planning activities of a large, complex company with operations spread across the globe
- They will be a change leader and value-add business partner comfortable with managing multiple, high visibility priorities
- They will be a thought leader and have the potential to ascend to more senior roles within the organization
- Oversee the annual and long-term planning process, quarterly forecasts, and monthly close and reporting
- Develop and maintain financial models to analyze and forecast company performance
- Prepare and analyze financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Lead the financial analysis of business decisions and provide recommendations to the Head of FP&A, the CFO, cross-functional business partners, as well as Executive leadership
- Lead the analysis and interpretation of operating results, preparation of executive reports, review of financing activities, and analysis of financial effects of various contemplated actions
- Leverage a sophisticated FP&A infrastructure to translate company specific and external industry data into key strategic insights that drive forward-thinking business decisions
- Partner with business leaders to develop and implement strategies to achieve financial goals
- Analyze and report on financial performance and KPIs in support of the company’s external financial reporting requirements
- Conduct ad hoc analysis and prepare executive level presentations for C-level staff members, and the Board of Directors, including areas impacting the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
- Drive continuous improvement to produce innovation in reporting, planning and analysis
- Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing FP&A team, providing coaching and creating opportunities for professional growth and development
- Experience with business partnering and owning/managing financial forecasts is a must
- 10+ years of progressive experience demonstrating increasing responsibility, scope, and leadership across multiple Finance and/or FP&A functions
- Experience with ERP tools and FP&A planning tools is a must; experience with NetSuite and OneStream is preferred, but not required
- Experience growing through the ranks in Financial Planning & Analysis roles to enhance support capabilities (predictive modeling, analytics, etc.)
- Strong Professional and educational background; bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or quantitative field required
- Background in corporate leadership development programs or investment banking is preferred, but not required
- Demonstrated experience with core accounting processes and general ledger interaction
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Track record of delivering high quality financial analysis and reporting
- Demonstrates behaviors that are positive, progressive, supportive, confident, clear
- Excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical mind
- Strong financial modeling experience, from bottoms-up conception to delivery with insightful considerations for the audience and key stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience identifying and successfully implementing process efficiencies
- At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersection of differences - people of different cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you don’t quite tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and partnership skills
- Ability to build high quality stakeholder relationships
- Proactive and effective communicator with ability to organize, anticipate and plan ahead
- Adaptability and flexibility, able to manage fast paced change in growing a company
- To start your application, please submit your resume, and we will be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word “moonshot” at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad