Position Summary:

The Sr. Director, FP&A is responsible for supporting Corporate SG&A Finance, IT, HR, and Legal Executive Leadership teams.  In this role you will be responsible for reporting, forecasting, budgeting and managing the consolidated SG&A cost structure.    

This role will actively manage & report on SG&A spend across multiple business lines on a global basis while directly reporting to the Sr. VP of FP&A.  This role will also engage and interact with the Corporate CEO as members of the Senior Leadership team.  

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

Pillar 1: Strategic Planning

Collaborating with the SG&A functional leaders to develop and implement a cost management plan across each functional pillar. Supporting the development of forecasts, budgets, and business investments by collaborating with functional business areas to gather data, consolidating, and presenting summary of updates. Identifying operational needs; analyzing resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; engaging strategic, cross-functional business units to champion and drive support for business plans and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources. Drives business value by providing financial and analytical counsel to facilitate decision-marking around strategic business initiatives.

Pillar 2: Management Reporting

Trusted advisor and strategic partner to members of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), earning the confidence of business stakeholders to bolster strategic decision-making and foster organizational collaboration to achieve sustainable growth and operating efficiency to drive value creation. Empower leadership with critical insights by developing, maintaining, and refining business KPIs, and proactively identifying opportunities for operational enhancements. Responsible for partnering with business owners to create and maintain various analyses including: Analysis of historical financials Creating, updating, refining, and maintaining financial models Variance explanations Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Leading indicators Setting standards and measuring progress; anticipating and removing obstacles that impact performance; addressing performance gaps and implementing contingency plans accordingly and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies.

Pillar 3: Decision Support & Controls

Execute specialized analyses utilizing internal financial systems, transforming data into clear, impactful presentations for senior management, facilitating strategic conclusions and recommendations. Provide meaningful business insights to optimize executive financials decisions, through rigorous financial reporting and analysis capabilities. Responsible for collaborating with business owners and HR to approve hiring outlined in Budget/Forecast. Designs and implement processes, frameworks and systems that allow us to capture and utilize timely and accurate financial data across the business to make better decisions Monitor and control expenses, ensuring adherence to budgetary guidelines, and identifying areas for cost optimization. Lead strategic projects and support senior leadership on ad hoc research and analysis. Use systems solutions to streamline reporting and automate internal processes. Drive collaboration by serving as a trusted business partner to various leaders across business units Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports.

Minimum Required:

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum concentration accounting, finance or business A minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience

Other Required:

Proven track record of operationalizing cost management plans. Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills High proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce, Power Query, Power Pivot, BI dashboards and ERP systems Proven ability to work collaboratively across functions and levels of an organization. Strong attention to detail, with a proactive and problem-solving mindset. Good time management and organizational skills Strong analytical skills and the ability to propose positive business solutions to problems. Professional that thrives in a dynamic, past pace, high growth environment Proven critical thinking, analytical, interpretative and problem-solving skills Detail-oriented professional with ability to handle complex reporting while meeting company deadlines, sometimes with short turnaround times and competing priorities. Meaningful experience partnering with senior leadership Ability to process and analyze large volumes of qualitative and quantitative information Willingness to extend yourself and assist other team members Possesses ethics and integrity when dealing with confidential and sensitive information.