Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a highly visible, strategic finance leader who plays a pivotal role in shaping enterprise decision‑making and driving organizational performance. This role sits at the center of the business, transforming complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that influence strategy, investment decisions, and long‑term growth. This role plays a critical role in enabling disciplined investment, accelerating innovation, and ensuring enterprise resources are deployed to the highest-value opportunities.

Leading core FP&A disciplines for Corporate Functions —including budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and executive reporting—the Director ensures senior leadership has timely, forward‑looking insights into financial performance and key business drivers. As a trusted advisor to Executive Leadership Team members overseeing Corporate Functions, this role partners closely with leaders to evaluate trade‑offs, prioritize investments, and unlock value across the organization.

In addition, the Director leads enterprise capital planning and governance, product development pipeline tracking, and the forecasting and tracking of non‑recurring items, bringing rigor, transparency, and strategic perspective to high‑impact decisions. Success in this role requires strong financial acumen, advanced modeling and analytical skills, executive‑level communication, and the ability to translate complexity into clarity—enabling leaders to make confident, informed decisions that advance enterprise‑wide objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead corporate financial planning processes, including annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and forecast-to-actual analysis for all Corporate Functions
• Identify and explain trends, variances, and opportunities to drive operational improvements and business transformation.
• Ensure the delivery of actionable insights, variance analyses, and sophisticated financial models to support organizational success
• Ensure integration of strategic initiatives into financial plans of functions and monitor fiscal performance
• Oversee monthly reporting packages summarizing financial performance versus forecast and budget.

Executive Business Partnering

• Serve as lead Finance Business Partner and trusted advisor for Executive Leadership team members
• Serve as a trusted strategic partner to senior leadership, providing financial insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations that inform business strategy and investment decisions
• Provide strategic financial analysis and insights to the Executive Leadership Team, enabling informed decision-making and alignment with key business drivers.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to align financial strategies with business objectives, monitor fiscal performance, and drive cost reduction and efficiency initiatives.
• Support senior level executives in responding to information requests from the Executive Team, Board and/or Company shareholders, including directing and overseeing analyses and preparation of presentation materials for the Corporate Functions.
• Prepare special ad hoc assignments as requested by Executive leadership

R&D Decision Support

• Lead the financial planning processes and oversight for R&D across brands globally, including the Net Sales and Gross Margin impact from innovation (New Product Development) projects
• Model financial impact, monitor and analyze R&D innovation spend and project pipelines
• Drive monthly project spend review meetings with each category to track and challenge projections
• Track the financial viability of all programs and adjust strategies to support evolving priorities and innovative goals
• Perform post-project delivery analysis comparing actual results to budget, timeline, and scope
• Add financial discipline to innovative processes and cross‑functional initiatives

Capital Planning and Governance

• Coordinate enterprise capital governance forums in partnership with executive finance leadership
• Lead forecasting, tracking, and reporting of capital for the Corporate Functions, including restructuring, integration, and one‑time project expenses that may relate to the capital project
• Lead business case analysis for major capital products and perform post-project financial analysis comparing actual results to the business case
• Ensure approved capital investments are appropriately reflected in enterprise financial plans and forecasts.
• Ensure proper Accounting for capital, software as a service, and non-recurring item spend in partnership with Accounting
• Provide insights on trends, risks, and opportunities related to capital spending
• Lead forecasting, tracking, and reporting of non‑recurring items, including restructuring, integration, and one‑time project expenses.
• Manage budget including proactively identifying risks and opportunities
• Ensure these costs are properly classified and approved by the Chief Accounting Officer.
• Ensure any non-forecasted are approved by CEO and CFO prior to classifying
• Provide insights on trends, risks, and opportunities related
• Consolidate spend globally for all Corporate Functions, including partnering with Human Resources to consolidate global compensation costs
• Support the financial planning process for global functions, driving alignment across regions and ensuring financial plans support enterprise strategic priorities.
• Partner with Finance colleagues and functional leaders to align financial planning, forecasting, and performance management processes across the organization.
• Champion the integration of financial software, advanced analytics, and technology-driven solutions to optimize reporting, forecasting, and decision-making capabilities.
• Recommend and implement improvements to management reporting, financial analysis, and operational processes. Standardize practices, enhance accuracy and productivity, and strengthen internal controls.
• Develop reporting and self-service dashboards for Corporate Function leaders
• Drive the standardization of financial planning methodologies, cost classifications, and reporting structures to enable consistent and comparable financial insights across the corporate functions.
• Build and maintain a scalable financial planning framework for corporate functions, enabling clear roll-ups, improved transparency, and more intuitive consolidation of financial data across the organization.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Oversee, coach and develop a direct high-performing FP&A team, empowering direct reports to drive planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial insights, and business partnership with strong influence across Corporate Functions.
• Foster strong collaboration across the Corporate FP&A team, Finance Org and cross-functional partners.

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