Director Financial Planning and Analysis

The Strategic Finance Leader responsible for directing the company’s financial planning and analysis function and serving as a key advisor to executive leadership. This role leads enterprise budgeting, forecasting, operational performance analytics, management reporting, and decision support with a strong focus on translating financial and operating data into actionable insight, strategic recommendations, and measurable business performance improvement. The role also supports merger and acquisition financial activities by contributing to acquisition strategy, financial due diligence, valuation analysis, integration planning, and post-acquisition performance measurement. Lead the FP&A function as a strategic business partner to executive leadership, providing forward-looking financial analysis, operating insights, and recommendations that support enterprise priorities and long-term value creation. Direct the company’s annual budget, recurring forecast, and long-range planning processes, ensuring plans are grounded in clear business assumptions, operational drivers, market conditions, and strategic objectives. Develop executive and Board reporting that clearly communicates financial results, forecast outlook, operational performance, key risks, emerging trends, capital needs, and recommended management actions. Build and maintain a disciplined operating metrics framework, including revenue, utilization, backlog, labor productivity, margin, project performance, working capital, cash flow, capital spending, and other key performance indicators relevant to the business. Use Oracle EPM to enhance budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, scenario modeling, variance analysis, dashboarding, and operational analytics across the organization. Lead analytics that connect financial outcomes to underlying operational drivers, enabling management to understand performance trends, evaluate tradeoffs, identify opportunities, and take timely corrective action. Partner with executive, operational, and functional leaders to establish performance targets, monitor results, evaluate performance, and improve accountability for financial and operational outcomes. Lead the development of strategic financial models, scenario analyses, sensitivity analyses, and investment cases to support resource allocation, capital planning, pricing, growth initiatives, acquisition strategy, and enterprise transformation efforts. Coordinate with Accounting, Financial Reporting, Information Technology, and business operations to ensure Oracle EPM data, reporting hierarchies, actual results, and operational metrics are reliable, reconciled, and aligned with management reporting needs. Establish FP&A governance, reporting standards, data definitions, planning calendars, and analytical processes that improve consistency, transparency, speed, and executive confidence in financial and operational reporting. Support the company’s merger and acquisition strategy by partnering with executive leadership on acquisition pipeline evaluation, financial due diligence, valuation support, transaction modeling, integration planning, synergy development and tracking, and post-acquisition performance measurement against the approved investment thesis, forecast assumptions, and strategic objectives. Lead, develop, and elevate the FP&A team’s capabilities in executive communication, operational analytics, financial modeling, business partnership, Oracle EPM utilization, and strategic decision support. At least 10+ years of progressive finance, FP&A, corporate planning, strategic finance, operational analytics, or business performance management experience. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field. MBA, CPA, CMA, or similar advanced credential preferred. Demonstrated experience preparing executive and Board financial materials, including performance updates, forecast outlooks, strategic alternatives, risk assessments, and decision-support analyses. Hands-on experience with Oracle EPM strongly preferred, including enterprise budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, management reporting, dashboards, and analytics functionality. Experience developing and communicating operational metrics, KPI frameworks, management dashboards, variance analyses, and recurring business performance review processes. Strong ability to connect financial results to operational drivers and translate complex data into clear conclusions, practical recommendations, and executive-ready narratives. Experience with large ERP and financial systems required; Oracle Fusion or related Oracle finance applications preferred. Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and support strategic decisions through fact-based analysis and sound business judgment. Excellent executive communication, presentation, written, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior management and operations leaders. #LI-TB1