Director, Financial Planning & Analysis; FP&A)

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)### Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
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** Director, FP&A
** leads Confluent's corporate financial planning and analysis function and serves as a key financial partner to the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Leadership Team. This role owns the corporate FP&A calendar, including the annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range planning processes, and is responsible for SG&A budgeting and centralized cost accounting across the organization. The Director, FP&A also leads Commercial Finance and pricing analysis, business intelligence and reporting, owns the Company's cash flow forecasting process, and leads financial due diligence and integration for M&A activity.  

This position leads the corporate FP&A team and delivers value-added analysis, meaningful financial and operational metrics, and clear executive-level communication that supports insightful business decision-making.  
** KEY RESPONSIBILITIES*
* ** Corporate FP&A & Planning*
* • Own the corporate FP&A calendar and operating rhythm, ensuring appropriate information is available for internal operating reviews and Senior Leadership/Board reporting.
• Lead the Company's annual budget process, including budget guidance, timelines, tools, and templates, acting as project manager to ensure all business unit and corporate budgets are accurate, aligned, and reconcile in total.
• Lead the monthly and 12-month rolling forecast process, coordinating across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial to deliver a cohesive, aligned company forecast.
• Develop and monitor short-range (1-year) and long-range (3-5 year) strategic planning models in partnership with the CFO and Senior Leadership Team.
• Prepare the monthly corporate reporting package, including consolidated financial statements, KPI reporting, variance analysis, and executive-level commentary.
• Administer enterprise planning and consolidation tools, including Adaptive Planning and Epicor.  
** Business Intelligence & Reportin
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• Own the Company's business intelligence and reporting function, leveraging Power BI and Domo to build and maintain dashboards and self-service reporting for Finance, Operations, and Commercial stakeholders.
• Establish data governance standards and consistent metric definitions across BI and reporting platforms to ensure a single source of truth for financial and operational data.
• Partner with IT and business unit finance leaders to prioritize and deliver new reporting and analytics capabilities.  
** SG&A & Centralized Cost Accounting*
* • Own budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting for SG&A and other centralized corporate cost centers.
• Lead centralized cost accounting processes, ensuring consistent cost methodology and reporting standards are applied across the organization.
• Own centralized LEAN capitalized labor and overhead accounting, ensuring consistent capitalization methodology and reporting across all business units.
• Partner with department leaders across the organization to monitor spending against budget and identify cost management opportunities.

Commercial Finance & Pricing
• Lead Commercial Finance support, partnering with Sales and Commercial leadership on quote analysis, customer profitability, revenue trends, and annual MSA price reviews
• Own the Company's pricing analysis function, including price/cost bridges, margin analysis by product and customer, the Company's PSR and MPR processes, month-end price measurement, and income variance analysis.  
** Cash Flow Forecasting*
* • Own the Company's cash flow forecasting process, partnering with Treasury, Controllership, and business unit…