Director FP&A, Solutions & Service

Description

The Director, FP&A is a key finance leader responsible for leading the company's financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance management processes across a complex, multi-plant manufacturing organization.

This role partners closely with the CFO, business unit leaders, plant leadership, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Corporate Finance to provide timely, accurate, and actionable financial insights that support business decisions and improve financial performance.

The Director will lead the development of financial plans and forecasts while establishing a consistent, disciplined approach to performance management across the company's manufacturing footprint.

The role will have a strong focus on connecting operational drivers to financial results
, improving forecast accuracy, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing leadership with clear visibility into profitability, cost, cash flow, and operational performance.

• Lead the annual operating plan, budget, and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts for revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow.
• Establish consistent planning processes, assumptions, timelines, and standards across plants and business units.
• Partner with plant and business leaders to develop realistic, driver-based financial plans.
• Analyze changes in business conditions and update forecasts accordingly.
• Develop scenario analyses to evaluate business opportunities, risks, and potential actions.
• Improve forecast accuracy through enhanced modeling, analytics, and accountability.

• Establish a consistent FP&A framework for evaluating plant financial performance.
• Partner with Plant Managers and Plant Controllers to understand operational and financial drivers.
• Analyze plant profitability, productivity, labor, material, overhead, and operating expenses.
• Identify and communicate key drivers of plant performance.
• Develop financial analysis around production volumes, capacity utilization, labor efficiency, scrap, yield, material usage, and other operational metrics.
• Identify performance gaps and work with operational leaders to develop corrective actions.
• Support plant leadership in evaluating cost-reduction and productivity initiatives.

• Lead monthly financial performance reporting for executive and business leadership.
• Develop concise, insightful management reporting that clearly explains results versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Establish standard KPIs and performance dashboards across plants and business units.
• Translate financial results into actionable business insights.
• Highlight key risks, opportunities, trends, and emerging issues for senior leadership.
• Improve the quality, timeliness, and consistency of management reporting.

• Analyze revenue, pricing, volume, mix, gross margin, and profitability trends.
• Develop product, customer, plant, and business‑unit profitability analysis.
• Partner with Commercial leadership to evaluate pricing decisions, customer profitability, and margin opportunities.
• Analyze manufacturing cost drivers and identify opportunities for margin improvement.
• Support strategic decisions through financial modeling and scenario analysis.
• Evaluate capital investments, restructuring initiatives, make‑versus‑buy decisions, and other significant business opportunities.

• Partner with Treasury, Operations, Supply Chain, and plant leadership to improve working capital performance.
• Analyze inventory levels, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash…