Senior Director, Global Finance Planning & Analysis

## Senior Director, Global Finance Planning & Analysis Apply locations:
Houston - Texastime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
JR100221

At Lummus Technology, innovation thrives, and excellence is a shared pursuit. When you join Lummus, you are empowered to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team that celebrates creativity, encourages professional development, and fosters collaboration.

From our technology portfolio to our global workforce, Lummus is growing at a rapid pace, and we hope that you will grow with us during this exciting time.

The Senior Director – Global Finance Planning & Analysis role will serve as the central point of enterprise financial integration for Lummus, responsible for consolidating performance across all business units into a coherent, decision‐ready view of the company. The position is not purely reporting and analysis, it is designed to create constructive tension across Business Finance, challenge assumptions, and ensure financial outputs reflect the true economic performance of the enterprise.

This individual will partner closely with Finance and our Executive Leadership Team to drive rigor, accountability, and performance improvement, while owning the development of clear, high‐quality board‐level reporting that tells a consistent and credible story of Lummus’ trajectory.
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* Key Responsibilities:

**** Role mandate
*** Act as the single point of accountability for enterprise wide FP&A consolidation across Lummus
* Translate distributed business finance inputs into a unified, decision grade view of performance
* Create and sustain productive tension with Business Finance leads to drive accuracy, transparency, and accountability
** Enterprise consolidation & performance visibility
*** Own the roll up of total Lummus performance, including forecasts, budgets, and long range plans
* Analyze actuals and leverage them in driving the narrative of forward looking projections
* Ensure consistency of assumptions, methodologies, and definitions across business units
* Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and areas where performance narratives do not align with underlying data
* Constructive challenge & performance pressure
* Serve as an independent voice that challenges business finance submissions and underlying assumptions
* Drive alignment between reported performance and operational realities
* Elevate issues early and ensure they are addressed before reaching executive or board levels
** Board reporting ownership
*** Own the end to end creation of all board level financial materials
* Translate complex financial data into clear, concise, and decision oriented narratives
* Ensure consistency between board materials, monthly business reviews, and internal reporting outputs
* Planning & forecasting rigor
** Lead enterprise planning processes with a focus on transparency, comparability, and accountability
*** Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy and insight quality
* Embed a forward looking, scenario based view of performance
** Stakeholder partnership
*** Partner with the CFO and senior leadership team to shape the financial narrative and priorities
* Coordinate closely with Business Finance leaders while maintaining independence of judgment
* Partner across the Finance Leadership Team
* Build credibility as a trusted, but challenging, counterpart to the business
** Key Qualifications & Experience
*** 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, with at least 5 years in a senior FP&A leadership role (Senior Director or Director level).
* Experience in a publicly traded, multinational corporation with complex financial operations and transactions.
* Proven ability to lead FP&A in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
* Strong track record of executive-level business partnership, influencing C-suite decision-making with data-driven insights.
* Deep expertise in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management frameworks.
* Experience supporting investor relations, earnings reports, and board-level financial discussions.
* Strong grasp of US GAAP, IFRS, SEC reporting, and SOX compliance.
* Proficiency in enterprise financial planning tools (e.g.,…