Director, FP&A

The Opportunity

Great Expressions Dental Centers is a private‑equity‑backed, multi‑site healthcare platform operating across hundreds of locations. Finance is positioned as a strategic driver of performance, capital allocation, and value creation, and GEDC is building a high‑caliber FP&A organization to elevate financial discipline and analytical rigor enterprise‑wide.

The Director, FP&A is a high‑visibility finance leader responsible for enterprise planning, forecasting, performance analytics, and executive/board reporting. The role owns consolidated modeling (including 3‑statement models), long‑range planning, and scenario analysis, and serves as the enterprise source of performance intelligence—translating complex data into decision‑ready insights for the CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and private equity stakeholders.

This position is located at our corporate office in Southfield, MI and has a hybrid schedule of Monday‑Thursday in office and Friday remote.

• Enterprise Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management
• Lead the annual budget and rolling forecast processes.
• Drive long‑range planning and scenario analysis to support strategic and capital decisions.
• Provide budget‑to‑actual variance analysis, including root‑cause drivers and implications.
• Track and analyze P&L performance across practice‑level, regional, and corporate structures.
• Analyze revenue, practice‑level expenses, overhead, and capital expenditures; identify EBITDA expansion opportunities across revenue and cost levers.
• Proactively surface enterprise risks and opportunities before they materialize.
• Financial Modeling, Capital Allocation & Investment Support
• Own consolidated financial models, including full 3‑statement modeling; maintain and pressure‑test models personally (not “review‑only”).
• Support capital allocation and investment analysis for growth, productivity, and margin initiatives.
• Provide reforecast and scenario modeling support as needed for executive decisions.
• Executive, Board & Private Equity Reporting
• Prepare monthly and quarterly executive reporting packages.
• Develop and update Board of Directors and equity sponsor materials, present performance with clarity and insight.
• Anticipate sponsor/executive questions proactively and translate complex analysis into concise, decision‑ready narratives.
• Support recurring board deliverables and updates to board materials.
• Enterprise Analytics, KPI Standardization & Operational Insight
• Establish FP&A as the enterprise source of performance intelligence.
• Standardize KPIs across financial, operational, and HR domains; define consistent metric logic and governance.
• Deliver productivity, labor efficiency, and margin analysis; connect operational performance to enterprise value.
• Support payor relations analytics and reimbursement modeling to improve financial visibility and decision‑making.
• Build dashboards and scalable reporting frameworks; identify trends and risks early.
• Monthly Close Partnership & Cross‑Functional Support
• Participate in the monthly close review cadence and partner with accounting to ensure alignment of actuals, management reporting, and forecast baselines.
• Provide cross‑functional decision support and analytics to Accounting, Operations, and Treasury as needed.
• Deliver executive‑level ad hoc analysis for urgent priorities and high‑impact decisions.
• ERP, Systems & Data Architecture Leadership (Critical)
• Lead FP&A partnership in the ERP environment on Sage 300 transitioning to Sage Intacct.
• Partner closely with Accounting and IT on ERP migration to ensure data integrity, dimensional reporting optimization, scalable financial reporting, and strong management reporting design.
• Ensure FP&A reporting architecture is aligned with Intacct capabilities; improve integration between ERP, CPM (Adaptive), and BI tools; drive automation and eliminate manual processes.
• Ensure data integrity across Sage, Adaptive, and reporting outputs.
• People Leadership & Team Development
• Lead and develop FP&A Manager and Senior Analyst(s); set high performance standards and accountability.
• Recruit and mentor top‑tier analytical talent; build a culture of ownership, organization, and excellence.