Senior Director, FP&A - Remote

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead FP&A for Purchasing Power. This is a build-and-transform role at a pivotal time for the business, combining strong retail/consumer finance expertise with the ability to modernize planning, forecasting, and decision-making while partnering closely with senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will bring strong FP&A experience and business partnership skills, along with a practical understanding of retail or consumer business drivers—including unit economics, margins, customer behavior, and operational KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting with an emphasis on operational alignment and execution
• Serve as the financial partner to leaders across merchandising, operations, technology, and servicing, providing real-time insight and decision support
• Drive visibility into unit economics, customer and cohort behavior, margins, and operational KPIs; translate insights into actions to improve performance
• Build and modernize forecasting models, operational reporting, and dashboards tied directly to business drivers
• Lead adoption of AI and automation across FP&A to streamline recurring work, surface trends, pressure-test assumptions, and create capacity for higher-value analysis
• Define the vision for an AI-forward finance function by identifying high-value use cases, evaluating tools, and establishing practical, responsible workflows
• Support scenario planning and investment analysis to help leaders weigh trade-offs and prioritize initiatives
• Partner with Accounting and central finance teams to ensure accuracy and alignment of financial data and reporting
• Build scalable, right-sized processes for a growing business, balancing structure with agility
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering accountability, curiosity, continuous improvement, and thoughtful adoption of new tools

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, operational finance, or related roles, including leading and developing teams
• Proven retail experience required, including strong understanding of:
  • unit economics
  • gross margin management
  • merchandising and assortment strategy
  • promotional planning
  • customer cohort performance
• Proven ability to partner closely with business leaders and influence operational decisions
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities, with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers and strategy
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex data into clear, executive-ready insight
• Comfort operating in high-growth, mid-sized, or dynamic environments with a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• MBA or professional certification such as CPA or CFA preferred
• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Workday is important
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; familiarity with data tools such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake highly valued

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on, practical use of AI or large-language-model tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot to accelerate finance and analytical work
• Experience piloting or deploying AI- or automation-enabled forecasting, variance analysis, or reporting workflows
• A clear point of view on how AI is reshaping the finance function, with a track record of leading adoption by example
• Comfort evaluating tools and designing practical, responsible AI workflows a team can rely on
• AI-enabled tools are already part of how work gets done across the organization, and their use will continue to expand over time; curiosity, adaptability, and openness to learning are valued

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, company-paid Basic Life/AD&D
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Career Development
• Employee Purchase Program

Location

Not specified in the provided job description.