Senior Director, FP&A - Remote

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead FP&A for Purchasing Power at a pivotal time for the business. This is a build-and-transform role for a retail-savvy, AI-forward finance leader who will modernize planning, forecasting, and decision-making while partnering closely with senior leadership.

This role requires strong FP&A experience, proven business partnership skills, and a practical understanding of retail or consumer business drivers, including unit economics, margins, customer behavior, and operational KPIs. The Senior Director will help shape a more data-driven, AI-enabled finance function and build scalable processes to support a growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting with an emphasis on operational alignment and execution
• Serve as a 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 that 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
• Set 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 is required, including strong understanding of unit economics, gross margin management, merchandising and assortment strategy, promotional planning, and 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, with the ability 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

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 description.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The organization welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. It does not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where it does business.