Director of FP&A (PE-Backed)

Korn Ferry Professional Search has partnered with our client on their search for a Director of FP&A. This organization is Private Equity owned and has experienced substantial growth.

Opportunity Highlights:

• This is a highly visible position that will have regular interaction with CFO and CEO of the organization
• This role has the ability to make a considerable strategic impact to both finance and the business by driving process improvements and analytics that support decision making
• Lead sharp and motivated team of Analysts

Scope of Responsibilities :

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Lead the budgeting and forecasting activities for various departments using our enterprise planning tool. Work closely with the Senior FP&A Manager to shape strategic budgeting and planning approaches.
• Ad Hoc & Business Analysis:
• Construct financial models and business cases to facilitate investment decisions.
• Partner with Sales and Operations to manage approval processes for new deals.
• Develop business cases for unique or complex transactions.
• Assess and quantify the financial impact of value-added opportunities, ensuring successful project execution.
• Supervise the implementation of special business initiatives.
• Conduct specialized business analyses, build financial models, and prepare presentations to provide strategic recommendations to senior executives on key decisions and future plans.
• Performance Metrics and Trends: Direct the analysis of financial discrepancies between actual results and projections, as well as between different forecast periods. Perform detailed trend analysis to enhance financial understanding.
• Strategic Partnership: Produce and evaluate short-term financial forecasts for different departments. Engage with senior leadership to formulate long-term projections and analyze potential financial impacts.
• Tool and Model Development: Define and advance the strategic direction for our financial performance management systems and models.
• System Optimization: Seek out and execute improvements for financial systems, reporting processes, and model integration. Shift from traditional spreadsheet methods to a comprehensive system-based approach, identifying necessary enhancements in IT and data management.

Skills Needed :

• Strong experience building and manipulating financial models
• Ability to influence across the organization
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to drive strategic projects
• Strong experience using planning platform (Planful, Adaptive, Anaplan, etc)

Educational & Work Requirements :

• Degree : Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or similar. Master’s degree preferred
• Work Experience : Minimum of 10+ years of progressive FP&A experience; previous experience working in Private Equity setting is required.

Job ID : 510685151