Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Overview

Our client is a leading, private equity backed world-class specialty materials company that develops synthetic rubbers and chemical solutions for use across transportation, medical, industrial and consumer sectors. To support scale, M&A and long term value creation, we are strengthening our finance leadership team with a focus on analytics, forecasting, and strategic decision support.

The Director of FP&A will lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis. This role will provide insights into business performance, support decision-making for executives and private equity sponsors, and drive initiatives to improve profitability and growth. The Director will partner closely with the CFO, Controller, operations, and PE sponsors to build a best-in-class FP&A function capable of supporting a dynamic, high growth business.

• Budgeting & Forecasting:
  Lead annual budget, reforecasting, and long-range planning processes. Develop financial models to support growth initiatives.
• Business Performance & Analytics:
  Provide reporting and insights on revenue, margin, and operating costs. Analyze KPIs and trends to identify risks and opportunities.
• Strategic Finance & PE Partnership:
  Partner with CFO and PE sponsors on board presentations, lender reporting, and value creation initiatives. Support M&A modeling and integration.
• Collaboration & Business Support:
  Partner with operations, commercial, and supply chain leaders to drive performance improvements. Translate financial results into actionable insights.
• Systems & Process Improvement:
  Implement FP&A tools, dashboards, and automation to improve forecasting and reporting. Enhance accuracy and scalability of FP&A function.
• Business Intelligence:
  Own data and business intelligence to provide real time data and analytics across the business.
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A):
  Lead financial modeling, scenario planning, and valuation support during due diligence. Partner with corporate development and business leaders to assess synergies, integration costs, and long-term value creation. Build acquisition and integration budgets, forecasts, and performance tracking models. Provide post-close reporting on deal performance, synergies achieved, and ROI against investment theses.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA or CFA preferred.
• 10+ years progressive finance experience, with 5+ years in FP&A leadership.
• Strong modeling, budgeting, and forecasting expertise.
• Experience in PE-backed or leveraged environments.
• Multi-site manufacturing or industrials industry exposure.
• Advanced Excel and BI/reporting tools experience (Power BI, Tableau, Adaptive, etc.).

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and highly strategic.
• Strong communicator with executive and board presence.
• Collaborative leader, comfortable working cross-functionally.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth, PE-backed environments.

The Director of FP&A will have high visibility and direct impact on shaping financial strategy, supporting PE sponsor priorities, and driving long-term value creation in a fast-growing business. This role offers high visibility with executives, banks, and private equity sponsors in a pivotal growth stage. In order to attract an outstanding candidate to this critical position, our client is prepared to provide an attractive base salary and a variable performance driven incentive compensation plan.