Senior Director, North America FP&A

COMPANY:
Global manufacturer and distributor of consumer and commercial products.

REPORTS/RELATIONSHIPS:
This position will report directly to the Vice President, Finance for North America and lead a team of four.

BASIC FUNCTIONS:
The Senior Director, NA FP&A will be a hands-on leader of the financial planning and analysis function initially for the company’s North America segment, with a strong focus on transforming the FP&A team into a strategic, high-performing function and trusted business partner to the NA leadership team. Longer term, this role is responsible for driving standard work, automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled tools within the FP&A organization for North America and Corporate, while also partnering closely with business and operations leaders to improve financial visibility, operational efficiency, and enterprise performance. One of the most critical near-term aspects of this role will be to improve forecasting accuracy for the NA business and, in the longer term, adding Corporate.

This leader will play a critical role in shaping how finance supports decision-making across the enterprise to include the North America segment and Corporate – bringing rigor, insight, and innovation to forecasting, budgeting, and performance management, and value-driven decision support.

Specific duties will include, but not necessarily be limited to:

FP&A Transformation and Team Leadership

Lead the redesign of FP&A processes to drive forecast accuracy, consistency, automation, scalability, and decision quality across the North America segment near term, and across Corporate long term.
Lead the deployment of advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to enhance pro forma accuracy, cost transparency, and speed of decision making across North America.
Establish and implement standard work for core FP&A activities (forecasting, budgeting, reporting) and away from manual processes.
Identify and eliminate inefficiencies in current workflows; introduce automation tools and drive system adoption (e.g., SAP, OneStream), serving as the FP&A subject matter expert and establishing standards for consistent, high‑quality analytics and decision support across the team.
Partner with IT and data teams to establish standardized data definitions, reporting architecture, and a single source of truth for financial and operational data across the business.
Build and develop a high-performing FP&A team with strong analytical capabilities and business acumen.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.

Strategic Business Partnering

Partner with business unit leaders, plant management, and cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights that drive strategic, operational, and investment decisions with a strong focus on value-driven decision support across pricing, operations, and capital allocation.
Partner closely with operations leadership to integrate financial and operational KPIs (e.g., OEE, yield, scrap, OTIF, inventory turns, labor productivity) into a unified performance management framework.
Support transformation initiatives by providing financial guidance, modeling, and performance tracking.
Collaborate with commercial, procurement, and operations teams to align financial plans with business goals and identify opportunities for improvement.

Financial Planning and Performance Management

Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting processes, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with strategic priorities.
Develop and monitor KPIs to assess financial and operational performance; proactively identify risks and opportunities.
Own executive-level performance management for North America, including scorecards, KPI dashboards, and weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reviews with North America leadership.
Support strategic initiatives such as capital investments, make-versus-buy decisions, site rationalizations, and resource allocation priorities with robust financial analysis.

Change Leadership

Act as a change agent within the finance organization, challenging legacy processes and driving adoption of new tools, systems, and ways of working.
Champion data-driven decision-making and strengthen financial discipline across the business.

REQUIREMENTS:

10-15 years of progressive FP&A experience, with deep exposure to manufacturing operations and multisite environments; experience in building products or closely related industrial sectors preferred.
Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills; strong expertise in Power BI, including executive‑level reporting and dashboards.
Deep, hands‑on experience with ERP and financial consolidation systems, specifically SAP and OneStream, with the ability to serve as a functional expert and leader for FP&A system usage.
Excellent communication, executive presence, and influencing skills; able to engage and align stakeholders across functions and levels.
Detail oriented; able to dive in and work through problems as they arise.
Strategic and operational mindset; able to balance the long-term vision with day-to-day execution.
Action oriented; takes initiative and drives results in complex environments.
Collaborative leader; builds trust and alignment across teams and functions.
Continuous improvement advocate; always looking for ways to improve processes, systems, and team performance.
Executive and people leadership; builds strong FP&A talent and credibility through coaching, high standards, and the ability to engage senior and executive leaders with confidence and clarity.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field is required; an advanced degree or CPA is preferred.

COMPENSATION:
Compensation will be commensurate with experience including a competitive base salary, bonus opportunity, and competitive benefits package.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Greg Gabel, President
ggabel@CLCBsearch.com
212.949.6611