About the Company
The Company 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.
About the Role
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, Treasurer, operations, and PE sponsors to build a best-in-class FP&A function capable of supporting a dynamic, multi-site business.
Key Responsibilities
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
Qualifications
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 highly preferred
Multi-site manufacturing or industrials industry exposure
Advanced Excel and BI/reporting tools experience (Power BI, Tableau, Adaptive, etc.)
Personal Attributes
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
Additional Information
Why join us?
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, including participation in attractive equity plan backed by a very strong investment thesis, and both short-term and long-term components.