Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Talking Rain • Preston, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role leads enterprise financial planning and serves as a strategic partner to executive leadership, translating operational performance into financial insight to drive profitable growth. You’ll be responsible for all aspects of corporate financial planning and analysis and being a strategic partner across the organization helping to improve current business, assess new business opportunities and lead our annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes. This role is an ideal opportunity for a motivated self-starter and leader who wants to drive overall strategy and influence business outcomes.

Requirements

• A minimum of ten (10) years of accounting, financial planning, analysis, and/or forecasting experience
• A minimum of five (5) years leading the financial planning and analysis function.
• Experience directly managing a team of 2+ employees.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• Knowledge and experience working with ERP and financial planning applications (Anaplan experience preferred, but not required)
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills, with a focus on building scalable, automated solutions
• Deep expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where the numbers are still being defined.
• Exceptional strategic communication skills. Able to translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for Board, C-Suite, and cross-functional audiences.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Ability to accommodate a flexible schedule, occasionally working evenings and weekends for special assignments

Nice To Haves

• Consumer products or manufacturing company, preferred.
• Anaplan experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Own and manage financial planning and forecasting processes in coordination with the relevant business and finance stakeholders.
• Lead and manage the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes for the company
• Own and continuously improve enterprise FP&A processes and operating cadence.
• Orchestrate financial planning processes to build plans to deliver against financial targets, identify gaps in plans and opportunities to close them.
• Develop and maintain annual and long-term models based on evolution of business and collaboration with other departments to guide strategic decision-making.
• Drive the automation and improvement of financial reporting and analysis processes including identifying opportunities for process and efficiency improvements and implement strategies to reduce costs and enhance financial performance.
• Partner across the organization to build and review P&Ls for new products, enterprise projects, as well as other new business initiatives, reporting actual results and variances.
• Provide data-driven insights, facilitate decision making and influence strategy through business reviews, scenario planning and financial modeling.
• Serve as a Finance business partner for other departments, including Marketing, Sales and Supply Chain Operations, to help business groups improve performance and analyze and communicate the impact of related decisions on company forecasts, drive predictability, and identify efficiencies.
• Establish goals and objectives, identifying priorities, enhance processes and tools, and develop the FP&A team.
• Foster a collaborative culture of trust, accountability, and performance, empowering Rain Makers to reach their potential.
• Constantly connect with peers to ensure alignment on strategy and execution (Business Goals, Department Management Styles, Processes, etc.).
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Three Weeks of Vacation per calendar year.
• six weeks of paid parental leave.
• Flexibility Stipend.
• Relocation Available
• Mileage reimbursement for carpooling.
• 401k with Immediate Vesting.
• Fitness Reimbursements.
• access to our on-site gym in Preston complete with a personal trainer 2 days per week.
• Medical/Dental/Vision.
• Company car or vehicle stipend included!
• Vehicle reimbursement solutions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director