Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

Mobile Cooling Solutions•Katy, TX

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Igloo Products Corp. is an iconic, fast-growing American brand known for durable coolers and has been a leader in the housewares industry for more than 75 years. Igloo is a high-growth lifestyle brand and a pioneer in product sustainability. Acquired by Dometic Brands in 2021, Igloo is growing its direct-to-consumer business and working to grow both brands globally. The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis leads enterprise planning, forecasting, performance management, and decision support, with emphasis on manufacturing finance, cost accounting, plant performance, and margin expansion. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Product Development, and divisional controllers to translate operating drivers into financial outcomes and actionable decisions. The role establishes rigorous planning and reporting processes, improves product and manufacturing cost visibility, and provides forward-looking insights supporting profitable growth, cash generation, and disciplined capital allocation. It calls for a hands-on finance leader able to work strategically while maintaining command of plant-level economics and accounting fundamentals. The position is based in Katy in a hybrid work arrangement. The Director leads the annual operating plan, long-range plan, monthly forecasts and reforecasts, monthly business reviews, and driver-based financial modeling. The role also leads manufacturing finance analysis and standard-costing governance; supports accurate inventory, capitalization, and cost-of-goods-sold reporting; develops profitability analysis; and supports operational, sourcing, network, automation, and capital decisions. The Director oversees reporting and performance management, improves data quality and reporting automation, provides commercial and strategic decision support, and leads and develops the FP&A team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
12 or more years of progressive finance experience, including significant manufacturing finance, FP&A, and cost accounting experience.
Five or more years of people leadership experience, with demonstrated success building high-performing finance teams.
Deep knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, gross margin analysis, and plant performance management.
Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations and partnering directly with plant, supply chain, procurement, and commercial leaders.
Strong command of financial modeling, forecasting, management reporting, and advanced Excel.
Ability to communicate complex financial and operational topics clearly to senior leaders and non-financial stakeholders.
Demonstrated record of improving processes, controls, data quality, and decision-support capabilities.
All applicants must be at least 18 years old and legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent advanced qualification.
Consumer products or durable goods manufacturing experience.
Experience with ERP, consolidation, planning, and business intelligence platforms in a complex manufacturing environment.
Experience leading cost transformation, footprint optimization, productivity, or margin expansion initiatives.

Responsibilities

Own the annual operating plan, long-range plan, monthly forecasting, and periodic reforecasting across functions and operating locations.
Lead monthly business performance reviews and translate financial and operating results into insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Build driver-based financial models for revenue, volume, price, mix, labor, material, overhead, freight, inventory, and capital investment.
Partner with executive and functional leaders to evaluate business cases, strategic initiatives, commercial opportunities, and productivity programs.
Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team, with accountability for analytical quality, timeliness, and business impact.
Analyze manufacturing operations, including plant performance, conversion cost, capacity utilization, labor efficiency, material usage, scrap, yield, downtime, and overhead absorption.
Own and continuously improve standard-costing governance, including annual cost rolls, bills of material, routings, labor and overhead rates, and cost-standard reviews with Operations and Engineering.
Analyze manufacturing variances and drive corrective actions with plant and supply chain leaders.
Partner with controllership to support accurate and timely inventory valuation, reserves, capitalization, and cost-of-goods-sold reporting aligned with company accounting policies.
Develop product, customer, channel, and SKU profitability views that reflect manufacturing complexity, freight, sourcing, and cost-to-serve.
Support make-versus-buy, sourcing, network optimization, footprint, automation, and capital expenditure decisions through financial analysis and post-investment reviews.
Establish consistent plant KPIs and dashboards to identify cost reduction, working capital, throughput, and margin improvement opportunities.
Oversee monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting packages, including operating results, financial position, KPI trends, and variance explanations.
Ensure monthly results are loaded accurately into Dometic consolidation and reporting systems and reporting aligns with Dometic financial standards.
Work with divisional controllers to maintain clear ownership between FP&A, cost accounting, and financial accounting.
Improve data quality, reporting automation, and management dashboards to provide reliable, scalable financial and operating insight.
Communicate and escalate performance issues, forecast changes, control concerns, and emerging business risks in a timely manner.
Partner with Sales, Marketing, Ecommerce, and Product Development on pricing, promotions, customer economics, new product introductions, and portfolio decisions.
Analyze gross margin, contribution margin, freight, rebates, discounts, and cost-to-serve by customer, channel, and product.
Track strategic initiatives, quantify expected and realized benefits, and report on milestones and financial outcomes.
Develop executive-ready presentations for management, ownership, lenders, and other stakeholders as required.