Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

StarTech.com•London, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a strategic leadership opportunity reporting to the VP Finance. The Director, FP&A will elevate StarTech.com's financial planning, forecasting, and commercial finance capabilities while transforming FP&A into a proactive, insight-driven business partner across the organization. As a key member of the Finance leadership team, you will lead enterprise-wide financial planning, executive reporting, pricing and costing analysis, and business performance management. Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, Supply Chain, Operations, HR, and Executive Leadership, you will translate complex financial data into actionable business insights that improve decision-making, drive profitable growth, and shape the future of StarTech.com. This position is ideal for an experienced FP&A leader who enjoys building capabilities, influencing executive strategy, and leading transformation rather than simply maintaining existing processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline.
8 - 12 years of progressive finance experience with at least 4-5 years in FP&A leadership or senior individual contributor role.
Proven experience leading Financial Planning & Analysis within a global organization.
Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership to influence business decisions.
Strong commercial finance experience including pricing, forecasting and business performance analysis.
Advanced financial modeling and forecasting expertise.
Experience leading annual planning cycles and multi-year financial planning.
Strong understanding of gross margin, pricing, costing and operational finance.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Experience using Power BI (or similar Business Intelligence tools).
Experience working with ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics experience is considered an asset).
Outstanding executive communication and presentation skills.
Proven ability to lead, mentor and organize high-performing teams.
Naturally curious, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-changing business environment.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA or CMA designation.
Experience within technology hardware, distribution/channel focused business, industrial products, consumer products or other supply chain-intensive industries.
Experience transforming FP&A processes and planning capabilities.
Experience redesigning KPI frameworks and executive reporting.
Experience supporting pricing strategy, sourcing optimization and commercial finance initiatives.
Experience presenting financial recommendations to executive leadership and Boards.
Experience within a high-growth, multi-national or private equity-backed organization.

Responsibilities

Lead Enterprise Financial Planning & Forecasting: Own and continuously improve StarTech.com's annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts. Develop and maintain three-year revenue and P&L plans across countries, product categories, buying centers, and customer segments. Build scenario models (base, best and worst case) that support executive and board-level decision making. Improve forecast accuracy while increasing visibility into future business performance.
Deliver Executive Business Insights: Partner with Executive Leadership to provide meaningful financial analysis that influences strategic decisions. Build executive reporting and dashboards that clearly communicate business performance, trends, risks and opportunities. Translate complex financial information into concise, actionable recommendations. Identify and prioritize the business issues with the greatest financial impact.
Drive Commercial Finance & Gross Margin Performance: Partner with Product, Sales and Supply Chain to improve pricing, costing and gross margin performance. Analyze the financial impact of tariffs, sourcing strategies, pricing decisions and product mix. Develop commercial finance frameworks that support sustainable profitability. Support sourcing optimization and inventory planning initiatives.
Build the Future of FP&A: Modernize FP&A processes, reporting and planning capabilities across the organization. Lead the redesign of enterprise KPIs and performance measurement. Improve how StarTech measures commercial success and business performance. Build a proactive, strategic FP&A function that partners closely with business leaders.
Lead and develop the FP&A Team: Provide leadership and mentorship to the FP&A team. Establish priorities, organize work and develop team capabilities. Foster a collaborative, curious and ownership-minded culture within Finance.