Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Celanese International Corporation•Irving, TX

15h

About The Position

The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) plays a critical leadership role in driving financial insight, strategic decision-making, and performance management across the business. This role partners closely with senior business leaders to translate strategy into actionable financial plans, deliver forward-looking analysis, and ensure sustained value creation. The Director leads planning, forecasting, and reporting processes while mentoring a high-performing FP&A team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required
10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles, with demonstrated business partnership at a senior level
Prior experience leading and developing high-performing teams
Strong strategic and analytical capabilities with the ability to simplify complex financial information
Excellent communication and influencing skills, including executive-level financial storytelling
Advanced financial modeling and scenario analysis expertise
Strong systems aptitude to ERP and financial reporting system (SAP and BPC) and high proficiency in Excel
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, ambiguity, and tight deadlines
Business-oriented, proactive, and results-driven
Collaborative partner with strong commercial acumen
Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving change
High integrity and commitment to sound financial governance

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred
Industry experience in a complex, matrixed, or global organization preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the annual budgeting, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes, translating business strategy into financial plans and scenario analyses to assess risks and opportunities.
Validate monthly business actual financial results, partnering closely with Accounting and Controllership to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of reported financials
Deliver timely and insightful variance analysis against forecast, identifying key performance drivers and recommending corrective actions.
Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical rigor.
Act as a trusted finance partner to senior business and functional leaders, providing data-driven insights to support strategic initiatives, investments, and resource allocation.
Develop and maintain robust financial models to support business cases, pricing decisions, and profitability analysis.
Support M&A, capital investment, and other strategic initiatives through financial modeling, valuation, and post-investment performance tracking.
Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and systems to improve scalability, automation, and insight generation.
Partner with IT and finance transformation teams on planning system enhancements and data model improvements.
Ensure strong governance, controls, and documentation across planning and reporting processes.