Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Title: Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Location: Remote (US-based, Central or Eastern Time preferred)
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis to act as a strategic finance leader and partner to executive leadership. This role owns planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across a multi entity organization with international operations.

You will work closely with the CFO and senior leaders to provide financial clarity, evaluate business trends, model future scenarios, and support decisions tied to global growth and operational efficiency. This role has high visibility, regular exposure to executives, and direct influence on company wide strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead company wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and reporting in partnership with the CFO.

• Develop annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long range plans, and scenario models that support strategic and operational decisions.

• Analyze consolidated monthly and quarterly P and L results across multiple entities and geographies. Identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities.

• Present clear financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership to support data driven decision making.

• Design and maintain dashboards, KPIs, OKRs, and performance reporting to track results against strategic goals.

• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts, and budgets, including across international entities.

• Identify and lead initiatives to improve financial processes, automation, and reporting systems to support scale and international growth.

• Support ad hoc analysis such as pricing, enrollment or demand forecasts, ROI analysis, breakeven analysis, and evaluation of new initiatives.

• Act as a strategic finance advisor on new business opportunities, geographic expansion, and operational investments.

• Leverage advanced analytics or AI driven approaches to improve forecasting accuracy and financial insight, when applicable.

Must Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field.

• 7 or more years of progressive experience in FP and A, corporate finance, or strategic finance.

• Strong accounting knowledge with a solid understanding of US GAAP.

• Proven experience supporting multi entity and international operations, including currency and regional reporting considerations.

• Advanced financial modeling skills and high proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence executive level stakeholders through clear financial analysis.

• Ability to work remotely and travel a few weeks per year as needed.

Nice to Have

• Experience in VC or PE backed or high growth environments.

• Exposure to education, travel, or international program based business models.

• Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, or similar financial planning and CRM systems.

• Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field.