Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

SUMMARY

This is an FP&A-first leadership role and a senior seat on the Finance leadership team, reporting to the VP, Finance & Organizational Excellence. The core mandate is to analyze the business and translate it into insight that informs and improves operations: owning planning, forecasting, the monthly close from an FP&A lens, and the models that drive decisions across a multi-entity, multi-region company. Building on that foundation, the Director supports the company’s investor and lender relationships with rigorous analysis and materials, and brings capital-markets, corporate-development, and systems fluency to support the investor board relationship, contemplated transactions and related due diligence, and the finance-transformation roadmap. The Director executes against the strategy and priorities set by the VP, Finance, mentors the FP&A team, and helps scale the function as the company grows.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the annual operating plan; translate company strategy into financial plans, targets, and measurable KPIs.
• Own the recurring forecast and reforecast cycle, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and quarterly guidance.
• Define, track, and report key performance indicators and operating metrics, and partner with leaders to drive accountability and performance improvement.
• Understand and explain business performance, what happened, why, and what it means, and bring proactive insight to functional and operational leaders.
• Lead profitability and margin analysis across product service lines, regions, and customers, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted business partner to PSL and department leaders, turning analysis into operational and commercial action.
• Build and maintain three-statement and decision-support models for planning, scenario analysis, and capital allocation.
• Lead capital-investment analysis: build business cases for capital expenditures, including fleet, evaluate returns, and track performance of investments against plan.
• Forecast cash flow, working capital, and liquidity; support management of the revolving credit facility and related covenant tracking and reporting.
• Prepare investor (Board) and lender reporting and materials in support of the investor narrative set by the VP, Finance, and ready leadership for investor and lender Q&A.
• Support the investor/lendor relationships and related inquiries and projects with capital-structure and capital-allocation analysis, modeling, and diligence.
• Support corporate-development and M&A analysis, valuation, and diligence in partnership with the Corporate Development lead.
• Own the monthly and quarterly close from an FP&A lens and the executive reporting package: flux and variance analysis, management narrative, and KPI reporting.
• Support execution of the finance-transformation roadmap (Vena, NetSuite integration, lakehouse reporting) in partnership with the Finance data and ADT functions, and drive automation and continuous improvement of FP&A processes and reporting.
• Mentor and develop FP&A talent, set analytical standards, and help build and scale the function as the company grows.
• Lead ad hoc analyses and special projects for executive leadership.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of progressive FP&A / corporate finance experience, including direct team leadership.
• Genuine analytical curiosity and strong business acumen, a habit of interpreting results and telling the story, not just running reports.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, with advanced financial modeling, three-statement, and scenario analysis fluency.
• Experience operating across a multi-entity, multi-region business.
• Experience building and presenting executive- and Board-level reporting and KPI frameworks.
• Advanced Excel; proficiency with FP&A and ERP systems.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, able to explain what the numbers mean to leadership clearly and proactively.
• Investor relations and/or capital-markets experience (earnings, capital allocation, debt or equity transactions).
• MBA or professional certification (CFA, CMA, CPA, or FPAC), preferred.
• Private-equity or sponsor-owned company experience; support of a recapitalization, M&A, or diligence, preferred.
• Chemical, energy, oilfield services, or other capital-intensive / industrial background, preferred.
• Familiarity with cash-flow forecasting and revolving credit facilities, including covenant reporting, preferred.
• FP&A platform or ERP fluency (Vena, NetSuite); Power BI and SQL, preferred.
• Intellectual curiosity about business drivers and a bias to understand the “why.”
• Business partnering and the ability to influence operational and commercial decisions.
• Data storytelling and confident executive communication.
• Analytical rigor, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Capital-markets and capital-structure fluency.
• Process improvement and automation orientation.
• Leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional partnership.
• Ethical judgment and integrity.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Must complete and pass all required pre-employment screenings.

Imperative Chemical Partners is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national or ethnic origin, veteran or disability status.

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned or re-assigned.  This job description is subject to change at any time.