Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Overview

In this role you will lead enterprise-wide FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting for a complex professional services firm serving federal and commercial markets. You will partner with the CFO and executives to translate performance into actionable insights, driving financial discipline and profitable growth. You’ll build a high-performing team, establish scalable planning and reporting, and provide forward-looking analysis on revenue, backlog, labor, margins, and capital allocation. This is a mission-critical, high-visibility position that combines strategic influence with hands-on execution.

Pay / Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• Sick time and company holidays
• Discretionary incentive bonus
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlook, and long-range planning across federal, commercial, corporate, and shared-service operations
• Own executive, Board, and management reporting with clear analysis of results, drivers, risks, and actions
• Translate operational plans, pipeline, backlog, staffing, utilization, pricing, and investments into integrated forecasts
• Provide strategic financial modeling, scenario analysis, and decision support for growth initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, and cost optimization
• Improve forecasting accuracy through driver-based planning, variance analysis, and consistent metrics
• Oversee financial analysis for government contracting: revenue recognition, indirect rates, project economics, backlog, funded/unfunded work, and compliance
• Develop reporting for commercial services: bookings, pipeline, pricing, utilization, realization, revenue, margin, client profitability
• Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Corporate Development, Human Capital, Operations, and leadership to align assumptions and outcomes
• Advance FP&A systems, dashboards, data governance, automation, and reporting processes
• Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing FP&A team with strong analytics and communication skills
• Operate as a high-energy, hands-on leader with strategic and detail-oriented focus
• Build relationships with senior leaders, communicate complex financials clearly to executives and boards
• Challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and drive accountability with a partnership mindset
• Demonstrate high performance, sound judgment, urgency, and execution in a fast-paced environment
• Anticipate risks and opportunities and mobilize stakeholders around practical actions
• Model integrity, curiosity, resilience, collaboration, and commitment to results and team success

Key requirements

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience with significant FP&A, strategic finance, or planning leadership
• Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance management for enterprise or large business units
• Experience in professional services, consulting, government contracting, managed services, or project-driven services
• Strong understanding of federal and commercial environments, revenue models, contracting structures, pricing dynamics, and risk profiles
• Expertise in services-industry economics: backlog, pipeline, bookings, headcount, utilization, margins, client profitability
• Advanced financial modeling, scenario planning, data analysis, and executive presentation skills
• Proven ability to lead and develop a high-performing finance team and partner across the business
• Experience improving FP&A processes, systems, data quality, governance, and forecasting accuracy
• Executive presence, communication, influence, and change leadership

• leadership
• collaboration
• communication
• advanced financial modeling
• scenario planning
• data analysis

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