Dir. Financial Planning & Analysis

Socket.dev; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Director of Corporate FP&A to partner with cross-functional leaders and the executive team to drive long-term financial planning, provide actionable insights, and support strategic decisions that propel growth. The role emphasizes enterprise-level planning, scalable reporting, and development of key performance metrics while mentoring a high-performing team.

The successful candidate will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and complex financial models, collaborating with senior

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in a Finance role with 5+ in FP&A, managerial experience required.
• Strategic thinker with significant experience developing and driving enterprise-level initiatives.
• Ability to influence at the executive level and build cross-functional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to FP&A, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives.
• Partner with Corporate functions to support headcount and expense planning.
• Oversee company-wide financial plans, budgeting, forecasts, and long-term models.
• Build and refine complex financial models for initiatives including M&A.
• Present concise, impactful reports to CFO, exec team, and Board.
• Improve internal financial reporting and commentary for senior leaders.
• Conduct variance analyses to identify trends and opportunities for optimization.
• Deliver timely internal reporting with data-backed insights and business value.
• Develop KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to inform executive decisions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team.

Job description

Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

Job Description

UKG is seeking a strategic and results-driven Director - Corporate FP&A. In this high-impact role, you will partner with cross-functional leaders and the executive team to drive long-term financial planning, provide actionable insights, and support key strategic decisions that fuel our growth. The focus will be on driving the enterprise level financial planning and analysis function with an emphasis on performance improvement; providing quality management information; and furthering the development of scalable reporting and processes, analytical tools, and key performance metrics. You’ll oversee the development of comprehensive financial models, manage the annual budgeting and forecasting processes, and mentor a high-performing team—all to ensure our financial strategy aligns with our business objectives. Additionally, you’ll work closely with senior leaders across departments to deliver insights that shape the future of UKG. The successful candidate possesses a broad understanding of finance and accounting concepts along with strong analytical and interpersonal skills, preferably with software industry experience.

Join UKG Finance and become a vital force in our mission to lead the HCM software industry. We're not just number crunchers ... we're story tellers! We are trusted business partners driving accountability, delivering impactful analysis, focused on the "Why's" versus the "What's" and ultimately crafting the financial narrative that propels UKG forward. In our team, analytical prowess meets a growth enterprise mindset. We synthesize data, understand business functions, build complex financial models, reimagine business processes and actively shape key decisions. As stewards of financial data, we protect UKG with a business-wide mindset, while our innovation-driven approach anticipates challenges and drives transformative insights. Choosing UKG Finance means embracing a dynamic environment where your skills contribute to a journey beyond conventional finance roles. Let's explore how your unique talents can elevate our mission together.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the FP&A function by ensuring that financial planning, forecasting, and modeling activities align with the company’s long-term objectives.
• Partner with Corporate functions including building critical cross-functional relationships providing decision support, strategic financial analysis and guidance, and supporting them within processes such as headcount and expense planning.
• Oversee the development and execution of company-wide financial plans, managing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial models that support our growth initiatives.
• Build sophisticated financial models to evaluate the impact of new initiatives, operational improvements, and strategic opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions.
• Prepare and deliver concise, impactful reports and presentations that communicate critical insights and strategic recommendations to the CFO, executive team, and Board of Directors.
• Develop & improve internal financial reporting and commentary that provides senior leaders with timely insights into trends, operational results, and growth drivers.
• Conduct comprehensive variance analyses to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and offer strategic recommendations to optimize financial performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely internal reporting packages and presentations that illustrate a well-thought-out story that is backed by strong data points and metrics and provides the business value added insight to enable business decisions.
• Develop and refine key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and dashboards that enhance business intelligence and inform executive decisions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of financial professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

Skills / Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in an Finance role with 5+ in FP&A, Managerial Experience is Required
• Strategic-thinker with significant experience successfully developing and driving forward enterprise-level business initiatives.
• Ability to lead, influence and drive priorities at the business executive level as well as build relationships and collaborate across all levels of the Company.
• Excellent financial modeling and analytical skills, including experience in reporting tools such as Anaplan, IBM Planning Analytics and Power BI.
• Strong results orientation and accountability with the ability to solve problems and execute in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility and openness to change; comfort making decisions amidst ambiguity
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical skills and interest in continuous process improvement

Education/Certification/License

• Business Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or related field (Masters preferred)

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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The pay range for this position is $145,600 to 185,000. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits