Director, FP&A & Finance Transformation

Kinaxis Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation

Hybrid work options

Well-being programs

Mentorship & career development

Hackathons

Job summary

Kinaxis is seeking a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead enterprise-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance insights. The role partners across Product, Sales, and Corporate Functions to drive growth and reporting excellence in a global, AI-enabled FP&A function.

The position emphasizes leadership, advanced modeling, and executive communication, with a hybrid arrangement in Ottawa/Toronto or remote options for eligible locations.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA or legacy CA, CMA or CGA), CFA, or MBA.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or corporate finance.

Responsibilities

• Build an integrated, enterprise-wide planning process across business units and regions to drive business objectives and long-term growth.
• Develop key financial models and scenarios to evaluate strategic initiatives and investments, with a view to multi-year projections.
• Lead scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and financial modeling to support strategic decisions.
• Manage and drive management reporting – analyze financial results, distill and communicate key messages to the senior leadership team.
• Support Board reporting, executive presentations, and investor reporting and communications.
• Deliver actionable financial insights that influence investment priorities, resource allocation, pricing, and growth initiatives.
• Demonstrated outstanding communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights.
• Develop KPIs and performance dashboards that provide timely visibility into business health.
• Foster strong partnerships across the organization including Product, Sales, Corporate Functions and other teams.
• Modernize FP&A through automation, AI-enabled analytics, and scalable planning technologies.
• Propose and implement continuous improvement of strategies, processes, systems and policies to enhance speed and effectiveness of forecasting and reporting.
• Establish best-in-class planning processes, governance, and data quality.
• Champion the use of modern planning platforms and business intelligence tools.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global FP&A organization.
• Create a culture of accountability, curiosity, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
• Lead organizational change and finance transformation initiatives across a global business, including exploring additional areas to implement AI initiatives.

Skills

FP&A

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

CPA or CMA or CFA or MBA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Kinaxis is seeking a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead enterprise-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance insights. The role partners across Product, Sales, and Corporate Functions to drive growth and reporting excellence in a global, AI-enabled FP&A function.

The position emphasizes leadership, advanced modeling, and executive communication, with a hybrid arrangement in Ottawa/Toronto or remote options for eligible locations.