Director, FP&A & Strategic Business Partner

3P Partners; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Job summary

3P Partners is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across its agricultural and food manufacturing operations in Salinas, CA. You will transform FP&A into a proactive, business‑oriented function, partnering with operations and commercial leaders to drive margin improvement and informed decision‑making.

The role reports to the Division CFO and will own financial planning, reporting, and process improvements while guiding a 3–5 person finance team.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of FP&A leadership, forecasting, and business partnering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; CPA/CMA/MBA preferred.
• Experience supporting operationally intensive businesses; agriculture/food manufacturing background preferred.
• Experience partnering with operations, sales, and supply chain leaders to improve performance.
• Experience implementing or improving FP&A, ERP, and BI systems (OneStream, Dynamics, Power BI).
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling with interest in AI/automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across operations, manufacturing, sales, and supply chain.
• Develop driver-based forecasting models including acreage, yields, production, pricing, and costs.
• Own weekly performance reporting and monthly reviews, analyze variances and provide actionable recommendations.
• Transform FP&A into a proactive business partner with operational and commercial leaders to improve cost management and profitability.
• Support capital investments, new product initiatives, and ROI through modeling and scenario analysis.
• Lead implementation and adoption of FP&A systems, driving automation and analytics capabilities.
• Standardize financial reporting, KPIs, and planning processes across the business.
• Lead, coach, and develop a finance team of 3–5 professionals.

Skills

FP&A leadership

Forecasting

Profitability analysis

Financial modeling

ERP systems

Power BI

OneStream

Microsoft Dynamics

Excel

Automation / AI in finance

Team leadership

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

CPA / CMA / MBA preferred

Tools

OneStream

Microsoft Dynamics

Power BI

Excel

Job description

3P Partners is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across its agricultural and food manufacturing operations in Salinas, CA. You will transform FP&A into a proactive, business‑oriented function, partnering with operations and commercial leaders to drive margin improvement and informed decision‑making.

The role reports to the Division CFO and will own financial planning, reporting, and process improvements while guiding a 3–5 person finance team.