FP&A Director: Strategic Growth & Investment Leader

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is helping San Francisco Bay Area employers fill Director of FP&A roles with senior professionals who can lead strategic, financial, and transaction work. The position emphasizes ownership, executive communication, and measurable results, with base salary ranges disclosed before submission.

This role involves planning, forecasting, management reporting, building models, coordinating due diligence, presenting to boards, and improving financial processes.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, strategy, or corporate development.
• Advanced financial analysis and modeling skills with strong attention to detail.
• Experience managing confidential projects with executive visibility.
• Clear writing, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own planning, forecasting, management reporting, and strategic financial analysis.
• Lead rigorous analysis of markets, companies, investments, transactions, and strategic alternatives.
• Build financial models, decision materials, and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Coordinate diligence and execution across finance, legal, operating, and external teams.
• Identify material risks, value drivers, and unanswered questions early in a process.
• Present conclusions clearly to executives, investment committees, boards, or clients.
• Improve templates, data sources, and operating processes used for recurring decisions.

Skills

Senior experience in corporate finance

Advanced financial analysis

Modeling skills

Confidential projects

Written/presentation/stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Career Launch is helping San Francisco Bay Area employers fill Director of FP&A roles with senior professionals who can lead strategic, financial, and transaction work. The position emphasizes ownership, executive communication, and measurable results, with base salary ranges disclosed before submission.

This role involves planning, forecasting, management reporting, building models, coordinating due diligence, presenting to boards, and improving financial processes.