FP&A Director: Strategic Planning & Growth Partner

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

401(k) with Company Match

Health Benefits

Job summary

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. seeks a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead strategic finance initiatives, develop financial plans, and align them with the company's growth objectives.

In this senior role, you will own the enterprise planning process, deliver board-ready reporting, and partner with executive leadership to translate performance into actionable insights. Candidates with 10+ years FP&A, MBA preferred, and a track record in retail or multi-site environments

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a finance leader.
• Experience operating in a multi-site retail environment preferred.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution and operational detail.
• Exceptional influencing skills — able to drive alignment, shape decisions, and lead change at the executive level and across the broader organization.
• Proven ability to create, implement and maintain best-in-class processes, systems and structure.
• Strong change management capabilities with a history of transforming functions and building organizations from tactical to strategic.
• Outstanding financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills; advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial planning systems or data visualization tools (e.g., Hyperion, Essbase, IBM Planning Analytics, Power BI, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise-wide planning process, setting the standard for how the organization forecasts, budgets, and reports.
• Lead the monthly financial performance review, synthesizing results to deliver meaningful commentary and strategic insight.
• Translate financial performance into actionable guidance, delivering analysis that connects P&L results, capital deployment, and business initiatives to growth objectives.
• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the executive committee, surfacing risks, opportunities, and recommendations through board packages and executive reporting.
• Drive cross-functional financial partnership, collaborating with business leaders to embed financial rigor into operations.
• Govern the capital planning and approval process, ensuring ROI modeling is in place to assess key initiatives.
• Spearhead the evaluation and implementation of a new FP&A platform, leading adoption across the finance team.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Change management

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA

Tools

Hyperion

Essbase

IBM Planning Analytics

Power BI

Job description

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. seeks a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead strategic finance initiatives, develop financial plans, and align them with the company's growth objectives.

In this senior role, you will own the enterprise planning process, deliver board-ready reporting, and partner with executive leadership to translate performance into actionable insights. Candidates with 10+ years FP&A, MBA preferred, and a track record in retail or multi-site environments