Senior Director, FP&A - Remote

Prog Leasing; Lake Township (OH); Remote; USD 180.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Purchasing Power, part of PROG Holdings, seeks a Senior Director of FP&A to lead forecasting, planning and reporting for a growing retail business. You will partner with merchandising, operations and technology to translate data into actionable insights and drive financial performance.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled analytics, scalable processes, and collaboration with senior leadership to optimize unit economics and margins.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading FP&A for a retail or consumer business.
• Strong modeling, forecasting and executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and drive decisions.

Aufgaben

• Leading financial planning, forecasting and budgeting with cross-functional alignment.
• Serving as finance partner to merchandising, operations, technology and services leaders.
• Developing AI-forward forecasting and reporting to scale the business.
• Building scalable processes and dashboards tied to business drivers.

Kenntnisse

Retail finance experience

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Executive communication

Leadership

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA/CFA preferred

Tools

Oracle/Workday ERP

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Tableau/Power BI/Snowflake

Jobbeschreibung

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. With more than 20 years in FinTech, we've grown from start-up to industry leader by innovating, simplifying, and valuing people. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with three business segments: Progressive Leasing, Purchasing Power (a leading employee purchase program for consumer products and services using payroll deduction), and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.

Purchasing Power (a PROG Holdings company, NYSE: PRG)

ABOUT PURCHASING POWER:

Purchasing Power is a leading employee purchase program that helps people buy the products and services they need through the convenience of payroll deduction. As part of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a fintech holding company with more than 20 years of experience, we build simple, responsible financial solutions that put people first. PROG Holdings' portfolio includes Progressive Leasing, a market leader in lease-to-own solutions; Purchasing Power; and Four, a Buy Now, Pay Later platform - all united by a commitment to innovation, access, and meaningful impact.

We're looking for a Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead FP&A for Purchasing Power at a pivotal moment for the business. This is a build-and-transform role for a retail-savvy, AI-forward finance leader who can modernize how the business plans, forecasts, and makes decisions while partnering closely with senior leadership.

The ideal candidate brings strong FP&A experience, deep business partnership skills, and a practical understanding of retail or consumer business drivers, including unit economics, margins, customer behavior, and operational KPIs. This leader will help shape a more data-driven, AI-enabled finance function while building scalable processes for a growing business.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON:

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting with a strong emphasis on operational alignment and execution
• Serve as the financial partner to leaders across merchandising, operations, technology, and servicing, providing real-time insight and decision support
• Drive visibility into unit economics, customer and cohort behavior, margins, and operational KPIs, and translate insights into actions that improve performance
• Build and modernize forecasting models, operational reporting, and dashboards tied directly to business drivers
• Lead adoption of AI and automation across FP&A to streamline recurring work, surface trends, pressure-test assumptions, and create capacity for higher-value analysis
• Set the vision for an AI-forward finance function by identifying high-value use cases, evaluating tools, and establishing practical, responsible workflows
• Support scenario planning and investment analysis to help leaders weigh trade-offs and prioritize initiatives
• Partner with Accounting and central PROG finance teams to ensure accuracy and alignment of financial data and reporting
• Build scalable, right-sized processes for a growing business, balancing structure with agility
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering accountability, curiosity, continuous improvement, and thoughtful adoption of new tools

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, operational finance, or related roles, including leading and developing teams
• Proven retail experience is required. Candidates should bring a strong understanding of unit economics, gross margin management, merchandising and assortment strategy, promotional planning, and customer cohort performance.
• Proven ability to partner closely with business leaders and influence operational decisions
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities, with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers and strategy
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, executive-ready insight
• Comfort operating in high-growth, mid-sized, or dynamic environments with a hands‑on, roll‑up‑your‑sleeves mindset
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or professional certification such as CPA or CFA preferred
• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Workday is important
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; familiarity with data tools such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake highly valued

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hands-on, practical use of AI or large-language-model tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot to accelerate finance and analytical work
• Experience piloting or deploying AI- or automation-enabled forecasting, variance analysis, or reporting workflows
• A clear point of view on how AI is reshaping the finance function, with a track record of leading adoption by example
• Comfort evaluating tools and designing practical, responsible AI workflows a team can rely on
• AI‑enabled tools are already part of how work gets done across our organization, and their use will continue to expand over t