Senior FP&A Director: Strategic Growth & Insights

Simple Mills; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Health benefits

Hybrid work environment

Competitive compensation

Time off & wellbeing

Job summary

Simple Mills, a national consumer products company, is seeking a Senior Director, FP&A to strengthen planning, performance visibility, and strategic decision support. You will lead annual and long-range planning, forecasting, executive reporting, and financial insights across the organization, partnering with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and other teams.

The role requires a commercially minded finance leader with strong analytical rigor, executive presence, and the ability to challenge

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• MBA, CPA, or advanced finance credential preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated forecasting across revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, capital investments, working capital, and cash flow.
• Own the company’s Annual Operating Plan, rolling forecast process, and long-range planning process.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure planning assumptions are aligned, transparent, realistic, and financially sound.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, identify key drivers of variance, and recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Lead reporting and analysis of business performance versus forecast, plan, and prior year.
• Develop tools and routines that help leaders proactively manage performance and understand the financial implications of business decisions.

Skills

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Power BI

Excel

Executive presence

Cross-functional partnership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

MBA, CPA, or advanced finance credential preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Power BI

Job description

Simple Mills, a national consumer products company, is seeking a Senior Director, FP&A to strengthen planning, performance visibility, and strategic decision support. You will lead annual and long-range planning, forecasting, executive reporting, and financial insights across the organization, partnering with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and other teams.

The role requires a commercially minded finance leader with strong analytical rigor, executive presence, and the ability to challenge