Sr. Director FP&A | Retail Finance

Purchasing Power; Atlanta (GA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Purchasing Power, a PROG Holdings company, located in Atlanta, seeks a Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead FP&A transformation. The role combines retail finance expertise with AI-enabled planning to modernize how the business forecasts, budgets, and decides.

You will partner with merchandising, operations, technology, and servicing leaders, build scalable processes, mentor a high-performing team, and translate data into executive-ready insights that drive margins and growth.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• MBA or professional certification such as CPA or CFA preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems like Oracle or Workday.
• Strong modeling, forecasting, and analytics capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication.

Responsabilidades

• Lead FP&A for Purchasing Power across planning, forecasting and budgeting.
• Partner with merchandising, operations, technology and servicing leaders.
• Develop forecasting models and dashboards tied to business drivers.
• Drive unit economics visibility and actionable insights.
• Lead AI-enabled finance initiatives and automation across FP&A.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing FP&A team.
• Align financial data with accounting and PROG finance teams.
• Support scenario planning and investment analysis.

Conocimientos

FP&A leadership

Retail finance

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Business partnering

Communication

Strategic thinking

Hands-on

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

MBA or CPA/CFA preferred

Herramientas

Oracle ERP

Workday

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Purchasing Power (a PROG Holdings company, NYSE: PRG) | Location: Atlanta, GA

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 time. We value people who are curious, adaptable, and open to learning as roles and workflows evolve.

WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE:

• You’ll make a direct and visible impact within a nimble, growing business with close partnership across senior leadership
• You’ll help modernize how the business plans, forecasts, and makes decisions using stronger data, clearer reporting, and practical AI-enabled workflows
• You’ll have real opportunity to shape strategy, influence outcomes, and build a scalable FP&A function for the future
• We are a people-first, data-driven fintech focused on enabling access and financial flexibility for our customers