Strategic FP&A Director — Global $1-5B, Transformation

Connect Search, LLC; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC in Watertown, MA, is seeking an experienced finance leader to own FP&A, forecasting, and strategic planning across a $500M+ business group within a Fortune 1000 leader. This role partners with senior executives to drive performance, evaluate risks, and set strategic priorities.

You will lead finance transformation, support restructurings and divestitures, assess growth investments and M&A opportunities, and build a high-performing team, with a clear path to VP.

Qualifications

• Significant finance leadership experience supporting a large, multi-division organization.
• Strong FP&A, strategic finance and executive business partnership background.
• Experience operating within a large global matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A, forecasting, strategic planning, and business performance management across the group.
• Partner with senior executives to evaluate performance, risks, opportunities, and priorities.
• Translate complex financial issues into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Support finance transformation, restructuring, and divestiture-related initiatives.
• Evaluate growth investments, M&A opportunities, and value-creation initiatives.
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team.

Skills

FP&A

Forecasting

Strategic planning

Executive partnership

M&A

Finance leadership

Transformation

Job description

Connect Search, LLC in Watertown, MA, is seeking an experienced finance leader to own FP&A, forecasting, and strategic planning across a $500M+ business group within a Fortune 1000 leader. This role partners with senior executives to drive performance, evaluate risks, and set strategic priorities.

You will lead finance transformation, support restructurings and divestitures, assess growth investments and M&A opportunities, and build a high-performing team, with a clear path to VP.