Senior Director – Corporate FP&A

• Lead all corporate budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment between top-down targets and bottom-up business unit plans.
• Maintain and continuously improve corporate financial models, including revenue, cost, cash flow and scenario analyses.
• Drive a rolling forecast cadence that provides leadership with a real-time view of risks, opportunities and emerging trends.
• Leverage AI-powered forecasting tools and predictive analytics to enhance accuracy and reduce manual effort in the planning cycle.
• Provide financial support to the CEO and CFO, including preparation for quarterly earnings, Board presentations and investor materials.
• Prepare executive-ready crib packages and financial presentations that translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives for key stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and timely internal and external reporting, maintaining a single source of truth for corporate financial performance.
• Develop and maintain standard dashboards and self-service reporting views, using BI and AI tools to provide real-time visibility for leadership.
• Define and track key corporate metrics and benchmarks to measure overall business performance against strategic objectives.
• Drive monthly and quarterly business reviews with clear variance analysis, insight into underlying drivers and prioritized actions.
• Partner with business unit finance teams to ensure consistency and transparency in how performance is measured and reported across Gen.
• Use advanced analytics and AI to surface trends, anomalies and forward-looking insights that inform executive decision-making.
• Provide creative and ad‑hoc financial modelling that enables effective, data‑backed decision‑making on investments, capital allocation and strategic initiatives.
• Support M&A evaluation, integration planning and synergy tracking from a corporate finance perspective.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Treasury, Accounting, Tax and business finance teams to resolve complex financial questions and ensure continuity across planning processes.
• Develop and scale FP&A processes and procedures to support Gen's growth and increasing complexity.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate routine reporting, data gathering and consolidation tasks through AI, RPA and workflow tools.
• Champion an AI‑first mindset within Corporate FP&A — piloting new technologies (e.g., AI-assisted variance analysis, natural language reporting, predictive modeling) and sharing learnings across Finance.
• Foster a culture that combines rigorous analysis with business partnership and healthy challenge — encouraging the team to ask tough questions, propose alternatives and bring independent insight.
• Champion the use of data, automation and AI within Finance to create capacity for higher‑value work and improve the speed and quality of insight.
• Role model Gen's values, promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and help build an environment where people can do their best work.

Requirements

• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance or financial planning
• Experience in a publicly traded company, with strong knowledge of earnings processes, SEC reporting cadences and investor communications
• Demonstrated track record of building and improving corporate planning processes, financial models and reporting frameworks in a complex, matrixed environment
• Prior experience evaluating or implementing AI and automation tools within a finance function is strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting, including driver-based and scenario modelling
• Ability to gather, manipulate and manage large datasets from multiple sources, understand complex data relationships and draw conclusions that recommend the best course of action
• Advanced skills in Excel/Sheets and financial modelling; experience with planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive) and BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) is a plus
• Familiarity with AI and automation technologies applicable to finance (e.g., predictive analytics, NLP-based reporting, RPA) and an eagerness to apply them
• Strong influencing and communication skills, able to frame complex issues simply, tell a compelling story and adjust style for executive and non-financial audiences
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-tech environment and manage complex problems

Core Competencies

Expertise in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling, with a strong focus on leveraging AI and automation tools to enhance decision-making and reporting processes. Proven ability to communicate complex financial data effectively to diverse stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives in a corporate finance environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)
• Corporate Finance
• AI And Automation Tools
• Financial Modeling
• Budgeting And Forecasting

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Financial Analysis
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Driver-Based Modeling
• Scenario Modeling
• Data Management
• Excel/Sheets
• Financial Modeling
• BI Tools
• Predictive Analytics

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Storytelling
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Publicly Traded Company
• SEC Reporting
• Investor Communications
• Corporate Planning Processes
• Matrixed Environment

Tools & Technologies

• Anaplan
• Adaptive
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Looker
• AI-Powered Forecasting Tools
• RPA
• NLP-Based Reporting