Senior Director, Global Financial Planning & Analysis

Position summary:

At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for an experienced Senior Director of Global Financial Planning & Analysis to lead the global FP&A department. This candidate will be responsible for the company's long-term financial health and growth and focus on operational excellence in our current practices to increase efficiencies. The Senior Director of Global FP&A will work closely with the global accounting team, the department heads and regional leadership to monitor, analyze, forecast and report the financial performance of our global organization.

This role reports to the Chief Finance Officer who is part of a wider Leadership Team spearheading our ambitious 2023-2030 strategy to further strengthen our organizational impact and scale and grow globally. This individual will help drive productivity and impact across the organization through financial data that will help prioritize and support decision making effectively.

Responsibilities:

There are three pillars of responsibility for this role:

Lead FP&A efforts for annual budget creation, quarterly reforecasts, ad hoc analysis and overall financial performance

• Partner with department heads, regional directors and leadership team to drive organizational financial health and growth;
• Leads global and regional FP&A deliverables organized by department/business unit, as well as company-wide KPIs and metrics for organizational performance;
• Leads FP&A activities across all regions, including frequent financial outlooks, quarterly (at minimum) forecasting, and annual budgeting;
• Directs projects and initiatives focused on improving operational excellence throughout the finance organization;
• Generate Monthly Business Review, Board of Directors, and other management presentations as needed;
• Own various ad hoc analysis and presentations as needed.

Lead team of regional and global FP&A managers responsible for data collection and business partnership with leadership

• Develops strategy for FP&A function, team structure and resource allocation necessary to support the needs of the organization;
• Ensure deliverables are on-time and accurate against timelines and requirements set forth by CFO and leadership team;
• Lead, support, motivate and inspire the team, championing a culture of learning and accountability.

Management of Technical model development

• Partner with CFO on forecasting needs, strategic alignment and business model development through model creation and data accessibility;
• Directing forecasting and reporting models, utilizing expert Excel and data organizational skills to bring in data sets, process for information desired, and output clean, easy to view reporting;
• Educate and coach FP&A team on model structure, formula usage and best practices for clean reporting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in Accounting or Finance (or equivalent experience);
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in financial planning, analysis and reporting;
• Excellent people management skills. Enterprise leadership with proven record of leading teams in a dynamic environment;
• Expert-level/advanced financial modelling and Excel work experience
• Experience using computerized accounting systems, Netsuite preferred;
• Strong math, analytical and technical skills; highly organized and customer service oriented;
• Experience managing government grants with sub-recipient grant programs preferred;
• Experience working in an international non-government organization preferred;
• Ability to partner with a range of stakeholders from finance and non-finance backgrounds to drive performance;
• Excellent organizational skills with emphasis on project and financial management;
• Outstanding communication skills and executive presence;
• Ability to operate with considerable independence and as a member of a team, show good judgment, and take initiative;
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time, nationally and internationally.