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The Director of FP&A will serve as a senior leader within the Finance organization and a critical partner to the SVP of FP&A. This role is built for a highly analytical operator who thrives in the details, can move quickly across complex workstreams, and produces sharp, executive-ready insight under tight deadlines. The Director will own data-driven analysis across the enterprise—including forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, client and segment performance, and corporate cost management—while also overseeing the Corporate FP&A function, managing the FP&A Manager responsible for Corporate budgeting, departmental P&L reporting, and the enterprise allocations and chargeback process. The Director will combine hands-on analytical leadership with team development and process rigor, ensuring FP&A outputs are accurate, scalable, decision-oriented, and provide actionable insights to senior business leaders.

• Serve as a hands-on analytical leader within the FP&A team, partnering closely with the SVP of FP&A on the most complex, time-sensitive, and high-visibility analyses across the enterprise.
• Prepare and report on financial analyses across multiple workstreams—including client revenue and churn, Net New Business, segment performance, labor and G&A, and capital projects—producing executive-ready insights on tight timelines.
• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models in Excel and OneStream, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, multi-year forecasts, and cost/investment frameworks.
• Co-lead enterprise forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning processes in partnership with the SVP of FP&A and senior finance leaders, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timeliness across reporting units.
• Oversee the FP&A Manager responsible for the end-to-end Corporate budget and three annual reforecasts, partnering with Corporate department leads to aggregate budgets and report on results to the C-suite.
• Direct the preparation and review of monthly departmental P&Ls, flash reviews, and management reporting packs covering 15+ Corporate departments across Finance, Marketing, and Corporate Admin, ensuring accurate variance commentary and timely delivery.
• Own the Corporate Allocations and chargeback process ($250MM+ in annual allocations and chargebacks to Stagwell brands), partnering with brand CFOs and finance leads on quarterly allocation summaries, billing instructions, and credit approvals.
• Co-lead preparation of financial analysis and materials on for the CEO, Board, C-Suite, and segment-level management, contributing to a cohesive performance narrative across the FP&A organization.
• Drive ad hoc analyses and special projects for senior leadership—jumping across workstreams to provide structured problem-solving, risk assessment, and rapid quantitative answers to emerging business questions.
• Partner with the SVP of FP&A on FP&A transformation initiatives—including OneStream implementation, KPI reporting redesign, and Maconomy/PowerBI-enabled dashboards—to enhance scalability, analytical rigor, and decision-readiness of FP&A outputs.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting on month-end close, accruals, flash P&L review, and project/department coding to ensure completeness and accuracy of results versus budget.
• Mentor and develop the FP&A Manager and broader team, setting high standards for analytical quality, business partnership, and executive communication.

• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, and/or public accounting, ideally with exposure to a public company or similarly complex, multi-entity organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline required; CPA, CFA, or MBA a plus.
• Demonstrated reputation as a hands-on analytical “athlete”—someone who thrives building models, running numbers, and producing insightful, executive-ready analysis under tight deadlines and across unfamiliar workstreams.
• Advanced Excel skills (modeling, scenario analysis, lookup and reference formulas, large-data manipulation); fluency in modern BI tools (PowerBI, Looker, or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience with OneStream or similar forecasting and consolidation tools; familiarity with Maconomy or comparable ERP a plus.
• Proven experience leading annual budgeting, multiple reforecasts, and long-range planning across multiple stakeholders, functional leaders, and reporting units.
• Track record managing Corporate cost center reporting, departmental P&Ls, and intercompany allocations or chargebacks at scale.
• People leadership experience, including managing FP&A or finance staff and developing high-performing teams.
• Ability to synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear, concise, executive-ready insights and recommendations.
• Natural intellectual curiosity, growth orientation, and a commercially minded approach to partnership—an operator who seeks to understand the business and translate it into financial guidance.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to articulate financial concepts to non-finance partners at all levels of the organization; collaborative, business-oriented leadership style.

In order to comply with equal pay and salary transparency laws in various locations, we believe the target range of base compensation in New York City for this role is $140,000 - $175,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.

In addition to medical, dental and vision coverage, we offer a generous PTO plan, 401k program, comprehensive family planning benefits (including paid parental leave), tuition reimbursement, and pre-tax commuter benefits. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Stagwell and the location where you work.