Highlights
This role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial insights, leading budgeting and forecasting cycles, and supporting key business decisions through advanced analytics, reporting, and performance evaluation. The Director will act as a strategic finance partner to commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and executive leadership teams.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Gastonia, North Carolina |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $170,000–$180,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 1,500 to 1,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1999 |
| Website | http://www.addisongroup.com/ |
Description
Job Title: Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Location (city, state): Charlotte, NC
Pay: $170,000–$180,000 base
Job Description:
This leadership role oversees financial planning and analysis across multiple regions, including North America and South America. The Director will act as a strategic finance partner to commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and executive leadership teams. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial insights, leading budgeting and forecasting cycles, and supporting key business decisions through advanced analytics, reporting, and performance evaluation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across multiple regions
- Serve as a strategic partner to commercial, operations, and executive leadership teams
- Analyze business performance trends and provide actionable insights on growth, risk, and profitability
- Evaluate product and customer profitability to support margin optimization initiatives
- Develop financial models and business cases to support strategic initiatives and new product decisions
- Own monthly reporting packages, executive financial reviews, and variance analysis against budget and forecast
- Provide insights on SG&A performance, cost drivers, and operational efficiency opportunities
- Design and maintain reporting dashboards and financial models to support decision-making
- Present financial results and recommendations in a clear, executive-ready format
- Lead and develop a small finance team (Manager of Finance and FP&A Analyst)
- Partner cross-functionally to improve financial processes and strengthen planning frameworks
Qualifications:
- 12–15+ years of progressive corporate finance experience
- Strong background in manufacturing or industrial environments required
- Deep FP&A expertise including budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
- Experience with commercial finance, costing, and profitability analysis strongly preferred
- Advanced proficiency in SAP and Hyperion required
- Strong Excel and financial modeling skills; Power BI experience a plus
- Prior leadership experience managing direct reports required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
- MBA or CPA preferred
- Experience working in global, matrixed organizations preferred
Additional Details:
- Full-time, on-site role in Charlotte
- Typical working hours: 7–4 or 8–5
- Some domestic and international travel required (U.S., Canada, Brazil, and occasional Europe)
- Two direct reports initially, with potential team growth
Perks:
- Competitive base salary with global performance bonus
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, mental health support)
- 401(k) and long-term financial benefits
- Generous PTO package plus 12 paid holidays
- Professional development and internal training resources
- Employee engagement, volunteering, and corporate discount programs
- Opportunity to join a growing global organization during a period of leadership transformation
| Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. |
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About Company
Need a job? Need an employee? Then you need Addison Group, the professional staffing and search firm that has reshaped the industry with our excellent placements in the Administrative & HR, Engineering, Executive Search, Finance & Accounting, Healthcare, and IT sectors.
Addison Group has enjoyed rapid growth since its inception in 1999, when a group of visionary industry leaders in Chicago set out with the simple goal of recruiting the best candidates for the best companies. With the help of its strategic investment partner, Trilantic Capital Partners, Addison Group has expanded its reach across the country through 13 offices and six core industry sectors, from Administrative to IT.
Addison Group has enjoyed rapid growth since its inception in 1999, when a group of visionary industry leaders in Chicago set out with the simple goal of recruiting the best candidates for the best companies. With the help of its strategic investment partner, Trilantic Capital Partners, Addison Group has expanded its reach across the country through 13 offices and six core industry sectors, from Administrative to IT.