Senior Director, FP&A - Retail Finance
RemoteAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting with a strong emphasis on operational alignment and execution. Serve as the financial partner to leaders across merchandising, operations, technology, and servicing, providing real-time insight and decision support. Drive visibility into unit economics, customer and cohort behavior, margins, and operational KPIs, translating insights into actions that improve performance. Build and modernize forecasting models, operational reporting, and dashboards tied directly to business drivers while leading the adoption of AI and automation to streamline recurring work. Set the vision for an AI-forward finance function by identifying high-value use cases and establishing practical workflows. Partner with Accounting and central PROG finance teams to ensure data accuracy, lead a high-performing FP&A team, and support scenario planning for strategic trade-offs. This build-and-transform role requires a retail-savvy, AI-forward finance leader to modernize planning processes within Purchasing Power, a PROG Holdings subsidiary focused on employee purchase programs.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, operational finance, or related roles, including leading and developing teams
- Proven retail experience
- Strong understanding of unit economics, gross margin management, merchandising and assortment strategy, promotional planning, and customer cohort performance
- Proven ability to partner closely with business leaders and influence operational decisions
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities, with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers and strategy
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, executive-ready insight
- Comfort operating in high-growth, mid-sized, or dynamic environments with a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Workday
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or professional certification such as CPA or CFA
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Familiarity with data tools such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake
- Hands-on, practical use of AI or large-language-model tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot to accelerate finance and analytical work
- Experience piloting or deploying AI- or automation-enabled forecasting, variance analysis, or reporting workflows
- A clear point of view on how AI is reshaping the finance function, with a track record of leading adoption by example
- Comfort evaluating tools and designing practical, responsible AI workflows
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