The Director, Corporate FP&A leads enterprise-wide financial planning, including forecasts, annual budgeting, and management reporting, while driving standardization of processes, tools, and reporting frameworks across the organization. This role serves as the primary financial business partner to senior leaders across all Corporate functions, providing strategic insights, executive level decision support, and forward looking analysis that drives alignment and informs key decisions. Activities include financial planning and forecasting, business analysis and management reporting, and decision support. This position is part of the business unit leadership team and will be responsible for helping the business and Ardent Mills realize their financial and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
• Defines and drives the vision, design, and execution of core FP&A processes (budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, etc.) across the enterprise.
• Standardizes and works across the FP&A team to improve enterprise FP&A processes to align with business strategy, reduce FP&A cycle time, and increase insights to decision makers.
• Collaborates with Finance and FP&A leaders to develop and enforce planning, forecasting and reporting standards across Ardent Mills.
• Develops and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive accountability and measure the effectiveness of the FP&A function across all functions and business units.
• Partners with other FP&A teams, business unit and functional leaders to ensure the delivery of consistent, high-quality, and insightful financial analysis.
• Guides the use of leading practices to improve FP&A process efficiency and effectiveness, including planning and forecast drivers, integrated calendar events and cadences, AI/machine learning, and adoption of modern financial planning technology.
• Drives the financial performance of the corporate functions (HR, IT, Finance, Legal, and Executive), non-US entities, and corporate-wide capabilities.
• Leads and directs work of resources serving one or more functions or business units to ensure focus is on highest priorities and most material impacts to Ardent Mills.
• Conducts cost/benefit and capitalization analysis of enterprise/corporate initiatives, develops and manages review of CIR forms and business cases for capital requests.
• Maintains capital project pipeline and tracks projects in-flight, upcoming planned projects, and future prioritized projects; completes Annual Capital Study.
• Champions the use of modern BI tools, automation, and AI for more efficient and effective management reporting and analysis.
• Constructs and reviews the strategic plan, incorporating SLT inputs and financial modeling of defined scenarios to facilitate decisions and target setting.
• Develops and communicates budget and forecast guidelines, aligning expectations across business units and entities to a standard calendar and common templates.
• Consolidates income statement/management P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow plans and forecasts submitted by business units and functions.
• Supports the annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range planning process, coordinating across FP&A teams and functional departments.
• Standardizes and governs forward-looking strategy, budget, forecast, and variance reports and dashboards, ensuring consistency and alignment with enterprise reporting standards.
• Develops advanced financial models for business cases, capital investments, and long-term organizational growth strategies.
• Prepares Board-level materials and financial presentations, translating complex data into actionable insights for the CFO and senior leadership team.
Essential skills and experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, FP&A or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of general management or FP&A experience.
• Knowledge of FP&A leading practice and experience in design and implementation in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence at senior levels of the organization.
• Serves as a proactive catalyst for change; intellectual curiosity and continuous learning mindset.
• Ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and independently.
• Strong execution abilities and history of delivered results.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Strong functional skills in financial analysis, financial planning, and management reporting.
Good to have:
• Served in a Director-level role in a FP&A, Finance or business capacity.
• Experience in multiple core accounting or financial functions/services, and working with multiple corporate functions and BUs in leadership roles.
• Proven project management experience with a business perspective.
At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and team members. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Benefits: Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage; Health and Dependent Savings Accounts; Life and Disability Programs; Voluntary Benefit Programs; Company Sponsored Wellness Programs; Retirement Savings with Company Match; Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP); Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays; Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE).
For more information or to apply, please visit the original posting. Application deadline: August 24, 2026.
